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[Juason]

In my current fort I was humming along, fighting off the seasonal goblin ambush and periodic snatcher.  Kobolds too from time to time.  Then all the goblins just vanished.  No more ambushes, no more snatcher.  Never saw any sieges on the map.  I noticed the lone goblin on the civ screen is now gone too.

So, I've read recently about how it is possible to kill off all the goblins - but everyone still seemed to get sieges despite this.  Not sure what might have happened, and I appreciate any insight into how I might prevent this from happening again.

Thanks!

[Necro910]

In my current fort I was humming along, fighting off the seasonal goblin ambush and periodic snatcher.  Kobolds too from time to time.  Then all the goblins just vanished.  No more ambushes, no more snatcher.  Never saw any sieges on the map.  I noticed the lone goblin on the civ screen is now gone too.

So, I've read recently about how it is possible to kill off all the goblins - but everyone still seemed to get sieges despite this.  Not sure what might have happened, and I appreciate any insight into how I might prevent this from happening again.

Thanks!

Maybe you hunted them to extinction? You can do it with animals, but I'm not sure about civs. Maybe they threw all of their people at you, and now they're all dead?

[Juason]

Yeah, maybe?  I really didn't think that was possible, and its a bit of a letdown if it is true!  Just curious what other people have seen and experienced.  Seems like all games now have a built-in siege limit if this is the case.

[Necro910]

Yeah, maybe?  I really didn't think that was possible, and its a bit of a letdown if it is true!  Just curious what other people have seen and experienced.  Seems like all games now have a built-in siege limit if this is the case.

I don't personally know, I just like reading the RAWs 

[Cyroth]

The average goblin soldier is generated at the beginning of the siege/ambush/snatching, and specifically for that event. So they should never run out of cannon fodder, as far as I know.

Their importent leaders can sometimes participate in sieges. They stay dead, unlike the common soldier, and I have read that sometimes the gobins stop comming if you hold all their leaders captive. Do you, by any chance, hold that single important goblin you mentioned in a cage trap?

[Juason]

Nah, I don't use cage traps.  5 years later I finally got a goblin siege, mere moments after hitting a candy cane.   Not sure if it was related at all, but since then I've had about one siege a year of 3-4 squads and 1-2 squads of trolls.  Finally some action!