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[Deon]

You were just unlucky, Vehine.

TomiTapion: spears are worse than axes in 1vs1 ratio, it's a fact. In most games axemen counter spearmen.

Spears are great to pierce armor and scales though, and to make enemy to bleed out.

Stab a dragon and run around until it bleeds. I like your test, and axes seriously need smaller area of damage (and daggers/knives even less).

[TomiTapio]

Also, is it just me, or... are almost all of my dwarves female?
I mean, 8 out of 10, if I really had to form a ratio? 

Seems to be so. Vanilla DF feature, if population ratios are the same number, for some reason males die young or don't get many baby boys.

I've had forts with:
8 males 55 females
7 males 31 females
4 males 39 females
11 males 66 females
average ratio 6.4 to 1.

[omglazers]

My current fort has about 60 women and 7 men.

It sucks due to the fact that marriage and babies is much harder to obtain.

I started playing with Genesis last week and have enjoyed it thoroughly since. Even the modifications to Ironhand make it awesome.

But in any case, I'd like to petition and mention that I really feel like the abundance of varities of plants is actually harmful.

My seeds and kitchen screen is FLOODED with options. There are so many choices when trying to plan and cook and brew, etc. etc. that it makes it extremely hard to deal with.

Including the fact that seeds created in Genesis are not cookable, dealing with the huge varities is truely an awful situation.

I decided at the start to embark with 4-5 of every plant so I could have a few seeds of every plant. Gigantic mistake. Along with plant gathering and trading, the influx of seed and plant types has really gotten overwhelming.

Next time in the future, I won't do this, but I almost feel like 'less is more' is one of those areas that would apply to the plant situation. Even without having the seeds, the huge list of plantable crops in farm menus is extremely annoying.

Perhaps reduce the varities till a GUI/Interface overhaul?

Or at least add the raws to give a reduction in the varities? Better ways to get rid of seeds? Lots of ways to go about it.

Other than that, solid mod. Thanks.

[Terv]

Awesome mod, fighting gargoyles off has never been more fun

[Medicine Man]

I have a questiom:Is it possible for genetalia to be removed by chopping/slashing or stabbing at it?I can axe a guy in the arm and it goes flying but when I axe him in the nuts they just stay.Edit:Red Dragons are REALLLY weak compared to Frost Dragons.

(editedit)It is impossible to create certain bone weapons on Adventure because you need to have a bone body part,which dosen't even happen if you butcher something.

(editeditedit)It seems that it will just accept any other bone,no need to worry 

How strong are Red Dragon bones?

[Deon]

All dragon bones and teeth are quite good, dragon tooth spear should pierce iron.


I will try to balance male-female ratio. Actually male castes are made more frequent than female, but it looks like it's not enough. When I make the next release I work on balance thus it's a good idea to playtest female:male ratio.

omglazers: I will make a "simplified" plant template and make other plants optional (as a separate txt download). You're right, it seemed cool at first when I've made it, but with time it gets old and annoying. Plus, not cookable seeds is not a feature, I just forgot to fix it.

[Medicine Man]

Are dragon bones tougher than bismuth bronze?

[Deon]

Dragon bones are somewhat better than iron and worse than bismuth bronze. Dragon teeth are almost as good as steel so better than bronze and iron.

[Medicine Man]

Sweet.How about dragon raptors?

[LizardKing]

Sweet.How about dragon raptors?

I haven't seen those yet, but I hope I can keep them as pets.

If not I'll change it so I can. I must have those as pets.

[Antilope]

Migrants brought one upon arrival. Naturally it's owner had an unfortunate accident very soon and it was turned into a war beast.

Unfortunately my fortress started crashing repeatedly before i could try it against some goblins or Illithids :/
Does someone know how they compare against the other war beasts (dogs, boars & black bears if i'm not mistaken)?

[Medicine Man]

Migrants brought one upon arrival. Naturally it's owner had an unfortunate accident very soon and it was turned into a war beast.

Unfortunately my fortress started crashing repeatedly before i could try it against some goblins or Illithids :/
Does someone know how they compare against the other war beasts (dogs, boars & black bears if i'm not mistaken)?

I have put one up against a bear both Dragon raptor and bear have no skills

DR wins without a scratch

I try another round
DR gets a few scratches

I try the same dr against 2 black bears and it wins without a scratch

I try it against a legendery striker,wrestler and fighter bear and it wins with a scratch.

[Tormy]

My current fort has about 60 women and 7 men.

FYI: Fortress of Dreams -> 60 women and 1 man.

[Medicine Man]

Too bad there are only breeding spores in DF,not sex  poor one man.

[TomiTapio]

The dwarven gods prohibit sleeping around.

Damn, last night's lakeside fort died to month 5 werewolf siege. We had ten unskilled citizens and no traps. Now I'm reducing werewolf sizes, as they were gangs of TOUGHMATERIAL 350-kilo bears last night... doing a reclaim now, and the damp-from-lake hospital had 1-2 high water in it.


Check out this webradio for DF background music: http://www.sky.fm/newage/   also inside WinAmp shoutcast.

Edit: writings from Reveredbridge and Reveredbridge reclaim:

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--Kunnioitasilta, Reveredbridge,
2x2 temperate, mostly lake, eagles.
make own axes and picks.
chop groundhogs.
lignite and limonite under homebase.
summer. three migrants. need more ale.
ezrakim traders. A SIEGE. gray werewolf wrestlers and one hammerwolf.
doc, smith, armorer into burrow. the rest at burrow door.
two dead, one drowned.
elite wrestler dead, another drowns.. 5 citizens left. 2 left. Woe. only 3 weres dead, still 13+elkbird remain.
All citizens dead.

--Kunnioitasilta II, Reveredbridge II, RECLAIM, 67=year 1
2x2 temperate, mostly lake, eagles.
Arrive at the place. FRIENDLY werewolves! covered in boar blood.
1-2 of water in the former damp lakeside hospital.
11k created wealth from first settlers, the appraiser says.

early summer, migrants. we are 15.
build some walls. out of stone.
ezrakim traders. the weres eat their horses! and the elves.
Year 1 autumn.
tell the people to kill one were. we lose two dwarves and one gets broken back. other weres don't mind.
5 of 13 in bedrest! six migrants!
tame 3 groundhogs and 3 pelicans.
home caravan comes, they punch pelicans. later they keep fleeing from them.

Year 1 winter.
no fish in the big lake!
tame four rabbits.
Year 2 spring.
completely out of wood. no metalworking
many migrants! we are 41. haul lignite.
fey mood: cow leather armor, 11k.
set a peasant loose with hunting duty.
make two finishing forges since dont have wood for steelmaking.
late spring, orc & sylvan traders.
duskie caravan. offended the sylvans with food barrels.
Year 2 summer.
dig to -20. zero fuel, zero wood chop 5 trees.
Mountain Titan! Eyeless scorpion, poison-dripping stinger. long fight. in the end, Whitemane elite wrestler tears its brain by hitting it with a SHIRT.
digging gets underway: caves start at -5 to 10. much water.

Dig more into the caves.
Ezrakim SIEGE!!