Yet Another Tantrum Spiral Thread.
So, I fired up DF again after many months and got back into my epic fortress. 357 dwarves, dragon breeding program, hydra breeding program, 2 pages of artifacts, 3 imprisoned bronze colossuses; colossus; colossi?!? Magma spike on first cavern, with water and a dwarf with somewhere near 55+ children (before she died)
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=114393.msg3510721#msg3510721...
Now, one spring after I loaded DF 3 old dwarves decided life had been full and died of satisfaction (old age). No problem, old dwarves die peacefully. Except a few minutes later I noticed half the fort is showing the blinking red down arrow of disgruntlement. "Uh oh" I thought, this could be..... epic. 350+ dwarves all acting like they've just been told, "Were replacing all the booze with healthy nutritious carrot juice!". Indeed, there is a lot of juice in this fortress, although very little carrot juice.
The entire fort shows up as miserable except a good half of my military who are either content or the group of 5 who are actually ecstatic from all the slaughtering of fellow dwarves. I believe they see it as a way to get more booze for themselves so who am I to judge? Half the fort is melancholy and dying of thirst (that's a dwarven crime with a stockpile full of booze) the other half is in the hospital being cured by medics who randomly go insane mid operation and decide to make intestinal balloon animals. Still, I won't judge them, I see it as art and that could give someone a nice thought.
The fort IS in bad shape though. With only 10 free coffins available I've set my mason to work making new ones but I expect he will have a tough time keeping up with demand. My dining hall is in shambles and I've deleted the meeting hall zone there. There is no point everyone watching the executions, it only gives them another bad thought. The bridges around my trade depot are destroyed. At least there won't be any snatchers slipping in and I'm safe from sieges. I've considered releasing the 3 coloss.....bronze guys and let them help speed things up but recapturing them might prove to be problematic. And now with my one and only animal trainer dead I have 2 dragons and 2 hydra who will eventually forget their training and decide that dwarves look better wearing charcoal than tattered clothes. Not to mention all the dwarves currently sitting in the pen just waiting to go berserk and try to punch out a dragon. Never plan ahead, it only ruins the fun.
I could use some ideas to slow, stop or even speed up the spiral. I'm tired of ordering the death of so many berserk dwarves. It is probably too late but I think the fort will survive if only with 5 bloodthirsty marksmen. Currently at a population of 233 and dwindling. Any thoughts?
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