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[Samrobot]

i haven't heard anyone say my most memorable nostalgic moments from 40d, being able to farm with sand and things of that nature and war dogs actually being able to inflict a wound

[ElthMysterius]

My favorite nostalgic moment was the first time piercing the pit of HFS. I hadn't the benefit of the wiki back then, just a few videos from Captain Duck. Seeing those dwarf corpses really put me on edge. Immense fun ensued.

HFS in 40d was a lot harder to kill, especially if you encountered a certain type of them...

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Back then, Spirits of Fire were pretty much dwarven death personnified. You know how fire-breathing creatures are somewhat dangerous but can be bested by carrying a shield? Well imagine taking the fury of an entire fiery wave of death, compacting it in a single ball of fire, and then hurling it at insane speed at your steel-clad champion, incinerating him instantly. And there are about 15 to 20 demons that just spawned that can shoot fireballs. And they're in ambush mode until it's too late. And you burn to death when you got close to them. Congratulations, you just opened an adamantine-lined can of Spirits of Fire, also known as !!whup-ass!!.

Coming back as an adventurer and having your entire upper body reduced to ash by one of those fireballs can be quite jarring, since it comes out of nowhere.

I also have fond memories of early fortress defense experiments. I always found the idea of ballista batteries very appealing, since it was basically launching an entire tree with a pointed tip at someone. Let's just say that after flooding a good part of the fortress trying to build a water moat to funnel invaders in front of the ballistas, and then ending up skewering more dwarves than goblins, I don't really use ballistas much anymore.

Another thing is that I usually thought of sieges more like an invitation to do battle in an open field. Seemed more epic that way. I had absolutely no other kind of defenses other than maybe a few weapon traps scattered around along with chained war dogs, and no drawbridges or moats around the fort entrance proper. Also my farm was outside right next to the trade depot. And it had a hallway going deeper into the fortress.

The goblins REALLY liked my dining room though, because when I came back as an adventurer, they were all hanging out in there.

[Weird Guy]

My favorite nostalgic moment was the first time piercing the pit of HFS. I hadn't the benefit of the wiki back then, just a few videos from Captain Duck. Seeing those dwarf corpses really put me on edge. Immense fun ensued.

Me too, but i went on the IRC and asked what this was and somebody would mention that it was a lot of "fun"...Not knowing or giving it much thought i dug straight down into...fun...a lot of fun...

Also...
Not to long ago i embarked at a volcano, surrounded by ice and tundra, with a dragon living next door and it was awesome. I think people active in the IRC noticed that nostalgia

[Ze Spy]

Everytime i see carp Horribly slaughter something , it reminds me of the times back then in the old 40D where carp is Short for death

And my first encounter with HFS , damn , but those Silly Old Folks turned my fortress into !!Fortress!!

[Fien]

I saw an imp and thought back to when my first good fort got wiped out by a wildfire started by a stray imp fireball. The elves were pissed but I was getting finished off by goblins and could care less what they did to me.


Good times

[Hivemind]

I saw an imp and thought back to when my first good fort got wiped out by a wildfire started by a stray imp fireball. The elves were pissed but I was getting finished off by goblins and could care less what they did to me.

I remember this happening to me, too. Flat, heavily forested terrain. Had my farmers out working an aboveground farm, and my miners working on the first rooms of the fortress below them. An imp appears out of the shallow caldera, and launches one at my horse because it decided to wander too far. !FWOOSH!

Quickly had all four miners dig a trench around the farms. One guy wound up on the wrong side too long though,and the imp claimed its first victim.

[Urist McTaverish]

During a goblin siege my captain of the guard managed to get into the fray with his squeaky plastic hammer.  He had cotton candy armor so I wasn't so worried about him getting killed, but I was shocked sir, SHOCKED that he killed a goblin with his hammer.  I checked the combat logs: Urist McCaptain got a lucky strike on the goblin's head tearing the brain!