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bmaczero

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Flying antmen now? Wha?
« on: April 17, 2010, 06:13:36 pm »
I located a group of antmen (some blowgunners and spearmen with a queen) in the caverns guarding some food and leather.  I noticed that they were hostile, and wielding poisoned blowdarts.

I decided to employ tactics and dig around above them.  I would collapse one tile of rock right in their midst, but where it wouldn't destroy any of the items, then send the military in after the carnage/unconciousness.

Well, when my miner channelled through the cavern roof, one of the drone blowgunners flew (or jumped, I dunno) from his ground level through a full z-level of empty space and up onto the level the miner was on, causing panic and shooting his right hand full of blowdarts.

Bug or feature?  ;D
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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2010, 06:17:10 pm »
My vote is EPIC
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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2010, 06:17:59 pm »
Feature.  Intended feature at that.  Drone antmen, like real male ants, have wings (and aren't afraid to use them).

The females, however, can't fly.
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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2010, 07:01:36 pm »
Quote from: Kagus on April 17, 2010, 06:17:59 pm
Feature.  Intended feature at that.  Drone antmen, like real male ants, have wings (and aren't afraid to use them).

The females, however, can't fly.
Ah. The more you know...
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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2010, 03:29:13 am »
That's really awesome. Thankfully ranged weapons were nerfed, or this would have ended up even more Fun.
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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2010, 03:50:25 am »
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Bug or feature?

both












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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2010, 05:17:12 am »
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Bug or feature?
same












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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2010, 08:47:15 am »
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Bug or feature?
That depends on how awesome it is. I'd call it a feature.










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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2010, 01:50:09 pm »
It's a feature because it is a feature.  Like I said, it's actually one of those oh-so-rare intended features.

And, technically, it's also not a bug.  It's an insect.
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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2010, 12:27:44 am »
Quote from: Kagus on April 18, 2010, 01:50:09 pm

And, technically, it's also not a bug.  It's an insect.

Hey-ooooo!
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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2010, 12:49:01 am »
In DF bugs are features.
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Max White

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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2010, 12:51:24 am »
Makes you want to mod the raws to play as a flying antman now, doesn't it!
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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2010, 07:16:34 pm »
If you put [INDIV_CONTROLLABLE] on the animalmen civ, you can fly around as a bat man or cave swallow man :)
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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2010, 07:39:18 pm »
Poisoned blowguns?
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Re: Flying antmen now? Wha?
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2010, 08:02:50 pm »
Try 4 of them.
Gotta love having 4 arms.
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