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Dwarves and Emmigration
« on: October 23, 2007, 12:54:00 pm »
Right now, dwarves only immigrate to your fortress, meaning that hypothetically, these dwarves are leaving another fortress, to come to you, and thus, they think that your fortress is better than the one they are living in at the moment. Now, assuming that your fortress does not have a one-way wall all around it, (Dwarf Hotel: Dwarves check in...) then logically, if they are living in your fortress and sleep in the mud for 4 years, there is no boose, and you only have -Dwarven Wine Biscuts (now with more seeds!)- to eat, then perhaps, instead of inevitably going on a homicidal rampage, they will instead say: "Hey, how about that fortress next door; I hear they AREN'T built in the middle of a frozen glacial tundra! How about that? Let's GO THERE." This may fix some of the population troubles that these fortresses are having. What do you guys think?
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Re: Dwarves and Emmigration
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2007, 01:04:00 pm »
Having unhappy dwarves emmigrate would be good, having nobles pack up sticks would be even better.  If you were going to do this you would have to think about deporting criminals as well.
Having the occasional skilled but "troubled" dwarf sent to your fortress as punishment (if you live in the artic wasteland where the corpses are stacked high).  Enticements could be sent to get skilled dwarves from other settlements (maybe the other forts could try and poach yours?), this could be done through the town liason.  Putting out the call for military could bring in a rabble of troublesome drunks or a squad of elites depending on the worth of the fortress and the size of your bribe.
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Re: Dwarves and Emmigration
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2007, 04:27:00 pm »
I agree. If they dislike the fortress so much they had better leave than tear the damn thing to pieces and then die horribly. They get to keep on living, my fortress gets to keep on living - everyone wins.

How about exiling as an alternative punishment? Perhaps for repeat tantrumers or something. Third time you get arrested for beating up mules, you're out of the fortress.

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