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Cliffyness and Goblin spawn

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Marlowe
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« on: October 27, 2008, 07:10:02 am »

I'm playing on a massively cliffy map at the moment. The z-level I started at overlooks at least 8 levels of sheer cliffs  (down to the level with the volcano) and is over looked in turn by about 19 z-levels worth of mountain. There's very few slopes, so there's heaps of little shelves and plateaux that are inaccessible to almost everyone. In time I hope to build bridges and access tunnels to the more lonely bits of the map, but since each new entrance must have it's own defenses (even if it's just some traps), I'm not working hard on this at the moment with my 60 Dwarves.


Thing that bothers me is that SOME of these isolated mesas and shelves and plateaux and things are at the edge of the map. Is it possible for Goblins ambush parties and snatchers to spawn there? They'd never get to us and we'd never know they were there, but their presence might prevent other goblins from spawning. I have no iron ore, need goblins.
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DoctorZ
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« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2008, 02:50:48 pm »

It might happen. How many are we talking about?

I don't know how Toady has coded the sieges, but I'm assuming it looks for access to your fortress, kind of the same way the Depot Access works, and figures out where the best place to spawn is.
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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2008, 06:31:09 pm »

Hmm... I'd try setting up a CATapult with raising bridges and pitted cats to put some scouts on the places that you're worried about.
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2008, 03:56:35 pm »

Actually it can happen. I had a siege where one group of goblins started in a small area that had no access to my part.

If you want to fix it, just dig outside your fortress and make all the little nooks connect to the outside. It's the only way to be sure.
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2008, 04:18:04 pm »

It's the only way to be sure.

Untrue. This is the only way to be sure.
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« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2008, 04:20:27 pm »

But DF doesn't have nukes... Yet.

*Places a 'Failure' sticker on Zorgn's forehead* <.<!
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