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Binni

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I want a Elf siege...
« on: April 27, 2009, 06:24:26 pm »

O, I've stolen everything from a elven caravan and chopped down so many trees that they gave me a warning, and shopped down trees
just for the sake of provoking the elves. Now it's been a season, but when can I expect their siege? Or do I need to do something more
drastic?
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Walliard

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Re: I want a Elf siege...
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2009, 06:54:30 pm »

Your best bet is to kill the diplomat somehow when he next shows up.

However, I don't think elves ever siege; they just ambush.
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Re: I want a Elf siege...
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2009, 07:01:41 pm »

My sources inform me that it is quite obnoxious.
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Re: I want a Elf siege...
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2009, 07:33:34 pm »

No, they do siege. It's just that there's no siege announcement like with goblins because they start off in ambush-mode and it would ruin the point if an announcement was made.

However, it's still a siege, because during such events 3-4 squads will usually show up (or more, if you're really 'lucky').
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Re: I want a Elf siege...
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2009, 07:57:28 pm »

Your best bet is to kill the diplomat somehow when he next shows up.

Yeah, this is a necessary step (unless your civ was at war with them to begin with).  Chopping down extra trees might be a good way of making the diplomat show up again, but they're kind of erratic.
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Shoku

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Re: I want a Elf siege...
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2009, 09:23:03 pm »

don't use the wood for anything- they're more pissed about how many logs you have than the total trees chopped down.
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Re: I want a Elf siege...
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2009, 11:13:12 pm »

Do they send more than one diplomat? I killed the first one, have engravings of him burning to death in the magma pipe, and am now wondering if I'll get to kill another.
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A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.