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[JustOnePixel]

So I had this fort in a prime area: dolomite on the top layer, multiple coal and lignite seams on surface level, and a nice valley with plenty of trees.  It was all going great, and I generated about $80000 and three artifacts, but then I got sieged and lost something like 20 dwarves.  So I abandoned (wanted to adventure, anyway) and later sent out a reclamation party.

The party size: 78 dwarves.

What's up with THAT?  That's practically more than my peak population.  I'm not complaining, but the siege IS gone, and I abandoned, anyway.  Has anyone else gotten a massive number of reclaimers for something that just wasn't worth that much?

[Rawl]

I find that Reclaims always land about 80 Dwarves, so if you plan on ever abandoning a site, always make sure it can withstand an influx of 90 Dwarves.

[Asehujiko]

Excavating every single tile you don't need and then engraving it is a good way to start with 200+ reclaim armies. That's more then the population of an average mountainhome. Or more then your entire civ if you are in a pocket world.

[uberubert]

I never really seen a problem with having "too many dwarves" for a fort. If I find myself in short supply of food, and I got 90+ dwarves, I just initiate a massive 20+dwarf-party of food-arrangement, and let anything else wait until I got a nice farmsystem (or whatever food-system) up and running. Brewing is a real life-saver ^^

My point is, if you got the dwarfpower for it, it can always be fixed

[Gaulgath]

The real problem for most forts isn't food supply, it's CPU speeds. Having large dwarf populations can kill your processor.

[Kuli]

Well, that's why you tell a few of them to go play in the river.  

[JustOnePixel]

Oh, I'm certainly not complaining - at the very least, it gives me a crapload of weapons and armor.  It certainly took me aback, though, when it happened.