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[Yoink]

There's sort of a hidden HP system. Do enough trauma to someone and they'll just keel over for seemingly no reason. It's been a long-standing issue.

Huh, interesting. That explains a few odd moments.

I ended up savescumming to avoid that death. The guy just distractedly rejected his girlfriend's marriage proposal whilst sitting on his ass watching TV.
His girlfriend's the same one who went on the berserk rampage I was talking about a few pages ago... I wouldn't be upsetting her if I were him.

In other, more troubling news, I just had a crash-landing. Not your usual sort, either.

Spoiler: Possible spoilers I guess (click to show/hide)

Part of an ancient ship crashed nearby and began emitting poison into the ground around it. The game advised me to destroy it as soon as possible, so I dispatched my shooters to take up position to fill it full o' lead. This... well, I wasn't expecting mechanoids to come out of it. Oh shite. This could be very bad. D:

The only mechanoids I've fought before were the ones in an old structure near the colony... I basically set up a turret outside and funnelled them all into a tiny gap to get slowly shot to pieces, with another turret further down the tunnel just in case. I think the spacers who awoke from the cryopods did most of the damage, really, the turret just finished them off.
This time, though, the monsters are on the loose. Oh dear.

My colony has survived some pretty nasty stuff, let's see if it manages to scrape through this situation as well.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

If you have CR installed just shotgun the heck out of them.

[Azated]

There's sort of a hidden HP system. Do enough trauma to someone and they'll just keel over for seemingly no reason. It's been a long-standing issue.

Doesn't seem to be so for mechs though, especially the worms. I've done enough damage that I couldn't be bothered scrolling through the list to see if I'd hit something critical, but it's damn satisfying to watch that melee damage accrue. I love watching my pawns beat people to death far more than getting a lucky headshot with a shortbow.

[Slogo]

Is there any way to hunt absurdly large packs of animals?

I had a map with say 15-20 Ibex in a pack. I gathered 5 settlers to do the job (1 assault rifle, survival rifle, and then 3 lesser ranged weapons). Shot one and all 15 sought revenge which is way too many to ever have a chance of killing them before the skewer all of the hunters at once.

I get the revenge for a lot of animals and even packs of Muffalo and stuff, but it's weird that deer like animals are impossible to hunt because they'll stampede the hell out of your workers.

[Neonivek]

Is there any way to hunt absurdly large packs of animals?

I had a map with say 15-20 Ibex in a pack. I gathered 5 settlers to do the job (1 assault rifle, survival rifle, and then 3 lesser ranged weapons). Shot one and all 15 sought revenge which is way too many to ever have a chance of killing them before the skewer all of the hunters at once.

I get the revenge for a lot of animals and even packs of Muffalo and stuff, but it's weird that deer like animals are impossible to hunt because they'll stampede the hell out of your workers.

When they are asleep.

[kilakan]

They wake up now to the sound of gunfire.

[Zangi]

More dakka?  If you can get a buncha miniguns...  At the least, weapons with burst shot.  Then set-up range and fire away.   Or don't mess with em.

[SOLDIER First]

Oddly enough, those super beavers that randomly appear don't care about me slaughtering their entire number one by one. Neither do regular animals, sometimes.

...Did I already post this? :p

[Culise]

Oddly enough, those super beavers that randomly appear don't care about me slaughtering their entire number one by one. Neither do regular animals, sometimes.

...Did I already post this? :p

It's random whether or not a group will go mad.  I've had some herds of muffalo permit me to execute them one at a time, and others that will go berserk at the first bullet.  I heard some speculation that the chance also went up in A15 compared to A14, though the absence of anything rigorous suggests that it may also just be a fluke due to unlucky rolls. 

[Zangi]

Boomrat invasion...  with lack of forsight, my wood stockpile was near the entrance area.  There went most if not all my wood.  The room was a 5k degree inferno...  for some odd reason though, it was contained and didn't spread into the rest of my base. 

Steel walls didn't catch fire once the fire contained itself...

[Karnewarrior]

Boomrat invasion...  with lack of forsight, my wood stockpile was near the entrance area.  There went most if not all my wood.  The room was a 5k degree inferno...  for some odd reason though, it was contained and didn't spread into the rest of my base. 

Steel walls didn't catch fire once the fire contained itself...

5000 degrees?! Holy shit dude, did the steel catch fire?!

[Zangi]

My geothermal thing did, but no, scrap metal/loose steel are immune to all sorts of damage.  No health bar.  As far as I can remember, collapsing roof is the only way to destroy such items. ...  At least I think I remember seeing it happen.

[LoSboccacc]

so, random thing I just discovered, wargs are intelligent enough to play fetch. let's the breeding begin! but also I butchered all the huskies to tame the roaming wargs around.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

In my farmstead community save, one of the families owned and operated a yorkshire terrier breeding operation... I had planned to sell them all immediately, but then they started imprinting and it was a done deal. Unfortunately, they like to "defend" their masters in combat, leading to wildly grisly deaths for the litter fuckers--including being turned into red mist by four members of the militia pumping shotgun shells down range.

[Zangi]

If it was possible to make pets wear personal shields...