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:If you'd like to change the name, leave a request with the sysop or something. This conversation has been done 10 times over already and it never ends in anything useful. --[[User:ThunderClaw|ThunderClaw]] 12:07, 18 November 2008 (EST) | :If you'd like to change the name, leave a request with the sysop or something. This conversation has been done 10 times over already and it never ends in anything useful. --[[User:ThunderClaw|ThunderClaw]] 12:07, 18 November 2008 (EST) | ||
::I dunno, he might be on to something there. This could be a guide on how to start the game, step by step, without pressing the wrong buttons or accidentally defenestrating either your computer or yourself! --[[User:Navian|Navian]] 13:22, 18 November 2008 (EST) | ::I dunno, he might be on to something there. This could be a guide on how to start the game, step by step, without pressing the wrong buttons or accidentally defenestrating either your computer or yourself! --[[User:Navian|Navian]] 13:22, 18 November 2008 (EST) | ||
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== Farm Size == | == Farm Size == | ||
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Don't bring any beasts of burden. You will start with a breeding pair of them for free | Don't bring any beasts of burden. You will start with a breeding pair of them for free | ||
That's a lie. You can have different animals at start | That's a lie. You can have different animals at start | ||
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Turning off restrictions on economic stone will allow you to make a metal ANYTHING from that ore stone | Turning off restrictions on economic stone will allow you to make a metal ANYTHING from that ore stone | ||
Lies again. It's not '''metal''', it's made of ore. Not Iron statue, but Limonite statue, etc. (You still gain in wealth though) | Lies again. It's not '''metal''', it's made of ore. Not Iron statue, but Limonite statue, etc. (You still gain in wealth though) | ||
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Siege engines the only safe way to deal with the biggest threats you will face, like megabeasts and goblins riding beak dogs as cavalry. | Siege engines the only safe way to deal with the biggest threats you will face, like megabeasts and goblins riding beak dogs as cavalry. | ||
Oh, yeah? ONLY? | Oh, yeah? ONLY? | ||
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Ask for pearlash and rock crystal to make crystal glass. | Ask for pearlash and rock crystal to make crystal glass. | ||
crystal glass requires '''RAW''' rock crystal, that can't be imported | crystal glass requires '''RAW''' rock crystal, that can't be imported | ||
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:Go ahead and edit the page as you like... There does appear to be a consensus that it needs improvement! --[[User:Navian|Navian]] 12:25, 21 November 2008 (EST) | :Go ahead and edit the page as you like... There does appear to be a consensus that it needs improvement! --[[User:Navian|Navian]] 12:25, 21 November 2008 (EST) | ||
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==Thoughts on Revising this Page== | ==Thoughts on Revising this Page== | ||
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:Right now I'm thinking through a rewrite of [[starting builds]] in response to your post there a few days ago. You made some assumptions as well, but also you challenged me to think beyond the assumptions I had been making. Bit by bit I think we can pull everything together better.--[[User:Maximus|Maximus]] 19:12, 22 November 2008 (EST) | :Right now I'm thinking through a rewrite of [[starting builds]] in response to your post there a few days ago. You made some assumptions as well, but also you challenged me to think beyond the assumptions I had been making. Bit by bit I think we can pull everything together better.--[[User:Maximus|Maximus]] 19:12, 22 November 2008 (EST) | ||
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− | :I | + | :Personally, I found the in-game help file more than sufficient for my needs. But since that's not very helpful to this discussion, allow me to |
===An All-Inclusive Guide=== | ===An All-Inclusive Guide=== | ||
"Fortress mode: So, you've got a crew together, united in a sense of adventure, duty, social outrage, simple greed or bloody-mindedness, perhaps even all of the above. You've come down (or up) out of the mountain halls, home trees, dark fortress, death pits, mother hive or backwater village, and regardless of race, species, motivation or temperment, two questions are likely on your mind: What do you need to accomplish your goals, and what's going to allow you to live to enjoy it? Look no further, the answer(s) lie within! | "Fortress mode: So, you've got a crew together, united in a sense of adventure, duty, social outrage, simple greed or bloody-mindedness, perhaps even all of the above. You've come down (or up) out of the mountain halls, home trees, dark fortress, death pits, mother hive or backwater village, and regardless of race, species, motivation or temperment, two questions are likely on your mind: What do you need to accomplish your goals, and what's going to allow you to live to enjoy it? Look no further, the answer(s) lie within! |