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[Nyotor Lizardhammers]

So I'm on my third year of my fort (Haunted Grassland/Untamed Desert). It's been nice so far. Horrible Rot-smoke, constant Ogre attacks, ostriches, no useful metals whatsoever. Normal business in dwarfland.

However, the migrants. Every time. I cringe when I get that wonderful message "Some migrants have arrived!"

It's the third year and I already have 140 citizens in Rackrazors.

-59 of them are children and babies. If the kids aren't bad enough, the couples birth children twice a month.
-40 of them are farmers, 80% of them with useless skills, all but my starting two always at Novice.
-12 Rangers. Not the more useful Hunters. RANGERS. (They're all part of my Crossbowless Marksdwarf squads)
-~20 or so other uselsss dwarfs. I don't even have a proper metalworker (not that I need one atm) because one hasn't come yet.

Back in 2010, About 2/3rds of my migrants were useless. Now it's a consistent 95% uselessness rate.

Starting to regret historical migrants now.

[Uthric]

looks liek you have the starting of a missive army. of biters and kickers.

[Yaotzin]

I hope this is the first step to getting only a small number of adult migrants and having to build your own community with the children.

Though children should at least do hauling or something.

[Lordinquisitor]

I experienced that, too. Most migrants are useless and only a few remotely useful. It`s more realistic, i guess, but rather annoying.

[krisslanza]

I experienced that, too. Most migrants are useless and only a few remotely useful. It`s more realistic, i guess, but rather annoying.

Migrants were ever useful? 
I always had to shape and mold them to what I wanted really. I rarely got any that had any skills I actually needed/wanted.

[ASCIt]

Then again, it depends on how long you gen the world. I stopped my first (and current) at 18 years, so all of my dwarves are first or second generation. Most of them are actually pretty badass, since they have to live off the land and whatnot.

[Elf Lover]

I bet you my extremely dwarven beard that at least one of them is a vampire.
My money's on one of the children.

[Di]

Well that is what was asked on suggestion boards (except kids), you can't blame master weaponsmith for not leaving comfortable mountainhomes to live in zombie ridden hole you call a fortress 
As for children, when I get that much of them I guess I'll lock them in a burrow with every vampire I can find.

[Nyotor Lizardhammers]

I bet you my extremely dwarven beard that at least one of them is a vampire.
My money's on one of the children.

Haven't had any missing dwarfs yet, nothing really interesting has yet to pop up.

[MasterMorality]

Realism.
Just reassign their labours. Not exactly hard.

[ledgekindred]

A lot of my migrants (the ones who aren't rotten kids) have had decent military skills.  I dunno if it has anything to do with the young world, the location or what.

Probably half my migrants have been drafted into the military.

Now if only I had metals or any way to make weapons or armor...