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Grendus

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Releasing masters
« on: November 23, 2009, 09:07:57 pm »

So I know that killing local leaders and kings reduces the number sieges you get, but what happens if you capture them in a cage and then release them? Will then run back to their fortress and prevent the sieges from stopping? I want the sieges to continue for the goblinite and for more victims for my dwarf vegas scheme, and I have several local leader weaponmasters in my cages right now.
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Re: Releasing masters
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2009, 11:13:59 pm »

I can assure you that killing local leaders (and rulers, if they happen to be goblins rather than demons) does not decrease the size of sieges - due to the way they work, they're often the first ones to lead siege/ambush squads, and once the civ runs out of actual fighters (they tend to have longer names, are sometimes Guards, and often carry a bunch of trinkets with them), the game starts creating generic weapon masters to lead the siege squads.
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Re: Releasing masters
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2009, 01:22:59 pm »

If you do release them, however, they will return to lead more squads. If you stripped them naked, they might not return with clothes or weapons.
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Re: Releasing masters
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2009, 04:44:31 am »

If you do release them, however, they will return to lead more squads. If you stripped them naked, they might not return with clothes or weapons.
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