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[Cypress]

Hello everyone! I embarked on an island, and as a result, I only get visited by dorfs. I was wondering if there's anything I can do to make it so others will visit me? I'd like to get goblins attacking me from time to time, although humans and elves to antagonize would be fun as well.

Is there any help for me, or am I doomed?

[Mook]

For island fortresses you'll only ever receive dwarven caravans, as only they have the industriousness and ingenuity to tunnel under the oceans or whatever they do in order to reach you.  Unless you happened to embark on an island which also hosts a cave of kobolds, you're out of luck.

[Cypress]

Damn. No hacking or any such thing?

Gah...on the one hand, it was wonderful to build a castle with no distracting attackers, but on the other hand...once it's built, I'm gonna have to shelve it...grrr...

[Pilsu]

Establishing a goblin outpost might do the trick

[Zorgn]

You will now build a massive bridge out into the ocean and hope that on the other side, someone else is doing the same.

[Cypress]

Establishing a goblin outpost might do the trick

Tempting...how would I go about that?

You will now build a massive bridge out into the ocean and hope that on the other side, someone else is doing the same.

Similarly tempting

[Pilsu]

On second thought, the outpost probably isn't gonna work since you'd have to abandon it anyway and lose the civ access

[Cypress]

On second thought, the outpost probably isn't gonna work since you'd have to abandon it anyway and lose the civ access

Damn. I wonder, did toady say anything in the army arc about army's crossing the water?

[GenericOverusedName]

Heh. On a similar note, not wanting to hijack the thread or anything...

Is there any known way to incite a megabeast attack?

[Ivefan]

Heh. On a similar note, not wanting to hijack the thread or anything...

Is there any known way to incite a megabeast attack?

Poke them with a jewel encrusted adamantinum rod to get their attention that 'wealth are here'.

[Tormy]

On second thought, the outpost probably isn't gonna work since you'd have to abandon it anyway and lose the civ access

Damn. I wonder, did toady say anything in the army arc about army's crossing the water?

Nop. I guess that boats -for example- won't be added in the v1 dev. cycle at all.

"Future Development
TERRAIN/WEATHER/SWIMMING/FLYING/BOATS: Boats of some kind might go in early to make different regions more accessible, but you won't be able to be a pirate or an undersea civ for quite a while......"

[Zorgn]

Heh. On a similar note, not wanting to hijack the thread or anything...

Is there any known way to incite a megabeast attack?

Poke them with a jewel encrusted adamantinum rod to get their attention that 'wealth are here'.

Alternatively, poke them in the eye with anything. That'll make them attack for less work.

[Ivefan]

Alternatively, poke them in the eye with anything. That'll make them attack for less work.

Well.. it's the poking that's the hard thing to do as you've already gotten their attention if they're close enough to get poked.

[Zorgn]

Well.. it's the poking that's the hard thing to do as you've already gotten their attention if they're close enough to get poked.

Poke them with a jewel encrusted adamantinum rod to get their attention that 'wealth are here'.

:/

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[Ivefan]

Are not wealth one of the factors that makes megabeats come?
"jewel encrusted adamantinum rod" was a reference to that and thats why i wrote that instead of "poke 'em with a stick till they get pissed"
Oh well, joke failed it seems.