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[SpiralDimentia]

I did a search but couldn't find anything that would answer this, and the Wiki was only marginally more helpful.

I understand that apparently you won't get a goblin siege until a population of 80. Apparently this doesn't hold true for Necromancers, because they are douches. But anyways, I want goblins. I had noticed that I have seen very few goblins, even though my fortress would crank out money like it was made of it. [Note: Several Rooms were gold plated, so it kind of was.] Well I figure now, it's probably because I had my population cap at 30 because I didn't feel like dealing with a million dwarves doing asolutely nothing while I focused on my military. Now, will I HAVE to set my poopulation to 80? Will it have to STAY at 80? If I let my numbers increase, when once I pass 80 switch it back to say.. 50, and some dwarves die, will the sieges keep coming? This seems like information I should already know, what with being here for like 3 years now, but the little I actually know after 6 months of absence suprises me.

[slothen]

I don't recall if sieges let up if your population drops.  I expect the answer is "they don't let up."

Modifying the siege triggers should be fairly simply by editing the entity raws, but would require a new worldgen.  I would ask in the modding subforum for more specific answers.  However I would first look at this.

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Entity_token#Behavior

[enizer]

there is an option in custom worldgen that specifies when sieges happen, it defaults at 80 dwarves, and some value number i cant remember

i would also like to know if sieges stop if you barely survive one, or if they continue uninterrupted

[VerdantSF]

Hmmm, good question!  My current fort is almost to 80, so I might able to test this out soon.

i would also like to know if sieges stop if you barely survive one, or if they continue uninterrupted

With humans, you can get peace treaties through their diplomats.  Goblins don't have them.  The elves used to, but their diplomat is broken atm.  I'm not sure about siege frequency, but at least with ambushes, I've noticed that beating goblins soundly can sometimes give me a 1-2 year breather. Might just be a coincidence, though.

[SpiralDimentia]

If I'm not mistaken, the option in custom world gen only applies to titans and forgotten beasts and whatnot. I don't think it specifically applies to sieges. I just don't like having a ton of dwarves I don't use, so sieges at 40 would be nice. And If I lose some dorfs and drop below the requirement, I would like sieges to continue to poke and prod me lower, not wait until I'm at full strength to try again.