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[Loki]

So I just recently got the orc mod, and I've been loving it-- the constant sieges keep the game much more interesting.

What DIDN'T occur to me was that many of them would come wearing iron armor. I have 4 smelters on nearly constant meltdown duty two seasons of every year.

I'm in the process of building iron roads and bridges on the exterior of my fortress just so caravans can stand in awe at the amount of money I'm able to waste in raw materials

[praguepride]

psssh. If it's not steel, it's not dwarven!

[Crossroads Inc.]

Whats fueling the nonstop smelters? Or do you have magma?

[Loki]

Yeah, it's a magma map. If not, all that narrow iron gear would only be good in trade and that'd be pretty uncool

[Skorpion]

A suitably wooded map can result in charcoal-fueled large-scale smelting.

Goblins really are the fourth iron ore.

[Martin]

Well, with upgraded gobbos and the orc mod, just getting to the trees is a hell of a challenge. I've got magma forges, and I don't even have time to melt the armor for all that I need to haul.

[Tormy]

So I just recently got the orc mod, and I've been loving it-- the constant sieges keep the game much more interesting.

What DIDN'T occur to me was that many of them would come wearing iron armor. I have 4 smelters on nearly constant meltdown duty two seasons of every year.

I'm in the process of building iron roads and bridges on the exterior of my fortress just so caravans can stand in awe at the amount of money I'm able to waste in raw materials

Well yeah, we can call this "exploiting"? 
I've tried this orc mod also, and yeah, it's fun, but only if you don't use traps/defense mechanisms at all. If you use the "I barricade my fortress with buttload of traps" method, the orc mod turns into the "endless source of iron" mod. Ah man, I really hope that Toady will be able to code in a decent siege system while he is working on the Army Arc, because frankly, it would raise this game to a new epic level. 

[Baro]

I've never seen a seige in my years playing DF, it's always been a dream of mine.  Where is this mod?? It makes sieges actually happen?!

[Tormy]

Well compared to the vanilla game..yeah you will be sieged more often, but since the siege mechanism is hardcoded, the number of orc sieges also depends on the created wealth etc.
This is the mod's official topic.

[Martin]

Well compared to the vanilla game..yeah you will be sieged more often, but since the siege mechanism is hardcoded, the number of orc sieges also depends on the created wealth etc.
This is the mod's official topic.

Doesn't depend on much, though. My first siege was with 10 dwarves and about 40K in wealth. It's hard to *not* hit that after just 2 years of making food and producing enough trade goods to stay alive. I'm still under 100K in created wealth and have had 3 sieges. Up to 11 dwarves now.

[Rysith]

I've tried this orc mod also, and yeah, it's fun, but only if you don't use traps/defense mechanisms at all. If you use the "I barricade my fortress with buttload of traps" method, the orc mod turns into the "endless source of iron" mod. Ah man, I really hope that Toady will be able to code in a decent siege system while he is working on the Army Arc, because frankly, it would raise this game to a new epic level. 

Orcs v0.3 have [trAPAVOID] for exactly that reason. I agree on the better siege system, though.

[praguepride]

Don't forget that if you use orcs you have to start over!

[Tormy]

I've tried this orc mod also, and yeah, it's fun, but only if you don't use traps/defense mechanisms at all. If you use the "I barricade my fortress with buttload of traps" method, the orc mod turns into the "endless source of iron" mod. Ah man, I really hope that Toady will be able to code in a decent siege system while he is working on the Army Arc, because frankly, it would raise this game to a new epic level. 

Orcs v0.3 have [trAPAVOID] for exactly that reason. I agree on the better siege system, though.

Yeah well, trapavoid is a must have sadly, if you want more challenging sieges at least.

[praguepride]

Or you can...you know...not build fields of traps...

[Phazer]

then what would kill those irritating elves or gobbo thieves? theyre just irritating to hunt, no real match