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Tirion

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Re: Useless youths?
« Reply #30 on: June 04, 2012, 03:39:55 pm »

On principle, the idea to kill children to get the rest used to death is a good one, but atom-smashing might not be the best means to that end. The body is erased from existence, with all clothes still on, and people may not get the Wintessed Death thought. Better to install a danger room in the kindergarten, or something like that. XP for the medics, for the mechanics linking up the thing, and a booming coffin industry.
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Xen0n

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Re: Useless youths?
« Reply #31 on: June 04, 2012, 03:56:32 pm »

On principle, the idea to kill children to get the rest used to death is a good one, but atom-smashing might not be the best means to that end. The body is erased from existence, with all clothes still on, and people may not get the Wintessed Death thought. Better to install a danger room in the kindergarten, or something like that. XP for the medics, for the mechanics linking up the thing, and a booming coffin industry.

Good point.  I've also heard of a pit that drops them directly into the center of your dininghall table being effective...
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Garath

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Re: Useless youths?
« Reply #32 on: June 04, 2012, 04:05:55 pm »

Nobles don't work? Mine do, even the queen makes clothes. No mods affecting. Bug?

using dwarf therepist? it's a mod/hack/cheat too
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Noobazzah

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Re: Useless youths?
« Reply #33 on: June 05, 2012, 09:41:38 am »

Nope. Sometimes they just noble around and sometimes they do jobs like carpentry and cooking.
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Lagslayer

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Re: Useless youths?
« Reply #34 on: June 05, 2012, 09:58:45 am »

I'd do danger room. In fact, I'd make it encompass the whole meeting area. Whole thing covered in single training spear repeaters. Just order the lever pulled occasionally.

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« Reply #35 on: June 05, 2012, 10:08:24 am »

I'd do danger room. In fact, I'd make it encompass the whole meeting area. Whole thing covered in single training spear repeaters. Just order the lever pulled occasionally.
Pressure plate in the entranceway works nicely for this.  Include 1 non-training spear for medical dwarf training.
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Lagslayer

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Re: Useless youths?
« Reply #36 on: June 05, 2012, 10:12:55 am »

I'd do danger room. In fact, I'd make it encompass the whole meeting area. Whole thing covered in single training spear repeaters. Just order the lever pulled occasionally.
Pressure plate in the entranceway works nicely for this.  Include 1 non-training spear for medical dwarf training.
Against the unarmored bits (probably most of the civilians), training spears can do considerable damage. Babies and pets regularly get injured/impaled in my normal danger room.

Berlioz

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Re: Useless youths?
« Reply #37 on: June 05, 2012, 11:03:08 am »

No wonders if you just use them as cheap slave labourers!
You got to encourage and promote your youth.
Meet young Urist DaVinci, certified genius:
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Edit: He's only 2 years old right now, take that Mozart!
« Last Edit: June 05, 2012, 11:08:30 am by Berlioz »
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Berlioz

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« Reply #38 on: June 05, 2012, 11:06:23 am »

Double post, sorry. Please delete!
« Last Edit: June 05, 2012, 11:08:03 am by Berlioz »
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