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Akroma

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requirements for megabeasts to show up
« on: December 31, 2007, 09:15:00 am »
what are they ?

numbers please

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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2007, 10:25:00 am »
it's completely random as far as I know.  I've had some show up within the first 2 years and some forts never get them.
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2007, 10:27:00 am »
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2007, 10:35:00 am »
The same applies with kobold ambushers. Sometimes they think 5 of them can handle a fully entrenched 120 pop fortress, other times, 2 parties at the same time show up and massacre my 7 initial dwarves before the first immigration wave.
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2007, 09:20:00 pm »
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Originally posted by penguinofhonor:
<STRONG>Sometimes, you'll kill one and another will pop right up within minutes.</STRONG>

And sometimes you can have another show up while the first one is still there.

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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2007, 09:28:00 pm »
There's not.
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2008, 09:49:53 pm »
(Grave Robbery) I feel that this question isn't adequately answered and find myself wondering. Is it 80 Population? Is it completly random?

Has anyone had a Megabeast Before they had 80 population? What is the lowest wealth someone has had a megabeast? Let's get this figured out and on the wiki!
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2008, 11:54:51 pm »
80 is for sieges...I'd imagine megabeasts would be higher.

I don't know though - never had one.
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2008, 12:11:31 am »
77 is less then 80.

Waiting on a response to see if it ever breached the 80 barrier.
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2008, 12:31:28 am »
I've never seen a megabeast either.  In fact, I've never seen a siege, and I've only seen two ambushes, both of which took out my fortresses with minimal casualties.
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2008, 12:42:45 am »
I had a dragon show up in the second year once, but that was many versions ago.  I don't know if they hang back longer now that there are going to be fewer of them in the world.
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2008, 12:51:20 am »
What was your fortress pop/wealth JoRo? Rough estimate?
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2008, 01:08:17 am »
I had a dragon show up in fort with the pop capped at 50. So 80 is definitely not the limit. It probably has more to do with how close you are to a megabeast cave, or whether or not your civilization is at war with a megabeast.
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2008, 12:39:45 pm »
I made a thread like this awhile ago, one guy said 80 population, but then a bunch of people pointed out that they've had the big beasties MUCH faster. So yeah, random methinks though a haunted area would(I'd imagine) make it more likely, and being in a cave is a definite megabeast IS HERE sign. Or, was at least not sure about 29.
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Re: requirements for megabeasts to show up
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2008, 01:54:41 pm »
I imagine Dragons at least are attracted to Wealth.
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