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MasterMorality

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Relations, community, etc.
« on: September 14, 2011, 04:23:45 pm »
At the moment, as I understand it, relationships are lover/married/acquaintance/friend/pet.
The only time a dwarf will attack another dwarf is if ordered to, or tantruming/berserking, etc.
I'm sure that in any community, sizeable or not, nobody is going to like everyone else and be liked.

It'd be cool to see Dwarves argue, disagree, generally have varying bad feeling about some dwarves and be friendly towards others. This, while not an especially deep game mechanic, would give the relations more meaning, give the fortresses more personality, more fortress variability, etc. It'd be cool to see the web of friendships and enmities that spring up from a situation like that.

The effects of these relations could be programmed in, so dwarf A may attack Dwarf B if  they hate that dwarf enough, which could lead to the Dwarf C, friend of dwarf B disliking dwarf A.

It'd be interesting to do it on a percentage scale, perhaps, and have small interactions shift the hate/love 'slider' this way and that, creating potentially interesting alliances. For instance, if Dwarf C, already likes both Dwarf A and B, then they will side with the one they like the most. 
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Patchy

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Re: Relations, community, etc.
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2011, 04:32:45 pm »
Dwarves do have a grudge relation. It just causes them to have a minor bad thought whenever they talk to their grudge.
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MasterMorality

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Re: Relations, community, etc.
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2011, 04:34:01 pm »
Quote from: Patchy on September 14, 2011, 04:32:45 pm
Dwarves do have a grudge relation. It just causes them to have a minor bad thought whenever they talk to their grudge.
Ah, I didn't know that, or it at least doesn't show.
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Patchy

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Re: Relations, community, etc.
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2011, 04:36:48 pm »
It should show up in the relations screen, where it lists all their friends, family, acquantances, etc.

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Grudge
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MasterMorality

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Re: Relations, community, etc.
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2011, 04:49:29 pm »
Quote from: Patchy on September 14, 2011, 04:36:48 pm
It should show up in the relations screen, where it lists all their friends, family, acquantances, etc.

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Grudge

I don't think I've ever seen that status. Still, if it's there it's there. How connected is it?
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Bohandas

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Re: Relations, community, etc.
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2011, 09:24:26 pm »
I agree that socialization could stand to be fleshed out a bit.
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