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[Rijjka]

I think I shall download this, but that said, I've not hit the stage where vinilla is too plain or easy. Still a bit of a newb, but I look forward to the day I can handle this, though I may just put it on right after my current fort, just for 'fun'

[Vieto]

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The mod is a little buggy. One time, my fort was defeated by... the caravan's massive/possibly infinite cargo of caged chickens and pigs... the list went on forever... it killed my frame rate.

Another time, my Trader wanted a pet Sorcerer.

My only complaint is TRAP_AVOID, which I guess can easily be removed, but an alternative that makes traps less effective would probably be better. Even though it would take slightly longer to train my devastating army of WAR RABBITS!!! (yeah, I made rabbits trainable. Unfortunately, they didn't live up to their Monty Python status)

[The13thRonin]

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Will do.

The mod is a little buggy.

I disagree.

One time, my fort was defeated by... the caravan's massive/possibly infinite cargo of caged chickens and pigs... the list went on forever... it killed my frame rate.

Don't request them/obtain a better CPU... I find this to be an extremely odd problem...

Another time, my Trader wanted a pet Sorcerer.

Having a dwarf like sorcerers doesn't mean he wants them as pets just the same way that a dwarf liking giant corkscrews doesn't mean he wants them as pets.

My only complaint is TRAP_AVOID, which I guess can easily be removed, but an alternative that makes traps less effective would probably be better. Even though it would take slightly longer to train my devastating army of WAR RABBITS!!! (yeah, I made rabbits trainable. Unfortunately, they didn't live up to their Monty Python status)

Guards... Burn the heretic...

[GenericOverusedName]

Well, after reading some posts about this, I decided to dive in. Holy carp, I love this mod. Like others have said before me, this mod brings back the chaotic Fun that I had long since conquered. And I haven't even had orcs raid me yet, hahaha.

[Zekrish]

By god this mod is hard! :p I was able (after 4 tries) to build a fort that worked for 6 years, but then.. a fucking Black Dragon that was worhipped by half the orcs in world attacked me and ate/burned everyone... RECLAIMERS ARE ON THE WAY!!

[BiosElement]

After finding an epic location complete with chasm, bottomless pit, lava pool and 7x sheer cliff wall I get a double orc siege in the second year. 4 dwarfs died from lack of water and the second siege snuck around and hit me before I'd ordered everyone in and the doors locked. Needless to say it was a slaughter.

...Totally awesome!

[eviscerator]

My first strategy is usually... GET THE HELL INSIDE... LOCK ALL THE DOORS...

Then comes... START PRODUCING WEAPONS AND SPARRING.

I'm into my third year, and all I've produced for armor is some crappy leather and 4 bronze breastplates.  Still have killed something like 22 orcs - through the magic of drawbridge chicken.  Lure those suckers in close, than pepper them with orc-bone bolts.

[The13thRonin]

My first strategy is usually... GET THE HELL INSIDE... LOCK ALL THE DOORS...

Then comes... START PRODUCING WEAPONS AND SPARRING.

I'm into my third year, and all I've produced for armor is some crappy leather and 4 bronze breastplates.  Still have killed something like 22 orcs - through the magic of drawbridge chicken.  Lure those suckers in close, than pepper them with orc-bone bolts.

Hahaha, I haven't been able to get much of a metalworking production train going in my fortress but I do have one legendary weapon smith and I imported a bar of mithril from a trade caravan. I don't know how she'd fare against orcs but my one military swordsdwarf is able to cut goblins down in their droves with her EXCEPTIONAL mithril short sword. The first time my recruit used it she hit a goblin so hard it flew through the air for several hundred meters, smashed into a tree breaking at the torso into separate: two legs, two arms a torso and a severed head. Blood exploded all over the clearing and I checked my dwarfs profile to see she now "doesn't care about anything anymore".

... Awesome...

[Vieto]

Ok, I finally have a working fort. Its even themed

I'm now able to deal with all threats but ArcherOrcs, which can't touch me if I don't go on the walls. Also, is it normal for Caravans and Migrants to not come, or even be mentioned, during Seiges?

Edit: One of my dwarves made an Epic Blackmetal Earing Artifact... worth 200k. Needless to say, it tripled my fortress value.

Edit: Also, the current Orcs are called 'The Incest of Sharks'. Well, now we know what happens when we mate related sharks. Kind of makes sense.

Edit the third: What's wrong with having a pet Sorcerer? Surely, if your dwarf likes an animal, they should get it. For instance, one of my dwarves likes GCSQ for their fearsome power. As such, I feel she deserves one as a pet.

[martinuzz]

My fort is well established into it's 11th year by now and my military is feared by Orcs around the world. The only things I don't take on head-on are Orc elite archers.. Bit paranoia, since they killed some of my elite marksdwarves in the early years of the fort, right through my tower's fortifications. Although I should try again if another one turns up. Everyone is clad in exceptional / masterwork full plate / chain, with GCS chitin leather underneath it, and all are legendary shield/armor users. They take out squads of normal Orc archers without a scratch.. They only lose an occasional baby. Average stands at losing 0.66 baby / siege. 
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But now. I have a little question.. I would like to clean up the post-sieges mess in my fort, for I have missed out on 2 years of caravans due to unfortunate siege timing. For this I want to turn off sieges for a year or so.
My question is: If I turn off sieges, will they resume normally if I turn the init option back on?

Edit: Also, add me to the list

[The13thRonin]

My fort is well established into it's 11th year by now and my military is feared by Orcs around the world. The only things I don't take on head-on are Orc elite archers.. Bit paranoia, since they killed some of my elite marksdwarves in the early years of the fort, right through my tower's fortifications. Although I should try again if another one turns up. Everyone is clad in exceptional / masterwork full plate / chain, with GCS chitin leather underneath it, and all are legendary shield/armor users. They take out squads of normal Orc archers without a scratch.. They only lose an occasional baby. Average stands at losing 0.66 baby / siege. 
.
But now. I have a little question.. I would like to clean up the post-sieges mess in my fort, for I have missed out on 2 years of caravans due to unfortunate siege timing. For this I want to turn off sieges for a year or so.
My question is: If I turn off sieges, will they resume normally if I turn the init option back on?

Edit: Also, add me to the list

I have no idea  . I would suggest building a guarded road for the caravans to traverse. Marksdwarf towers, pits, traps, magma ahoy! That and you should keep your army guarding the forward parts of the road. The caravan guards will help you fight the enemy off and the caravan will only leave if enough of its merchants are killed off.

[martinuzz]

Yeah I know.. I have that setup.
Problem is, siege arrives before the caravan, so the caravan does not show up at all

[eviscerator]

As you can see, there is a small text problem with orcs, since they lack names.  You probably already knew this.

Edit:  I got another dwarf who was surrounded by leather armor. ??  ??  Well, it IS one of the things he likes.

[Electro]

So then, my experience so far.

I've gotten to my 6th year this fort, and have 140 dorfs so far. I've tweaked away trap_avoid aswell since that didnt make any sense, only have 6 weapontraps anyways so i hardly misusing it. Tweaked the progress_trigger to goblin standards since i got frustrated by them arriving before i had a chance to do anything, forcing me to wall myself up. But for the next fort i will probably lower that again a bit since this was a bit too easy.

I much enjoy the new metals and alloys, much because im a hoarder but also since it adds new flavor.
I like the sieges more than ever now since now i actually have to watch it, and not only see seiges as a source of goblinite.

one thing im wondering about is, where is all the 60orc sieges? my last siege was with 2 groups, totalling some 20 orcs. with 140 dorfs thats rather easy.
Could it be that i also have goblins siege me and thus the orcs dont control that much land or something?

 

[eviscerator]

Also, Patterned Steel doesn't seem to be available for armor for some reason??