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[SNV]

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That's right, my dwarves(?) are almost always miserable because I throw caught in cage traps troglodytes in specialy dug 38 z-level hole where they smash into pieces and their splatters paint 6 z-levels up (what else could normal dwarf ever want, aside bigger hole?) because they are not butcherable and generaly just waste my cages. Is that supposed to be like that or I just suck?

[NJW2000]

The dwarves don't like getting troglo fragments on their clothes. Dig a bigger pit. Flood regularly with magma.

[Bumber]

Troglodytes are considered sentient. Dwarves are sickened by sentient death, whereas elves don't mind eating sentient beings. Your dwarves are just being dwarves.

[NJW2000]

^ Completely wrong. As I stated previously, it is because they have flecks of blood and flesh on their clothes that they are unhappy.

So you must order all their clothes to be dumped and destroyed to make them happier, which will also bring down lag.

[Dirst]

^ Completely wrong. As I stated previously, it is because they have flecks of blood and flesh on their clothes that they are unhappy.

So you must order all their clothes to be dumped and destroyed to make them happier, which will also bring down lag.

Aaaaaaand make them unhappy about being naked.  As if their beards don't cover all the important bits anyway!

[NJW2000]

If what this self-proclaiming expert says is true, yyou must merely leave them in the clothes while the clothes are destroyed, so they understand why they must not wear them, accept the loss, and get on with their lives.

This has also been known to bring down lag.

[SNV]

Troglodytes are considered sentient. Dwarves are sickened by sentient death, whereas elves don't mind eating sentient beings. Your dwarves are just being dwarves.

Damn. Oh well, better stressed then having trogs breed right in the cages.

[Bumber]

^ Completely wrong. As I stated previously, it is because they have flecks of blood and flesh on their clothes that they are unhappy.

So you must order all their clothes to be dumped and destroyed to make them happier, which will also bring down lag.

You're mistaken. You can see she doesn't give a carp about seeing the yak, donkeys, or even the cat "Minkot Blottedrocks" die.

[NJW2000]

Fine. I admit that not all my advice in this thread should be taken in good faith.

[Dunamisdeos]

I am also an expert on beard-elf relations.

Your dwarves are upset because you are constantly reminding them of the problem they are not solving by killing troglodytes: killing elves. Every dead troglodyte represents effort that could have been put towards dropping elves down a form-exploding deathshaft.

As far as clothing goes, elf-dye is a perfectly acceptable substitute to normal agents. Just place your clothier's shop directly underneath the shaft to auto-dye all clothing a lovely elf color.

[SyrusLD]

Stress is the newest worst enemy since .40 ...
My military is dropping in happiness because they feel vengeful about fights that aren't even happening...I have no idea what's going on tbh, but if the marksdwarves keep getting stressed at this rate, it will be very concerning. (And they already don't feel anything about anything anymore...still they feel "vengeful" in fights...)

[Max™]

I actually successfully modded my elves to have beards.

I just copied the dwarf entry, removed everything dorfy but the beard stuff and slapped a bag of patchouli in there, worked surprisingly well.

[NJW2000]

Dwarves actually care less about things dying than continued rain exposure, in most cases, so no need to worry too much.

[SyrusLD]

Dwarves actually care less about things dying than continued rain exposure, in most cases, so no need to worry too much.

So far the "feeling vengeful" is probably the worst thing I have experienced so far. Death can be dealt with, at some point they just don't care anymore. Rain ... well, build a roof over it. Worked for Violentlash, where it rains 95% of the time - no kidding.
But if your dwarves keep getting into/seeing/sensing/anticipating/predicting/telepathically spreading the knowledge of fights that might be/have been going on in the future, present or past...you are in for a downward spiral that so far has been scarily unstoppable.

Seriously, it's just a few pond grabbers my dwarves keep seeing in a pool in the caverns, and SOMEHOW that makes my marksdwarves, who are nowhere close to them (topside tower watch), constantly feel "vengeful". I don't get it. And it's getting annoying. There's no other "fights" going on, besides my cave blobs which are pushing each other due to being pastured in a space that isn't big enough...
I have no idea how to deal with this currently. Maybe I need to give them some real downtime instead of training?! I'll try that...

[Jazzeraint]

Dwarves actually care less about things dying than continued rain exposure, in most cases, so no need to worry too much.

The sky god's vengeful tears are the enemy of all beardkind.