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[Hammerstar]

I'm starting to wonder at this point. An unusual worldgen where dwarves are all but extinct (elves are the dominant power, again) and only one civ to play as, which is at war with both elves and humans presently, and apparently has no surviving civ sites (I can only select human or elf in the adventure mode in this world, as well). I thought it could be fun, rebuilding the dwarves against all odds so to speak. Two years in, got legendary military from the danger room, an inviting entrance of death, population up to about 70, got tons of masterwork riches all over the place, etc, and not even a goblin babysnatcher has even showed up.

I did get one caravan, and yet when it arrived, it had no goods, though I just chalked that up to there being no other dwarves. I'm starting to wonder if I should just forget about sieges and go underground. Runesmith says there's a tribe of amphibian men down there, and I'm getting bored waiting for the elf slaughter.

Am I likely bugged, or should I try to wait it out a bit longer?

[Necro910]

I'm starting to wonder at this point. An unusual worldgen where dwarves are all but extinct (elves are the dominant power, again) and only one civ to play as, which is at war with both elves and humans presently, and apparently has no surviving civ sites (I can only select human or elf in the adventure mode in this world, as well). I thought it could be fun, rebuilding the dwarves against all odds so to speak. Two years in, got legendary military from the danger room, an inviting entrance of death, population up to about 70, got tons of masterwork riches all over the place, etc, and not even a goblin babysnatcher has even showed up.

I did get one caravan, and yet when it arrived, it had no goods, though I just chalked that up to there being no other dwarves. I'm starting to wonder if I should just forget about sieges and go underground. Runesmith says there's a tribe of amphibian men down there, and I'm getting bored waiting for the elf slaughter.

Am I likely bugged, or should I try to wait it out a bit longer?

Goblins might have died out too. Happens sometimes.

[fallofthechosen]

I think how much the dwarf caravan takes away in goods affects how much the gobbos come at you at least partially. Maybe try giving a tribute to the next caravan that comes by. Not sure if it registers the same way, but may be worth a try.

[Hammerstar]

I did dump off a bunch of crafts that way to clear space in the stockpiles. Guess I'll heap some more expensive stuff on them if they come again. Give them all they can carry.

[Agent_86]

My current fort had literally NOTHING for three straight years.  No caravans showed up until the third year either.

Then in year four, I noticed a dark red stain in my hall o' death.  Literally half a dozen goblin thieves had gotten SHREDDED on the same set of traps.  Six months later, I've fought off two ambushes and a siege, and the elven caravan was massacred by one of the ambushes.  The years and years of training my military, waiting for the gobbos to come, paid off.

[Hammerstar]

Almost four years in and some elves finally show up. Caught one of my hunters out in the field, killed his dog, and but he managed to survive. In the hospital now getting stitches on his kidney (ouch). Most of the elves were torn up by my security system on their way in, had to send the military out to deliver finishing blows to the ones that managed to get past the first line only to pass out from blood loss in the courtyard.

Also found a couple of goblin bodies near the drawbridge, on the traps, so I guess they're coming too, just didn't notice them since I haven't set any cage traps yet.

I guess the moral of the story is that when your race has been hunted to near extinction, it takes a while for them to find the last bastion of your species. Probably did it to myself by altering some of the ethics to spark the wars. Mmm... Elf meat roast...