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[Corai]

It'd be fun to have caravans that didn't trade with you just passing through your embark in fortress mode that you could let pass through, or even hold up or slaughter completely if you were desperate for something. This could be expanded to allowing "rest stops" or the like to be made, where caravans would buy food from you for a small amount of money or their wares. Over the years, you could turn your fortress into a large-scale trading center if you played your cards right. That would only be possible, of course, by building a road through your fortress, or building on a major river, and perhaps just like in Sim City, there would be "road ends" at the edge of the map that it would behoove you to link up. This would make it less of a good idea to embark in an isolated spot- you'll get a hell of a lot more trade if, for example, you built your fortress on the road between two major cities. You, too, can influence the overworld through trade this way. For example, if there were a part of the world that had a lot of very prosperous towns and cities, you could get trade by building on the edge of that region- but if you're prosperous enough other civilizations will build settlements just beyond your fortress because you attract trade and trade that comes to you will also come to them.

Or, if your a bastard, you can destroy cities's wealth by settling on there major roads and mugging the caravans, or taxing them for entering your land.

[Slax]

(Might as well put this here.)

I'd like to see the ability to assign rooms/locations to certain jobs. You know, "the current mayor/manager/militia commander gets this and this and this" instead of having to manually assign stuff to an individual dwarf every time there's a management change. This already on the to-do list or am I a radical new thinker?

[Bulwersator]

<suggestion unrelated to current development>

This is a suggestion that is not related to current development, so there is absolutely no reason to post it here.

[MrWiggles]

<suggestion unrelated to current development>

This is a suggestion that is not related to current development, so there is absolutely no reason to post it here.

And its been suggested so heavily, that its on the Eternal Suggestion Vote.

[thvaz]

<suggestion unrelated to current development>

This is a suggestion that is not related to current development, so there is absolutely no reason to post it here.

And its been suggested so heavily, that its on the Eternal Suggestion Vote.

Since he did not greened out his suggestion, I think he is in his right.

[Bulwersator]

<suggestion unrelated to current development>

This is a suggestion that is not related to current development, so there is absolutely no reason to post it here.

And its been suggested so heavily, that its on the Eternal Suggestion Vote.

Since he did not greened out his suggestion, I think he is in his right.

"The purpose of the thread is to discuss current developments." - http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=100851.0

[tfaal]

It'd be fun to have caravans that didn't trade with you just passing through your embark in fortress mode that you could let pass through, or even hold up or slaughter completely if you were desperate for something. This could be expanded to allowing "rest stops" or the like to be made, where caravans would buy food from you for a small amount of money or their wares. Over the years, you could turn your fortress into a large-scale trading center if you played your cards right. That would only be possible, of course, by building a road through your fortress, or building on a major river, and perhaps just like in Sim City, there would be "road ends" at the edge of the map that it would behoove you to link up. This would make it less of a good idea to embark in an isolated spot- you'll get a hell of a lot more trade if, for example, you built your fortress on the road between two major cities. You, too, can influence the overworld through trade this way. For example, if there were a part of the world that had a lot of very prosperous towns and cities, you could get trade by building on the edge of that region- but if you're prosperous enough other civilizations will build settlements just beyond your fortress because you attract trade and trade that comes to you will also come to them.

Or, if your a bastard, you can destroy cities's wealth by settling on there major roads and mugging the caravans, or taxing them for entering your land.

Which would hopefully provoke the massive deployment of force onto the outskirts of your settlements, preventing you from harassing the caravans and eventually starving you out.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

<suggestion unrelated to current development>

This is a suggestion that is not related to current development, so there is absolutely no reason to post it here.

And its been suggested so heavily, that its on the Eternal Suggestion Vote.

Since he did not greened out his suggestion, I think he is in his right.

"The purpose of the thread is to discuss current developments." - http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=100851.0

this is his post before you misquote him

(Might as well put this here.)

I'd like to see the ability to assign rooms/locations to certain jobs. You know, "the current mayor/manager/militia commander gets this and this and this" instead of having to manually assign stuff to an individual dwarf every time there's a management change. This already on the to-do list or am I a radical new thinker?

he questioned if his idea was part of the current development plan, he didn't suggest anything. keep your hate for greened suggestions, those are the dangerous ones, the ones that need to be kept in check

[Richards]

Looks like the build is coming along fine... Hey everyone! Let's have a wave of Jean Luc Picard facepalms! Woo!

[Askot Bokbondeler]

[TempAcc]

[MaximumZero]

[monk12]

Spoiler: Engage (click to show/hide)

[Askot Bokbondeler]

i think one was enough. stop that now, it's annoying

[monk12]

Sure, you're the only one who gets to have fun   Hopefully we get a new devlog to discuss tonight.