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[gtmattz]

I was having FPS issues so I sent 80% of my population to stand under a raising bridge and pulled the lever.

[SmokedRWA]

I have begun drafting my useless/unwanted migrants into the Meat Shield Brigade. They are armed with only a shield and are sent out first before my actual military engages.

[Hateweaver]

I have begun drafting my useless/unwanted migrants into the Meat Shield Brigade. They are armed with only a shield and are sent out first before my actual military engages.

Thats a great idea! Maybe give them a shield and a mace - if they live, then they can move over to an equiped squad.
That is a lot better than the 50+ of them just standing around the grand dining room drinkin free booze.

[ISGC]

I have begun drafting my useless/unwanted migrants into the Meat Shield Brigade. They are armed with only a shield and are sent out first before my actual military engages.

I do this all the time!  I prefer to think of it as efficient, rather than evil.

[SmokedRWA]

I'll never ever intend on arming them as their lot in life is to die protecting their betters. I do have a potentially volatile situation as one ce married to one of my now elite marksdwarfs, has three children, and one happens to be a baby she carries everywhere. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens.

[Deviled]

I was having FPS issues so I sent 80% of my population to stand under a raising bridge and pulled the lever.

I can top this, I opened the HFS because I was having FPS issues

[Ieb]

Back in 40d, I decided to try another approach to dealing with migrants. After the fort hit 20 dwarves, I put my plans to motion and the "Right for Passage" hallway kicked in.

Simply put, it was just a platform disconnected from the fort with a drawbridge. Any migrants that arrived from then on were put to squads, and ordered to spar on the platform. Which had a 10+ level drop below it.

The dwarf who survived the melee was let in.

Was amusing, to say at the least. Also put a lot of marriages at test.
The only one who ever was upset about seeing someone die though was a kid but she got over the whole "MY PARENTS ARE DEEEEEEEEEEEEEAD" in a while.



Not as evil is the second thing, also back in 40d. I separated my fort from the sweatshop area. It was just a huge room dug in loam, with about thirty beds, some tables and chairs, and workshops everywhere. Migrants moved in, they go there and start working. I had to move the butcher shop to a secured location after a tantrum spiral started to arrive, but things got under control before it escalated too much.

Anyone who made an artifact though was given passage to the real fort, sealed with two bridges, where my original 7 lived in Royal bedrooms, having the luxury of the finest of alcohol and food. There was a brewer/chef among 'em so they always had the best chow there was.

The other side? They ate plump helmets and drank from a well.

Then one day a skeletal super-dragon showed up, was playing with some mod, forgot what it exactly was, but it ended up killing all the soldiers, scorched the fields and killed all but a few dwarves before it ended up caught in the fire and turning to ash. The survivors didn't last long though.

Eventually abandoned that game. The continuing assaults from enemies were taking their toll on the newly recruited militia, even with the decent gear they had. But at least some people on that fort were extremely happy. Should do this sort of set-up again in the new version. A lot easier too thanks to burrows.

[cog disso]

The giant drawbridge baby catapult.

[twilightdusk]

I was having FPS issues so I sent 80% of my population to stand under a raising bridge and pulled the lever.

I can top this, I opened the HFS because I was having FPS issues

That's somewhat counterintuitive...

[Musashi]

I have begun drafting my useless/unwanted migrants into the Meat Shield Brigade. They are armed with only a shield and are sent out first before my actual military engages.

I do this all the time!  I prefer to think of it as efficient, rather than evil.

Well, the two aren't mutually exclusive...

[slothen]

If you count killing all of "Smithswims" over 1 lost sock, then yes, my king lost his sock, threw a tantrum, tantrum spiral

how did he lose his sock?  was there a thought about it?  how exactly does this happen?

[Deviled]

I was having FPS issues so I sent 80% of my population to stand under a raising bridge and pulled the lever.

I can top this, I opened the HFS because I was having FPS issues

That's somewhat counterintuitive...

Yeah I realized that after I opened it, now I have twentyish dwarfs walled in my stock pile room, their all going insane. Yes I'm enjoying it.

[Heliomance]

Systematically culled 90% of the fort's children and babies due to FPS issues. The resulting tantrum spiral killed about 200 dwarves. Oops.

[twilightdusk]

Systematically culled 90% of the fort's children and babies due to FPS issues. The resulting tantrum spiral killed about 200 dwarves. Oops.

Look on the bright side. More FPS now 

[kilakan]

put all of my tame attack animals in a pit some 3 z's down, then systematically dropped some 200 goblins 3'zs into the hole, just far enough for them to be stunned long enough for every animal to get one hit in..... SO MANY PIECES!!!