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[Neoskel]

So i reclaimed a site i had abandoned which had two hunters in it. So they were both happily bashing in groundhog skulls with their crossbows while i was there.

The funny thing is, whenever they came out of hiding to attack the animals, i would receive the ambush message, the game would pause and zoom over to where the hunters where. They never became hostile.

[Demonic Gophers]

Now the question is: Will they ambush invading enemies?

[Aqizzar]

This bit of awesomeness should answer that-

I had a fortress which for some reason had to be abandoned.  When I closed out, everything was dead except for a pack of 4-5 hunters. 

When I reclaimed, unlike other dwarves who just sit around, the hunters were still hunting.  Something would wander onto the map, and I would get a message about "the mountain goat has been struck down" and I'd scroll over and these hunters would be bludgeoning animals right and left.  Then they'd slip back into ambush-mode and disappear.  The only living things on my map that were safe were my own citizens . . . hoary marmots fell like dominoes . . . mountain goats were thrown bodily from cliffs . . . wolves and deer alike were chased down and ripped to shreds . . . eventually, when I got to goblin sieges, the hunters would simply decloak and mow through them like grass before vanishing again . . .

No idea what would be causing the ambush message though.

[JujuBubu]

Damn, where does that come from ?

This sounds like the shire from Lord of the Rings ..

[ShadowDragon8685]

Wow, this sounds like the ultimate fortress-defense mechanism.

Train everyone in your first fortress up to a high level of hunterdom, abandon, and reclaim. BAM! Your own group of Dwarven Rangers.

[Neoskel]

This bit of awesomeness should answer that-

I had a fortress which for some reason had to be abandoned.  When I closed out, everything was dead except for a pack of 4-5 hunters. 

When I reclaimed, unlike other dwarves who just sit around, the hunters were still hunting.  Something would wander onto the map, and I would get a message about "the mountain goat has been struck down" and I'd scroll over and these hunters would be bludgeoning animals right and left.  Then they'd slip back into ambush-mode and disappear.  The only living things on my map that were safe were my own citizens . . . hoary marmots fell like dominoes . . . mountain goats were thrown bodily from cliffs . . . wolves and deer alike were chased down and ripped to shreds . . . eventually, when I got to goblin sieges, the hunters would simply decloak and mow through them like grass before vanishing again . . .

No idea what would be causing the ambush message though.

I think it had to do with the guys 'decloaking' right in front of my own guys.

And uh, oops. I accidentally posted this here, i meant for it to go into the dwarf mode discussion forum. So no actual question here. Heh.