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Author Topic: Terrible Suggestions Thread  (Read 520705 times)

SixOfSpades

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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6000 on: May 29, 2024, 11:38:49 am »

Forts should attract a new type of visitor, similar to vampires only instead of sucking blood, they recruit other dwarves into their Multi-Level Marketing scheme. If your Broker or any noble capable of issuing mandates becomes infected, it could have serious effects on the economy of your fort.
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6001 on: May 29, 2024, 12:38:25 pm »

Artifact theft is already a multi-level theft scheme. A multi-level marketing scheme should involve selling you artifacts. But you never get to use them for any purpose. They technically belong to whichever dwarf is at the bottom of the pyramid, and he won't drop them for any reason.
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6002 on: May 29, 2024, 09:38:21 pm »

Artifact theft is already a multi-level theft scheme. A multi-level marketing scheme should involve selling you artifacts. But you never get to use them for any purpose. They technically belong to whichever dwarf is at the bottom of the pyramid, and he won't drop them for any reason.
To prevent the player from killing the dwarf to get the artifact, the dwarf becomes completely invincible.
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6003 on: May 30, 2024, 02:35:24 am »

Add spam messengers that bring with them messages that are mostly scams, like the one about the Nigerian prince that needs most of your fort's wealth to do something and if you give it to him he will return with double the amount in a years time, this one is one of the most obvious as a scam as there isn't a Nigeria in Dwarf Fortress.
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6004 on: May 30, 2024, 02:53:32 am »

Just for flavor, add a few such messages that turn out to be honest, and repay you in full with interest.

Then one of their accomplices tries to steal an artifact to sell off to complete someone elses' "investment" opportunity.
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6005 on: May 30, 2024, 03:19:15 am »

Toady One should change the artwork used to create the UI so that it looks like it is made out of feces.
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6006 on: May 30, 2024, 01:26:51 pm »

Tavern keepers aren't allowed bathroom breaks so they piss in mugs. Dwarves literally can't tell the difference.

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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6007 on: May 30, 2024, 03:48:38 pm »

Add spam messengers that bring with them messages that are mostly scams, like the one about the Nigerian prince that needs most of your fort's wealth to do something and if you give it to him he will return with double the amount in a years time, this one is one of the most obvious as a scam as there isn't a Nigeria in Dwarf Fortress.

This also becomes the default modus operandi of [SKULKING] civs in DF.
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6008 on: May 31, 2024, 02:07:58 am »

Humans (and only humans) should get a buff to their endurance when jogging (and only when jogging).  All other creatures (including other intelligent races) should receive a debuff to their endurance, no matter what they are doing.
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6009 on: May 31, 2024, 01:34:09 pm »

Toady should add an AI chat engine to the game, not to simulate interactions between the player and npc characters in adventure mode but to just generate bullshit, especially in world history. Lies, everywhere.
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6010 on: June 01, 2024, 12:36:48 am »

All the simulation in the game should be replaced with a schizophrenic AI with dementia. Who was the person you were talking to 10 minutes ago? Who cares. Sitting in the tree, you suddenly notice a castle on a nearby branch.

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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6011 on: June 01, 2024, 01:20:32 am »

Replace the world generation that we have now with one that's powered by LSD and shrooms, so we can have a world made of bees and filled with talking mugs.
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6012 on: June 01, 2024, 01:54:31 am »

The mugs tried to warn them, but the dwarves, being dwarves, tried to dig. It was inevitable.
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6013 on: June 03, 2024, 09:39:40 am »

All post should be in Dwarven language

Post not in said language would be deleted
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Re: Terrible Suggestions Thread
« Reply #6014 on: June 03, 2024, 10:39:06 pm »

All post should be in Dwarven language

Post not in said language would be deleted

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