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[vassock]

It's probably the gold mining upstairs.

If I set my pop cap to 10, will my fort ever get those high-level enemies? If not, is there anyway to get them?

[Urist Imiknorris]

You'll get them eventually. "Eventually" here means after several generations (population cap only affects migrants, not births). Which means several dozen years.

[vassock]

You'll get them eventually. "Eventually" here means after several generations (population cap only affects migrants, not births). Which means several dozen years.

What about megabeasts and megasieges?

[Urist Imiknorris]

That's what I was talking about.

[vassock]

I thought you were talking about births. Can I at least expect a meager goblin siege?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Eventually. You need a certain population to attract siegers, hence the "several generations." Without migrants, the only way to increase your fort's population is by letting them breed.

I believe the default population requirement is 80.

[vassock]

Eventually. You need a certain population to attract siegers, hence the "several generations." Without migrants, the only way to increase your fort's population is by letting them breed.

I believe the default population requirement is 80.

I wanted to play with lower populations to make it easier to manage the fort. Is there some way to disable the population requirement for enemy sieges/beasts?

If it's not possible, is 80 the population requirement for the best stuff? I won't need 90 or 100, right?

[Urist Imiknorris]

You can change the requirements. Each megabeast's attack triggers are located within their creature file and titan attack triggers are a worldgen option. Both of those tags are in the form [(TITAN_)ATTACK_TRIGGER:<population requirement>:<exported wealth requirement:<created wealth requirement>].

Goblins are different. Their attack triggers are located in entity_default.txt, just below their biome support tags. They default to this:

   [PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POPULATION:2]
   [PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PRODUCTION:2]
   [PROGRESS_TRIGGER_TRADE:2]
   [PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POP_SIEGE:3]
   [PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PROD_SIEGE:0]
   [PROGRESS_TRIGGER_TRADE_SIEGE:0]

If you want earlier ambushes and sieges, reduce all of those values (except the last two) by 1.

[vassock]

Ah well probably not worth it. If the pop requirement is 80 for the best stuff and no more I can live with that. Is it 80 by default?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Yes.

[vassock]

Yes.

Does it change retroactive with past saves if I change the number in the inits?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Sadly, no. You would need to regen.

[vassock]

Is there a DFreveal for .13 yet?

[Passive Fist]

Does weapon quality do anything for crossbows? And are metal crossbows any different than wooden ones? Some immigrant with levels as a bowyer got a secretive mood so I was wondering.

[JAFANZ]

Does weapon quality do anything for crossbows? And are metal crossbows any different than wooden ones? Some immigrant with levels as a bowyer got a secretive mood so I was wondering.

Material used in construction of an Xbow determines how effective it is as a MELEE weapon, for effectiveness at range it's the material of the bolts.

OTOH, lower density materials mean your Marksdorfs are less encumbered & move faster.