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[BloodBeard]

I'm not a 'generate a world and start playing' type of person and I don't start any fortress without having some crazy idea in mind whether it be a challenge, a mega-project or a theme. A normal fortress where you attain wealth and keep your dwarves alive just seemed so boring to me after getting to the point where I could manage it.

Playing games in ways that were never intended is a habit of mine and i'm wondering if anyone here actually plays Dwarf Fortress 'normally'? i.e. Attain wealth, defend your fortress from invaders and provide for your dwarves without any crazy schemes.

[kalida99]

i usually do that, only sometimes when i get bored i'll do somthing, drown elves, kill babies, or vary rarely just build some sort of death machine that ends my fort in the most dramatic way possible to see if i can continue to survive, or just to end it...

[cowofdoom78963]

I never got too far in Dwarf fortress so I usualy just play to play.

[Jim Groovester]

Once you get the hang of the regular game, it's very difficult to derive any pleasure from it. It's just too boring. I played like that for a while, and now when I look at people's fortresses who are in that stage of the game, I think, "Ick! Ugly! Too much scarring of the land! No aesthetic design whatsoever! Ack!"

Needless to say, I am now most interested in taking on challenges and the construction of megaprojects. I haven't had a lot of time to do that, unfortunately.

[cowofdoom78963]

Well I guess most of my games end becuase I get bored, and I usualy just delete the file and start a new one on a new world. I cant say I remember one fortress of mine that acctualy "died off"

[Lonewolf]

"Ick! Ugly! Too much scarring of the land! No aesthetic design whatsoever! Ack!"

It's true.

[Dakk]

I enjoy playing DF, but at the moment there isn't much endgame material to play around with, so i expend my DF time creating odd thingamagigs and megaprojects.

[ILikePie]

I do 'play' DF, but usually, I start with some kind play such as having a huge food industry from the beginning (That's what I'm doing now).

[cowofdoom78963]

Well I guess I have attempted to make a few "survival" fortresses with modded enemys (or just huge wolf packs) to see how long I can survive with 7 dwarves and no migrants.

Usualy they end shortly after they start in disappointment becuase of lack of chalenge or all the enemys are clustered in one corner.

But I almost never do anything special, where do you guys get your ideas?

[kalida99]

i found the orc mod was a great addon to keep interest, but i had to downtune them beacuse they for some reason 7 wrestlers would cut down 10 legendary swordsmen (with armor) in like 10 seconds...

[Sensei]

It seems that most forts cease to be interesting once they reach a certain 'stable' point. That said, I like to play the game "normally" with difficult conditions, like hostile embark areas and mods that make the enemies tougher. Sometimes once I get a fort stable I'll start a megaproject.

[ChairmanPoo]

I think the sandbox element is as important as the "standard" gameplay. Sure, you can play it as if it was "Sim Dwarf", so to speak, and limit yourself to keeping a balanced economy (in this case producing enough moneys to stock the stuff your moody dwarves might need, and fulfill mandates), build your lodgings, and your defenses. But on top of that you can, for example, build a pyramid, or whatever else you fancy.

[Kamrusepas]

It seems that most forts cease to be interesting once they reach a certain 'stable' point. That said, I like to play the game "normally" with difficult conditions, like hostile embark areas and mods that make the enemies tougher. Sometimes once I get a fort stable I'll start a megaproject.

Agreed, but for me the 'stable' point happens within an hour of starting the fort (even with mods that make the enemies tougher) and my megaprojects never work out; they take to much time and effort or they explode in some horrible un-interesting way.

[Draco18s]

I haven't actually run the game in a long time.

[Granite26]

I haven't actually run the game in a long time.

ditto...