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rabies47

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Crazy large migration wave
« on: May 22, 2012, 08:39:55 pm »

Hey all, after downloading and installing 34.09 I started a new fort to try things out.  Today I noticed that 34.10 came out so I downloaded and updated and continued playing my fort.  A season or two after the first dwarven caravan left, I get my first post-caravan migrant wave (as normal).  The abnormal thing about this is that this migration wave was a whopping 51 (!) dwarves.  I've been playing this game for a while but I've never seen one this big, and I only exported about ~1.5k of stuff at this first caravan.  Just wondering if this is expected behavior or some sort of weird bug with the new version.

Thanks all!
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Mrhappyface

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Re: Crazy large migration wave
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2012, 08:44:48 pm »

Woah! That is big. I remember back in 31.25 they only went up to the mid twenties.
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Re: Crazy large migration wave
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2012, 08:50:02 pm »

Yeah lol that's about what I'm used to.  I'm not sure if this fort is going to survive this large of a migration wave.
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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2012, 08:58:38 pm »

Beds, beds everywhere.
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Re: Crazy large migration wave
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2012, 10:49:59 pm »

I recently got a 40 dwarf wave, so you're not alone.  Although 51 seems really high.
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Re: Crazy large migration wave
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2012, 11:14:20 pm »

in my dwarf fortress lp i started getting unusually high migrant waves in the necromancer update (the version that made all saves became corrupted cause of the newer version), im not sure how many dwarfs i got but it seemed unusually high for a evil biome fortress.
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Re: Crazy large migration wave
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2012, 11:19:32 pm »

Yeah, I've had waves of 40+ before. I think I had like 32 or something in my most recent fort. I wonder what the upper limit is?
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Re: Crazy large migration wave
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2012, 11:22:14 pm »

Two 60 dwarf waves in a row. Not really surprised anymore, just bloody annoyed, I bang my head against my wooden desk, wondering what kind of wood it is and how long is it going to last if I keep also hitting it with my fists.

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Re: Crazy large migration wave
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2012, 12:15:44 pm »

Two 60 dwarf waves in a row.
...And my army just grew in size!
Re: Crazy large migration wave
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2012, 01:58:53 pm »

I regularly get groups of 30-60. The highest wave ever being 69.
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« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2012, 02:01:52 pm »

Two 60 dwarf waves in a row. Not really surprised anymore, just bloody annoyed, I bang my head against my wooden desk, wondering what kind of wood it is and how long is it going to last if I keep also hitting it with my fists.

Be glad it doesn't menace with spikes.

Also, if the migrant overload is predictable and reliable, it's time to make some megaprojects!
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