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Author Topic: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?  (Read 2282 times)

hjd_uk

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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2010, 10:11:40 am »

Stick em all to Hauling and Cleaning and Dump every single floating rock outside/under a DAS, or create an array of stone stockpiles for your masons to use when building walls/towers outside. Helps tidy up a lot.
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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2010, 10:26:21 am »

Reach level 0 and breach into hell but befor that prepare a hell load of traps for the demons who live there. then become the first player ever to win hell!!!

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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2010, 10:47:38 am »

Reach level 0 and breach into hell but befor that prepare a hell load of traps for the demons who live there. then become the first player ever to win hell!!!
Traps don't do much to creatures which ALL have flying AND trapavoid.
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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2010, 10:52:34 am »

You could have a !!party!!.

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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2010, 12:17:33 pm »

I like to make my access idlers start a subterranean fort on the lowest cavern level. Make sure not to send down any equipment that isn't necessary. Seal it off from the surface.
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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #20 on: May 26, 2010, 12:20:39 pm »

You need more soldiers, more megaconstructions and a mechanical obsidian casting machine ready for when you dig too deep. 

Or a sealed of backup fort sounds neat, like what Bishop36 suggested. 
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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #21 on: May 26, 2010, 12:53:50 pm »

After about 2 hours of playing and creating a solid fort I end up with a shit ton of ilders, I don't know what to do with them cause I really don't really find a need for them.
Define "solid fort". What industries are set up? What militaries are set up?

Ok so you've got a fort set up that can feed its population and presumably defend against invasions to a certain extent. Now what do you want to do with this fort? Architectural expression (megaprojects)? Military challenges? Superior export industries? Mad Science? Myself, I go for wealth - exports and engravings.
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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #22 on: May 26, 2010, 03:00:08 pm »

Kill off the weak/fat/stupid ones, and you will be one step closer to breeding a race of uberdwarves. Let the eugenics begin!
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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #23 on: May 26, 2010, 05:26:57 pm »

Engrave your mining system and dump all the ugly rocks in the way.  It will keep them busy a ridiculously long time.

Or start building giant towers and set their floors all to stone stockpiles.  That will keep them from idling even longer.
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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #24 on: May 26, 2010, 05:47:23 pm »

create a big stone stock pile lock all ofending dwarves in there and make them build untill they all die

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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #25 on: May 26, 2010, 05:53:49 pm »

Why do you have 50 idlers?

Obviously your projects are not mega enough!

Set them to all be masons and build gigantic structures out of stone blocks.

Arm them all with the finest steel weapons and armor and have them try to defeat hell itself.
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Re: What do you do when you have > 50 idlers?
« Reply #26 on: May 26, 2010, 06:08:14 pm »

You could have a !!party!!.

I'll bring the !!shots!!.

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