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[Sabre of Pain]

okay so, on the first seige the goblins decimated my military sending my fort into a tantrum spiral during which only 3 of the dwarves that were occupying the fort before the tantrum spiral started survived. i decided to seal off my fort since my population (after migrants) was only 30. now the only way into my fort is by air or sea (a river) well, the goblins were a little smarter than i thought, see, they trained about 50 gators... and rode them into battle... my fort was just overrun by an army of gator riding goblins

[VerdantSF]

Now that sounds like fun !

[Jacob/Lee]

Too bad the AI isn't smart enough to know that goblins can't breathe in water and so to avoid it if they are riding swimming mounts.

[CapnUrist]

Yeah, sometimes it seems the game takes previous battles and prepares the next siege while taking what happened into account. My fort is defended by a large gatehouse with the front wall all fortifications, so I can post 20 marksdwarves to pelt incoming forces with bolt upon bolt of true dwarven welcome.

The first siege caught about 200 of these bolts to the face.

So the second featured two squads of goblin bowmen and a goblin elite bowman, who can apparently accurately shoot through fortfications, thus killing one of the sentries and mortally wounding another before he was taken down.

[Rowanas]

Yeah, sometimes it seems the game takes previous battles and prepares the next siege while taking what happened into account. My fort is defended by a large gatehouse with the front wall all fortifications, so I can post 20 marksdwarves to pelt incoming forces with bolt upon bolt of true dwarven welcome.

The first siege caught about 200 of these bolts to the face.

So the second featured two squads of goblin bowmen and a goblin elite bowman, who can apparently accurately shoot through fortfications, thus killing one of the sentries and mortally wounding another before he was taken down.

Strange this. I too have noticed that the forces of my foes seem to adapt to account for my defences. So far, only the Pathway Of Fuck You (the letters are each a different kind of trap, winding back and forth) is an unbreakable defence.

[Sabre of Pain]

i prefer not to use traps, as i find they ruin the game, its only really challenging if you have to devote half your dwarves to military

and your in an area with a double aquifer

and your in an area with no trees

and the area is haunted

[Max White]

okay so, on the first seige the goblins decimated my military sending my fort into a tantrum spiral during which only 3 of the dwarves that were occupying the fort before the tantrum spiral started survived. i decided to seal off my fort since my population (after migrants) was only 30. now the only way into my fort is by air or sea (a river) well, the goblins were a little smarter than i thought, see, they trained about 50 gators... and rode them into battle... my fort was just overrun by an army of gator riding goblins

I love this game... So very much!

[Sivere]

My defence plan relies on two legendary dwarves equipped with cotton candy armour and weapons in a long, winding hallway that serves as the main entrance to my fort, without any traps. So far I haven't been a victim of a massive, fuck-off siege or mounts, and it's working quite well.

I usually build the entrance to the fort the same way on every map:
surface fortress, with a winding hallway and a drawbridge before the trade depot, some more winding hallways, barracks, door, and behind the door a stairway or a ramp down. So I just tell my dwarves to go outside, and they grind to dust everything in their way.

The largest siege I've defeated was about 90 goblins, and my brave defenders got about 30 kills each, some trolls included. The rest fled.

I haven't seen any new tactics yet, but then again, I'd like to see how the goblins would adapt to THAT.

By the way, can goblins get flying mounts without modding the game? Because an air assault of 30 Giant Bat Riders would be a fun sight to behold 

[CapnUrist]

Yes, Sivere, goblins have been witnessed riding Giant Bats and Giant Cave Swallows into battle. This is why every construction of mine that is meant to house dwarves for an extended period of time or lead to the inside of my fortress is sealed from the sky and only has one entrance on the ground.

[iEpinephrine]

Yes flying mount riding goblins are in the game.  But any time they show up for me they're bugged and just hang around in the air not doing a whole lot.

Back to OP:  Wow... That makes me really glad my obsessive compulsive nature forced me to put grates over my watersource...

[Mantonio]

Yeah, sometimes it seems the game takes previous battles and prepares the next siege while taking what happened into account. My fort is defended by a large gatehouse with the front wall all fortifications, so I can post 20 marksdwarves to pelt incoming forces with bolt upon bolt of true dwarven welcome.

The first siege caught about 200 of these bolts to the face.

So the second featured two squads of goblin bowmen and a goblin elite bowman, who can apparently accurately shoot through fortfications, thus killing one of the sentries and mortally wounding another before he was taken down.

Strange this. I too have noticed that the forces of my foes seem to adapt to account for my defences. So far, only the Pathway Of Fuck You (the letters are each a different kind of trap, winding back and forth) is an unbreakable defence.

I MUST see an image of this trap!