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Jong

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Using Giant Eagles
« on: June 21, 2009, 07:16:28 am »
I bought some giant eagles off the elves, and I was wondering what is the best way to use them. Currently I have the eagles leashed behind the gates. Will the eagles be more useful if I let them loose or will they ignore the goblins completely.

Since they are fliers too I was worried that if I let them loose I won't be able to retrieve them.
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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2009, 07:22:31 am »
Storm the gates of Mordor Happy Fun Stuff!
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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2009, 07:22:50 am »
hmm, i think you should let them loose after ordering all your dwarves above ground. And take joy in slaughter.
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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2009, 07:26:01 am »
Like any tame animal, they will path to a meeting area if one is available, so you don't have to worry about retrieval.
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From Mr. Welch's 1350 things he is not allowed to do in a RPG:
148. There is no Gnomish Deathgrip, and even if there was, it wouldn't involve tongs.
171. My character's dying words are not allowed to be "Hastur, Hastur, Hastur"
218. No matter my alignment, organizing halfling pit fights is a violation.
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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2009, 08:17:10 am »
Quote from: Byakugan01 on June 21, 2009, 07:26:01 am
Like any tame animal, they will path to a meeting area if one is available, so you don't have to worry about retrieval.

does this mean you could have 4x4 "nests" that dwarves can't access? that would be AWESOME
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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2009, 08:59:25 am »
Animals and dwarves path between different meeting areas. So the eagles would path from the nest, to the dwarf meeting area, and then back again.
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From Mr. Welch's 1350 things he is not allowed to do in a RPG:
148. There is no Gnomish Deathgrip, and even if there was, it wouldn't involve tongs.
171. My character's dying words are not allowed to be "Hastur, Hastur, Hastur"
218. No matter my alignment, organizing halfling pit fights is a violation.
231. I am not allowed to do anything that would make a Sith Lord cry.
240. Any character with more than three skills specializing in chainsaw is vetoed.

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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2009, 10:57:07 am »
Not the case, sadly. Apparently eagles use ground pathing to find their way to places, so if you set up a "nest" eagles will not congregate there. I know because the 50 or so giant eagles in my fort have never once stood around in any of my nests I tried to set up. There may be a way to get around that somehow though, by screwing around with paths of bridges, floodgates, or something else along those lines.

That being said, it DOES look like eagles occasionally decide "nests" for themselves that are not meeting areas. Several times I've found areas where an eagle is just chillin' out, like the top of a dome over my throne room, or in the bedroom of my dungeon master (who had not tamed him). They would just spend all their time in those places for a decade or so until they died. Most eagles sit around the general meeting area indefinitely though.
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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2009, 11:36:00 am »
Did they attack goblins, or are GE's one of the gobbo-neutral types?
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Haedrian

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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2009, 11:51:00 am »
You can always edit the raws to make them trainable.

Then you get WAR GIANT EAGLES
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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2009, 12:20:49 pm »
Quote from: Haedrian on June 21, 2009, 11:51:00 am
You can always edit the raws to make them trainable.

Then you get WAR GIANT EAGLES

HUNTING GIANT EAGLES!!!

Imagine a peaceful scene of 3 deer, eating some grass...

SUDDENLY, YOu hears  screech and out of nowhere a Dwarf RIDING a GIANT EAGLE swoops down and grabs the deer

would be epic....
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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2009, 01:30:34 pm »
Quote from: Efun on June 21, 2009, 12:20:49 pm
Quote from: Haedrian on June 21, 2009, 11:51:00 am
You can always edit the raws to make them trainable.

Then you get WAR GIANT EAGLES

HUNTING GIANT EAGLES!!!

Imagine a peaceful scene of 3 deer, eating some grass...

SUDDENLY, YOu hears  screech and out of nowhere a Dwarf RIDING a GIANT EAGLE swoops down and grabs the deer

would be epic....
What happens if you mod in mounts for dwarves?
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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2009, 03:57:20 pm »
Quote from: Leafsnail on June 21, 2009, 01:30:34 pm
Quote from: Efun on June 21, 2009, 12:20:49 pm
Quote from: Haedrian on June 21, 2009, 11:51:00 am
You can always edit the raws to make them trainable.

Then you get WAR GIANT EAGLES

HUNTING GIANT EAGLES!!!

Imagine a peaceful scene of 3 deer, eating some grass...

SUDDENLY, YOu hears  screech and out of nowhere a Dwarf RIDING a GIANT EAGLE swoops down and grabs the deer

would be epic....
What happens if you mod in mounts for dwarves?

I'm guessing some really, really bad things (like crashing or some crazy bugs).  Mounts in general seem to be very placeholder for the moment. 

Otherwise everybody would be riding giant eagles or cheetahs swinging war hammers with wild abandon no matter what they were actually doing.
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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2009, 04:03:03 pm »
Make your nests with 4-5 leashes and ramps that lead up to the edge but sheer cliffs below (plus a hatch entry that you keep locked except for leashing the eagles).  Leash only the adult eagles there, preferably those with children to simulate hatchlings.

When goblins arrive, level-disassemble the leashes and watch as eagles swoop down and lay waste to the arriving vile force of darkness.
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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2009, 04:37:55 pm »
Quote from: Iituem on June 21, 2009, 04:03:03 pm
Make your nests with 4-5 leashes and ramps that lead up to the edge but sheer cliffs below (plus a hatch entry that you keep locked except for leashing the eagles).  Leash only the adult eagles there, preferably those with children to simulate hatchlings.

When goblins arrive, level-disassemble the leashes and watch as eagles swoop down and lay waste to the arriving vile force of darkness conveniently placed meals.
Fixed.
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From Mr. Welch's 1350 things he is not allowed to do in a RPG:
148. There is no Gnomish Deathgrip, and even if there was, it wouldn't involve tongs.
171. My character's dying words are not allowed to be "Hastur, Hastur, Hastur"
218. No matter my alignment, organizing halfling pit fights is a violation.
231. I am not allowed to do anything that would make a Sith Lord cry.
240. Any character with more than three skills specializing in chainsaw is vetoed.

ousire

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Re: Using Giant Eagles
« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2009, 11:10:33 pm »
Quote from: Byakugan01 on June 21, 2009, 04:37:55 pm
Quote from: Iituem on June 21, 2009, 04:03:03 pm
Make your nests with 4-5 leashes and ramps that lead up to the edge but sheer cliffs below (plus a hatch entry that you keep locked except for leashing the eagles).  Leash only the adult eagles there, preferably those with children to simulate hatchlings.

When goblins arrive, level-disassemble the leashes and watch as eagles swoop down and lay waste to the arriving vile force of darkness conveniently placed meals.
Fixed.

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