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orzelek

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Sieges - or lack of therof
« on: May 19, 2010, 03:34:33 pm »
Are there any peculiar conditions that are required for siege to begin?

My fort has 100+ dwarves, exists for more than 3 years and I'm still to see any siege.
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Lord Snow

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Re: Sieges - or lack of therof
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2010, 03:52:54 pm »
yes.

need to have goblins.

or enraged humans/elves. Might be kobolds can siege too in 2010, i havn't checked.

If you have no relevant neighbours, there is nobody to come siege you.
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Hyndis

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Re: Sieges - or lack of therof
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2010, 04:10:03 pm »
Press c to check nearby civilizations.

If you see goblins then you should get some goblinite deliveries.
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Niveras

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Re: Sieges - or lack of therof
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2010, 04:25:26 pm »
Quote from: Lord Snow on May 19, 2010, 03:52:54 pm
or enraged humans/elves. Might be kobolds can siege too in 2010, i havn't checked.

Kobolds have always been able to siege, it is just they have to steal a bunch of things first.

Or at least they send ambush squads. I'm not quite sure what the relation is. I had some caravan and goblin items stolen for a year, and next year I got a kobold ambush squad (all bowbolds), but the year after that I only had thieves again.
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orzelek

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Re: Sieges - or lack of therof
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2010, 05:08:17 pm »
Ahhh that would explain few thing. My only neighbors are humans and elves.

Time to start new fort then to test my flooding contraptions :D
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HatfieldCW

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Re: Sieges - or lack of therof
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2010, 05:19:41 pm »
No need to start a new fort, just use some of those flooding contraptions on your trade depot for a couple years.  You'll get sieges.  I recommend fighting the humans, since they wear recyclables.
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Hyperturtle

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Re: Sieges - or lack of therof
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2010, 07:20:25 pm »
Yes, their bronze weapons are pretty decent until you manage to scrape together your own.  With whats left you can put into traps and trade the rest to your dwarfen caravan.

I would much prefer to have the ability for my baron to be wearing human leather when the human ambassador comes with a peace treaty, though.  Just because they are sentient doesn't mean I have to be civil with the corpses... 
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Urist Mcinternetuser

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Re: Sieges - or lack of therof
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2010, 07:31:13 pm »
I have never been sieged; only ambushed. and I've been playing for 8+ months now (8 months straight).
Why won't they ambush me... I'm in my third year, massive wealth, large population. And they are enemies on my map. 
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