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Author Topic: army movement across 30 z levels  (Read 7717 times)

Nikov

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Re: army movement across 30 z levels
« Reply #75 on: February 19, 2011, 08:36:52 pm »

Why drop dwarves anyway? If we're going to this kind of effort, just drop elephants.

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xeivous

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Re: army movement across 30 z levels
« Reply #76 on: February 19, 2011, 09:15:25 pm »

Why drop dwarves anyway? If we're going to this kind of effort, just drop elephants forgotten beasts.
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Re: army movement across 30 z levels
« Reply #77 on: February 19, 2011, 09:25:56 pm »

Dwarven drop pods

This needs to happen

that's an idea - if you can cast it out of obsidian at fortress level, and make it so that it has an opening on the side, would stationing the dwarves inside of it and then dropping it keep them safe?
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Re: army movement across 30 z levels
« Reply #78 on: February 19, 2011, 09:28:44 pm »

I -HEARD- that creatures dropped onto creatures won't be hurt. Drop them onto kittens,

I have tested this in the past and it is true.

However, it requires some animal and squad micromanagement. Every possible tile that a dwarf could fall onto has to have an animal, and chained animals don't cut it if they can wander within a 3x3 area. A 1x1 fall zone with an animal held behind a forbidden door is the best, but the animal will likely escape when you release the military and needs to be reset. You also need to convince a squad to stand on a hatch in a 1x1 room above.

Dwarven ODST is possible, but don't miss the drop zone...
with the new addition of pens, it might be easier
however, dwarves react differently to penned animals than regular animals, right?
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Re: army movement across 30 z levels
« Reply #79 on: February 20, 2011, 08:54:08 am »

If things could float on water, one could build an elevator. But no.
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