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Author Topic: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode  (Read 1872 times)

Ghoulz

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Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« on: June 28, 2009, 08:15:22 pm »

And yet they make giant obsidian fortresses with complex passageways in adventure mode.

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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2009, 08:26:26 pm »

They don't have the capacity to farm in adventure mode either, so far as I know.  They subsist on wild game, gathered plants, and the more vicious varieties of cockroach.
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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2009, 11:45:57 pm »

My only logical conclusion is that the dark fortresses were made by demons, not goblins. How else would you get that sort of organization with NATURAL obsidian?
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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2009, 08:38:15 am »

Goblins are carnivores.  There is simply no point to farming to them.
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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2009, 09:46:14 am »

My only logical conclusion is that the dark fortresses were made by demons, not goblins. How else would you get that sort of organization with NATURAL obsidian?
Imagine seeing  (in adventure mode) an obsidian fortress being raised out of the ground by a demon. Awesome.
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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2009, 01:15:08 pm »

Goblins are carnivores.  There is simply no point to farming to them.

Indeed. You'd think they'd do some farming for booze purposes though. :-\
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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2009, 01:37:33 pm »

Goblins are carnivores.  There is simply no point to farming to them.
Domesticated wildlife?
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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2009, 04:59:46 pm »

I guess farming obsidian is a little different than farming plump helmets.
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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2009, 06:42:54 am »

What about elf farms?
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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2009, 10:56:51 am »

They would probably see farming as plant imprisonment.  They're probably just really good plant gatherers instead of farmers.
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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2009, 02:30:57 pm »

Excellent, I knew someone would misinterpret me. I meant farms OF elves, not FOR elves :D
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I agree with Urist. Steampunk is like Darth Vader winning Holland's Next Top Model. It would be awesome but not something I'd like in this game.
Unfortunately dying involves the amputation of the entire body from the dwarf.

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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2009, 03:26:02 pm »

Excellent, I knew someone would misinterpret me. I meant farms OF elves, not FOR elves :D
Goblin civs usually end up ruled by an elf (or human or dwarf) anyway.
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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2009, 05:18:47 pm »

which reminds me. I was scared stiff by my first demon, but I threw an axe at her, and then shot it a couple times, finished it off with a few blows to the face with my crossbow. I received an unhappy thought from not being able to choke it to death (no throat).
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I agree with Urist. Steampunk is like Darth Vader winning Holland's Next Top Model. It would be awesome but not something I'd like in this game.
Unfortunately dying involves the amputation of the entire body from the dwarf.

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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2009, 01:49:09 pm »

Goblins are carnivores.  There is simply no point to farming to them.

Indeed. You'd think they'd do some farming for booze purposes though. :-\

They're goblins, not dwarves.  Only dwarves need booze.  Everyone else drinks water.
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Re: Goblins don't have the capacity to farm in fortress mode
« Reply #14 on: July 09, 2009, 10:26:11 am »

Can does not equal want.
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I agree with Urist. Steampunk is like Darth Vader winning Holland's Next Top Model. It would be awesome but not something I'd like in this game.
Unfortunately dying involves the amputation of the entire body from the dwarf.
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