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Zaerosz

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Extermination?
« on: January 20, 2011, 03:01:37 am »
(Hopefully) simple question - is it possible to, in a Fortress Mode game, completely exterminate another civilization e.g. kill every single goblin in, say, The Ruthlessness of Miseries?
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Re: Extermination?
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2011, 03:07:36 am »
Try it. For science.

Use magma if you want to do it for dorf science.

No, I don't care how you use it. It just needs to be used.
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Re: Extermination?
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2011, 03:16:23 am »
It's said that the amount of goblins from a civ is limited, and you can eventually drain it out via sieges. After that, the goblin civs is considered destroyed. However I've never reached that point myself so cant confirm.
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Re: Extermination?
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2011, 11:07:42 am »
well you can overfish and overhunt so i guess so.
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Re: Extermination?
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2011, 06:21:49 pm »
Quote from: Mister Always on January 20, 2011, 03:07:36 am
Try it. For science.

Use magma if you want to do it for dorf science.

No, I don't care how you use it. It just needs to be used.
Technically magma has already been used in the forging of the weapon I intend to do this with. I'm going to obliterate an entire goblin civ with one axe, even if I have to go into adventure mode and find it in the ruins of my fort to do so.
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Re: Extermination?
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2011, 06:24:29 pm »
I think the bulk of siegers are randomly generated, the only "real" ones being Generals/Kings/etc..
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Re: Extermination?
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2011, 07:05:08 pm »
Quote from: Jacob/Lee on January 20, 2011, 06:24:29 pm
I think the bulk of siegers are randomly generated, the only "real" ones being Generals/Kings/etc..

Randomly generated, but taken from a civ's population pool nonetheless.
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Re: Extermination?
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2011, 07:12:04 pm »
okay, the way invasion's work in DF is simple.

First! SEND IN THE SCOUTING FORCE TO THE GOBLIN CITY! (embark on a goblin city)
Your 7 dwarves will be the scouting party and die HEROICLY

Now, reclaim fortress, it counts the entire place and everything in it as being owned by your dwarves so you'll get a huge, wealthy, skilled army. HAVE AT IT!

Rinse and repeat to exterminate every goblin hold in a civilization, then use the last place (if suitable) to build up a proper fortress and take the remaining sieges over and over again until their population finally curls up and dies =D
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