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DarkSim

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attacking friendlies
« on: June 10, 2009, 04:28:59 pm »
With the new update bringing in a method to issue attack orders to dwarves, do you (the community) think it should be possible to attack friendlies/traders/anything/pets not just hostiles? But have it maybe cause a severe unhappy thought for alot of dwarves in the command chain if you murder one of your own dwarves/nobles.

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Re: attacking friendlies
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2009, 07:28:58 pm »
YES

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Re: attacking friendlies
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2009, 01:51:51 pm »
Yeah, why not. It makes sense I guess. Either way, this has been suggested already.  ;)
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Re: attacking friendlies
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2009, 02:42:12 pm »
I think toady has stated that he'll be adding an "Attack X" command in the next release. Surely this would include friendlies (hopefully with an 'are you sure you want to attack this friendly' message).
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Re: attacking friendlies
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2009, 03:03:16 pm »
Quote from: Sensei on June 11, 2009, 02:42:12 pm
I think toady has stated that he'll be adding an "Attack X" command in the next release. Surely this would include friendlies (hopefully with an 'are you sure you want to attack this friendlyTook you long enough, pansy' message).
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Re: attacking friendlies
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2009, 05:42:04 pm »
HELL YES!

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Re: attacking friendlies
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2009, 04:36:25 pm »
If you could designate friendlies with this command, it would make dealing with nobles a whole lot faster!  :D
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Re: attacking friendlies
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2009, 05:18:26 pm »
I think that attacking friendlies should be possible, but with significant side effects.  Either the squad commander or the entire squad that attacked a friendly should immediately have something like a [HOMICIDAL] tag in the saves.  Either they would need to run away from the fortress, or perform a coup of the current hierarchy of leadership.
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Re: attacking friendlies
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2009, 03:51:28 pm »
Yes and no. Friendly creatures such as merchants should be attackable at the player's whim. Civilians, no. If you want to execute someone for a trumped-up charge, you should be required to use the justice system

Killing off nobles on purpose should be an official act of rebellion, not just a matter of the player not liking the guy and CTRL Aing him with the nearest dwarves. The Fortress Guard would move to detain the nobles and the player would be presented with the options of banishing the lot or simply executing them. Executions as a whole should be a bit more elaborate while we're at it

If immigrants ever start using wagons instead of trekking in the wilderness for weeks with no supplies, the nobles probably shouldn't be sent out empty handed unless you want them to die naked in the middle of nowhere. Shaving and sending the murderer baron out to make friends with the snow storm naked would be more successful than sending him out in the spring when he might come across help
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