Twigdread update (my ork fortress, from above): massive numbers of migrants have me at almost double my pop-cap, due to slow caravans.. my created wealth isnt TOO high (not even 200k yet), so n ot sure why Im getting so many. Note: popcap is 60, and Im at 113 o_o
I've also gotten a TON of artisian orks, which surprises me, unlss the % of them has been bumped up. Ive got maybe 10 or 12.. including 6 in one migrant wave alone.
Anyways! Iv'e managed to rather easily fight off beakwolf, frogmen and strangler sieges, with a mixed army: a squad of uruks, 2 squads of mixed orcs and strong/tough snaga wrestler sorts (they'll get weapons eventually), and a partial squad of archers. Then a dwarf siege came along.
Wasnt a big siege, I think.. 11 or 12 maybe. They hung out on the edge of the map near my above-ground fortress for awhile.. about 25 squares from my sleeping area (through 2 walls.. still getting sleep cancelations!). I moved my archers up to the fortification level of my main wall, then pitted a dire wolf pup outside hoping to lure them over... they didnt budge, and the pup when off on his merry way, chasing a butterfly or something.
Another.. month or so into the siege.. maybe 2.. I decided to pasture all the named pets in my airlock area, hoping to lure the dwarves into range of my archers... opened the appropriate drawbridges.. and continued to watch them for another 2 months or so
suddenly, the dwarves decided to get off their asses and make their way over to the pastured animals.. not sure why they decided to do this, since I had no orks outside. Anyways, the dwarves (12 macedwarves, all with leather armor, metal helms and shields, and maces of various sorts) came over and started attacking the pastured animals (mostly dire wolves and taiga cats).. this brought them into range of my archers, who proceeded to pelt them with bone arrows of generally good quality... apparently, dwarves can deflect arrows with their weapons, which I didnt know - _-
However, I did manage to down 2 of them.. a third got trapped in the airlock area with a taiga cat.. they beat each other into exhaustion, while the rest of the dwarves proceeded to chase down the fleeing animals. I eventually closed the airlock and sent in my uruks to kill the exhausted dwarf. Now, however, the rest of the macedwarves are sitting on the edge of the map again, JUST out of range of my archers. I am not sure how weill ironbone/iron armor will stand up to maces..
