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[DwarfMan69]

I had my first hydra visit at Elisrithol today. I was shitting brix after it exploded one of my war dogs, who heroicly distracted the beast so that the City liason (I would reload the last save if kibby kakes died) could get away. Then it finally aproached my gates. One weapon trap killed it. Although it had an artifact mechanism and was rigged to 10 obsidian shortswords, it only took one trap to kill a freakin hydra.

Anybody else able to fell megabeasts so easily?

[Logical2u]

A hyrda finally showed up at my fortress the other day.

Now, my fortress (The same one from "Epic Failures" actually) is completely walled in. It has three bridges for traders to get it, plus an aqueduct that doubles as a gate (walled off with floodgates and flooded, with an aqueduct above.)

At the time the Hydra arrived, my fort was in "Don't bug me" mode, with all the drawbridges raised and the floodgates closed. The hydra gets to work busting up the floodgates. It takes a long time, they were pretty good floodgates and mechanisms.

It is distracted by the floodgates. I re-draft my 7 marksdwarves. They grab their adamantine crossbows and their adamantine bolts. My guys lower the drawbridges, I send the squad across, and they are stationed on the aqueduct's upper wall.

Three *bolts* later the Hydra is dead. I queue up some floodgates and mechanisms (they were forced off a cliff after being destroyed due to the aqueduct's water pressure).

"Oh". I think. "Well, time for my legendary leatherworker to start making shoes!"

And that's how my fortress got *Hydra Leather Shoes*.

[Sheb]

I just killed a Dragon with 2 soldiers. Ok, they were Champions swordwarf, but I killed this Dragon!

[Bunny]

Champion Dragon turns up, tries to get into the fortress.  Makes it past 2 stone-fall traps and dies.

Just...

I had cage traps just after!  I wanted a tame dragon!  I didn't think a flimsy old stonefall trap using bog-standard mechanisms and parts would kill a DRAGON!

[Seth]

the first time a dragon visited me it brought my population from 80+ to 1

it was awesome

but yeah, now that I know what I'm doing with the game, it's no big thing

[Alaern]

What was the dragon's cause of death? Gluttony?

[Soadreqm]

There are several very simple ways to make the game harder. Stop using traps. Stop using moats, drawbridges and other defensive structures. Stop training your military.

[Brendan]

There are several very simple ways to make the game harder. Stop using traps. Stop using moats, drawbridges and other defensive structures. Stop training your military.

I find that if you leave your starting seven dwarves to stagnate at the wagon and don't make any attempt to provide them with food the game becomes pretty challenging, too.

[Deon]

Stop doing anything? =)

I think it's quite strange to speak of balance in the alpha stage. So we should literally limit ourselves to make megabeasts more fun. This is one way.

But there's another way: mod better and more terrible enemies in. They will rock your fortress.

[Soadreqm]

There are several very simple ways to make the game harder. Stop using traps. Stop using moats, drawbridges and other defensive structures. Stop training your military.

I find that if you leave your starting seven dwarves to stagnate at the wagon and don't make any attempt to provide them with food the game becomes pretty challenging, too.

I read somewhere on the forums (or maybe the wiki) of an attempt like that. The dwarves hunted vermin for food, played in the rain and developed insane social skills. Since the "fortress" didn't produce any wealth, no external threats ever appeared. Everybody was ecstatic. I think elven forest retreats work in a somewhat similar manner.

[Brian]

Obviously we need a gigabeast.

[Logical2u]

Obviously we need a gigabeast.

Bah! I want terabeasts around.

As long as no one short changes me with a gigibeast I'll be happy.

[End binary/base 10 joke now]

Anyways, it would be sweet if multi-tile beasts were implemented though. Although I have a feeling they'd be impossible to code. And they might be better saved for the graphics arc.

[Christes]

heck with gigabeast, lets jump straight to yottabeast

My first experience with a megabeast was a bronze colossus.  It was killed in one strike by an expert axedwarf with an ☼Adamantine Battle Axe☼

[Karlito]

so would semimegabeasts be kilobeasts or kibibeasts?

[Nesoo]

Bah, I'll make a googolplexbeast!