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Garath

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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2012, 03:50:08 pm »
Not a good option. You'll lose all the balistae arrows and unless you make them with metal heads you're not going to do any damage. It's basically throwing away metals.
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2012, 04:01:07 pm »
Quote from: Garath on March 20, 2012, 03:50:08 pm
Not a good option. You'll lose all the balistae arrows and unless you make them with metal heads you're not going to do any damage. It's basically throwing away metals.
What other choices exist?   If I charge them with my low experience troops many will die...  possibly all will die with some goblins still laughing.
« Last Edit: March 20, 2012, 04:05:42 pm by NTJedi »
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2012, 04:28:51 pm »
sit, wait and shout curses at them. Can't always have the game making things easy for you, where is the fun in that?
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2012, 04:30:26 pm »
Besides, Dwarfs dying is an ok outcome in most situations, just release a few hundred animals first to absorb bolts and tire lashers, they'll do fine!
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2012, 04:32:33 pm »
I got giant war Dingos!
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Jam a door with its corpse and let all the goblins in. Hey, nobody said it had to be a weapon against your enemies.
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2012, 04:34:18 pm »
Quote from: Garath on March 20, 2012, 04:28:51 pm
sit, wait and shout curses at them. Can't always have the game making things easy for you, where is the fun in that?
Agreed, if I wanted easy I would use the cheating danger room exploit.

Quote from: Loud Whispers on March 20, 2012, 04:30:26 pm
Besides, Dwarfs dying is an ok outcome in most situations, just release a few hundred animals first to absorb bolts and tire lashers, they'll do fine!
I wouldn't mind if a few dwarves died, but I would need to know I'm going to win otherwise I have a bad situation turned worse.
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #21 on: March 20, 2012, 04:36:56 pm »
There's every possibility you kill them all without a single injury, and there's also the possibility that one recruit will turn into death incarnate, or everyone dies of old age at the same time.

There's only one way to truly know.

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« Reply #22 on: March 20, 2012, 04:49:08 pm »
Quote from: tahujdt on January 10, 2012, 08:08:05 pm
a hammergob mounted on a cave swallow.

What?? A swallow...carrying a hammergoblin?!?  A 5lb bird could not carry a 200lb armored goblin! 
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #23 on: March 20, 2012, 05:01:16 pm »
giant cave swallow, duh.

sarcasm doesn't work well online.
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #24 on: March 20, 2012, 06:42:19 pm »
Quote from: Garath on March 20, 2012, 05:01:16 pm
sarcasm doesn't work well online.
It's... a movie quote meme.
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2012, 07:28:27 pm »
Quote from: Nameless Archon on March 20, 2012, 06:42:19 pm
Quote from: Garath on March 20, 2012, 05:01:16 pm
sarcasm doesn't work well online.
It's... a movie quote meme.
The abuse of the word meme makes me cry.
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #26 on: March 20, 2012, 08:22:55 pm »
What about a european giant cave swallow?
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #27 on: March 20, 2012, 08:26:14 pm »
Quote from: Loud Whispers on March 20, 2012, 07:28:27 pm
Quote from: Nameless Archon on March 20, 2012, 06:42:19 pm
Quote from: Garath on March 20, 2012, 05:01:16 pm
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It's... a movie quote meme.
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What is a meme? A miserable pile of secrets! But enough talk, have at you!
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #28 on: March 20, 2012, 09:39:59 pm »
Quote from: tahujdt on March 20, 2012, 08:22:55 pm
What about a european giant cave swallow?
Ah, but the European giant cave swallow is not migratory!

Now, if you tied two giant cave swallows together with a string...
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Re: Goblin Siege not attacking?
« Reply #29 on: March 20, 2012, 09:54:13 pm »
The answer to this problem, is antiaircraft(Marksdwarves). While the melee is handling the ground troops, give the archer squads kill orders on their airborne commander. If hunters can shoot down flying geese, same is true for archers, but still a chase is usually involved
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