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hitto

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Merchant leaves through Cavern
« on: June 04, 2011, 03:36:17 pm »
Pretty funny thing happened today.
My entire workforce is employed thanks to dfvdig my legendary miner's acumen. So I have time to just look at stuff being done. I see the merchants leave my trade depot and am intrigued - they're not leaving the same way they came in.

Never saw a human merchant have the balls to exit your fortress through level -75. Got any good ones?
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2011, 03:37:52 pm »
They can leave through any map edge on any level as long as there's walking space.
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2011, 03:41:18 pm »
Quote from: hitto on June 04, 2011, 03:36:17 pm
Never saw a human merchant have the balls to exit your fortress through level -75. Got any good ones?

It seems you have the balls to keep the entrance wide open for all these nice FBs ;)
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2011, 03:42:01 pm »
That shall prove very useful during sieges.
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2011, 03:52:02 pm »
Quote from: Saiko Kila on June 04, 2011, 03:41:18 pm
Quote from: hitto on June 04, 2011, 03:36:17 pm
Never saw a human merchant have the balls to exit your fortress through level -75. Got any good ones?

It seems you have the balls to keep the entrance wide open for all these nice FBs ;)

Most FB's aren't much of a threat anyways, and are quite rare. But yeah, merchants can leave through the caverns. Any merchant, in fact.

The best of the best however, is forcing a caravan to leave on the 5th underground level, that is to say Hell. Bonus points if they had *spiked steel balls* for sale.
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2011, 04:10:53 pm »
Quote from: kotekzot on June 04, 2011, 03:42:01 pm
That shall prove very useful during sieges.
Yeah, use the first cavern level for all of my caravan departures. Those caravans that do not die before getting to my base from having a seige or ambush appear the moment they spawn that is (which is quite likely considering I use the Fortress Defense mod). Maybe I should construct some Deep Roads to make things official.
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2011, 04:11:32 pm »
Quote from: Naryar on June 04, 2011, 03:52:02 pm
Quote from: Saiko Kila on June 04, 2011, 03:41:18 pm
Quote from: hitto on June 04, 2011, 03:36:17 pm
Never saw a human merchant have the balls to exit your fortress through level -75. Got any good ones?

It seems you have the balls to keep the entrance wide open for all these nice FBs ;)

Most FB's aren't much of a threat anyways, and are quite rare. But yeah, merchants can leave through the caverns. Any merchant, in fact.

The best of the best however, is forcing a caravan to leave on the 5th underground level, that is to say Hell. Bonus points if they had *spiked steel balls* for sale.

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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2011, 04:16:31 pm »
Quote from: EveryZig on June 04, 2011, 04:10:53 pm
Quote from: kotekzot on June 04, 2011, 03:42:01 pm
That shall prove very useful during sieges.
Yeah, use the first cavern level for all of my caravan departures. Those caravans that do not die before getting to my base from having a seige or ambush appear the moment they spawn that is (which is quite likely considering I use the Fortress Defense mod). Maybe I should construct some Deep Roads to make things official.
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2011, 06:13:09 pm »
Quote from: EveryZig on June 04, 2011, 04:10:53 pm
Quote from: kotekzot on June 04, 2011, 03:42:01 pm
That shall prove very useful during sieges.
Yeah, use the first cavern level for all of my caravan departures. Those caravans that do not die before getting to my base from having a seige or ambush appear the moment they spawn that is (which is quite likely considering I use the Fortress Defense mod). Maybe I should construct some Deep Roads to make things official.
That sounds like an excellent idea, actually.
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Quote from: eataTREE on June 17, 2011, 10:45:24 am
Dwarf Fortress: Where violent death is a renewable resource
Quote from: Guy Montag on April 16, 2009, 04:45:30 pm
Bro, your like... thinking like a square man... its like, the WHOLE lamprey is just like, one big NECK dude, you know? its like hahahaha! dude protect the trees though, seriously. *inhale*... anyways... you like, want this dead black bear, bro?

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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2011, 04:05:34 am »
Quote from: Naryar on June 04, 2011, 03:52:02 pm
The best of the best however, is forcing a caravan to leave on the 5th underground level, that is to say Hell. Bonus points if they had *spiked steel balls* for sale.

I actually remember someone saying that any elves who leave through that place would earn his respect. Or was it you?
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2011, 10:58:09 am »
Quote from: Oliolli on June 05, 2011, 04:05:34 am
Quote from: Naryar on June 04, 2011, 03:52:02 pm
The best of the best however, is forcing a caravan to leave on the 5th underground level, that is to say Hell. Bonus points if they had *spiked steel balls* for sale.

I actually remember someone saying that any elves who leave through that place would earn his respect. Or was it you?

Yeah, it was me. I didn't get it to work however.
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2011, 11:11:16 am »
Not really on topic but which tileset are you using? I like some of what I see here.
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2011, 11:27:30 am »
Ironhand, I believe, on a lazy newb pack.
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2011, 12:54:00 pm »
Two questions. Can they be forced to arrive underground too? And what about immigrants?
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Re: Merchant leaves through Cavern
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2011, 01:12:48 pm »
Try walling your whole map off with dfliquids. Open the caverns, if not already made. See what happens.
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