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[hermes]

Hehe, I second that!  And I empathise DarkDXZ, I get the impression everyone is going mad in their own way around here.  I'm trying to appreciate the situation though, it's great watching everyone else bursting with anticipation. 

[PeridexisErrant]

For six days, the dev log lay silent.  On the seventh day, Toady released DF2014 and saw it was riddled with bugs good.

[Lolfail0009]

Let the bloody lily-hopper do his thing.

[FearfulJesuit]

For six days, the dev log lay silent.  On the seventh day, Toady released DF2014 and saw it was riddled with bugs good.

Oh, screw you.  I scroll down to the end of the thread, see this post, check the log, and get my hopes dashed.

I hope you're happy.

[PTTG??]

Let the bloody lily-hopper do his thing.

I think I need to clean my glasses...

[CaptainArchmage]

For six days, the dev log lay silent.  On the seventh day, Toady released DF2014 and saw it was riddled with bugs good.

It isn’t yet the seventh day since the devlog was released. That’s tomorrow.

[PeridexisErrant]

For six days, the dev log lay silent.  On the seventh day, Toady released DF2014 and saw it was riddled with bugs good.

It isn’t yet the seventh day since the devlog was released. That’s tomorrow.

Yes.

[PigtailLlama]

I always mod in lead as an ammo material, because I seem to be cursed to embark on massive galena deposits. Due to the hardness, in DF lead crossbow bolts have an effect like a sort of long range mace, causing bruises and blunt trauma rather than cuts and stuck-ins, and are a bit useless against armour, but are perfect for hunters.

I'd think it'd be better if you could use such metals as decoration or as "enhancements" to existing weapons and armor. Lead without a doubt would make for a good metal to create counterweights and cores in weapons, i.e. a mace or hammer with a lead core would hit harder and be heavier than a mace purely made of a single non-lead metal. Such techniques could be introduced through the weaponsmith or armor skill according to skill and the materials that are available.

[Footkerchief]

I'd think it'd be better if you could use such metals as decoration or as "enhancements" to existing weapons and armor. Lead without a doubt would make for a good metal to create counterweights and cores in weapons, i.e. a mace or hammer with a lead core would hit harder and be heavier than a mace purely made of a single non-lead metal. Such techniques could be introduced through the weaponsmith or armor skill according to skill and the materials that are available.

Toady has discussed this before:

If you wanted to make an adamantine hammer,  you could make a hollow adamantine shell and fill it with molten lead.  This would be a very effective weapon!  Will we be able to do anything like this in the foreseeable future?

I could have sworn this exact idea came up before, but I couldn't find much.  Anyway, it basically depends on whether/when Toady implements a system for multi-component or multi-material items. <quote about multi-material items>

Yeah, I remember it coming up before as well, at least as somebody's offhand remark, and yeah, we need some more backing in the code but it's definitely something that dwarves would want to do, assuming they don't have some weird ethics regarding mixing adamantine with stuff.  I think at some point there was a rule against improving adamantine items or improving with adamantine, but that might be long gone.

There are also numerous Suggestions threads on the topic, like this one.

[Mesa]

New devlog! At long last...
That one sounds heartwarming. It's like DF is getting a children's story potential...on top of all that gruesome and nasty stuff.

[Putnam]

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THERE'S HUGGING NOW?!

yessssss

[Willfor]

Bug prediction:

[Xanmyral]

I can see that being slightly deadly depending on what you're covered in.

[CaptainArchmage]

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THERE'S HUGGING NOW?!

yessssss

But no release.......

an unrelated drunk at the other side of the room shouted the daughter's name and then ran over and hugged me while the father and daughter stood in place crying tears of joy. It's fixed now.

I don’t really see how this is a “bug”. Key word: drunk . I think this should stay in.

[catenate]

Bug prediction:

Don't forget a third panel, since the daughter will now be wired up to have several reactions to her daddy searing in front of her.