40d Talk:Liaison

Any idea how to keep them from staying till they go insane. Every winter my dwarves live in fear of the bruce lee of liaisons going into a martial trance.

At first I thought they'd stay if they didn't get to talk with my broker but having a meeting doesn't help get them out. --Lucid 17:44, 1 November 2007 (EDT)

Make sure you have your broker free long enough to make your demands and to views theirs, it take about 4 meetings between your broker and the liaison. At least that is how I get him to leave --Shades 18:08, 1 November 2007 (EDT)

so THAT'S how you do it, good thing I turned off my expo leader from hunting, the damned liason kept on scaring off the deer [the leader, and broker] was chasing :\

Broker, not Leader?

So it's the broker, not the mayor, that meets with these guys? That changes some things. (I'm trying to keep the Liasons outside of my fortess so they don't know where the traps are, if they ever siege.)

No, its the leader/mayor. --Koltom 11:33, 20 February 2008 (EST)

i have my leader and broker separate(not by choice) in my current fort, and noticed that while the dwarf liaison meets with the leader, the human rep most definately meets with the broker, not the leader. --Chariot 06:57, 9 March 2008 (EDT)

Ditto, my broker keeps meeting with the Liasons (all of them, i think, certainly the human one) despite not having been mayor for something like 5 years (military dwarves always seem to get elected mayor...). In fact, I just annoyed a human liason because my broker (not mayor) entered a strange mood just as the liason entered my fortress (thus promptly leaving).

Now, Diplomats meet with the highest ranking leading noble you have (mayor/baron+/etc...), and I don't know why Diplomat redirects to Liason as humans and elves occasionally send a diplomat to make demands or merely comment 'this is a nice place you've carved out for yourself'.

--Squirrelloid 06:54, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

really set off traps?

I have both liaisons walk through a maze of traps every time they visit, never got hurt. Maybe a 38a/b/c bug? What kind of traps were they triggering?--Koltom 23:56, 27 February 2008 (EST)

I'm running DF 38a and every year when the caravans arrive I get a new human corpse to loot. My liasons never make it past my traps (weapon[disc] and stonefall). I wish they would, I'd like to adjust what they bring. Ripheus 21:00, 3 March 2008 (EST)

well known bug for 38a, it was fixed in 38b -Chariot 21:54, 3 March 2008 (EST)

Can't assign new leader; wiki article is incorrect

Leaders are elected and can't be manually chosen. --GreyMario 23:34, 8 March 2008 (EST)

I may be remembering wrong, but I recall my liasons wanting to meet my Broker, who is manually chosen. Ripheus 01:52, 9 March 2008 (EST)

Diplomat

I have an elven diplomat telling my duchess not to cut down more than 55 trees (and calling her short.. a member of Elves for the Ethical Treatment of Trees?). Is this kind of diplomat separate from the trade liaison? The page Diplomat redirects here.. Anydwarf 13:18, 28 March 2008 (EDT)

Yes and no. We should maybe move this page to "diplomat" as both the human and dwarven one (and the elven one? never had one of those although im trying hard *grin*) are called diplomat in the unit list. On the other hand the elves never send a trade diplomat(?) so, yes he is somewhat different, but should be included then... --Koltom 22:37, 28 March 2008 (EDT)

weird trigger for liaison screens

it seems once the meeting has started the usual delay between the screens can be avoided by marking tiles for digging with the mouse - this will cause the screens to pop up during marking (just be careful with pressing space bar) --Koltom 14:29, 29 March 2008 (EDT)

odd behaviour out of season/character

My siege engineer has just spend a while wandering around my fortress with the job "Attend Meeting" even though a) he is not the broker or mayor, b) there are no merchants or liasons on the map. He would go to one place and just stand there doing nothing then walk to another place and repeat. This went on for a while then he just went back to normal. There were other jobs he could have been doing at the time. Most odd. Is this a bug should I report it? Yvain 19:19, 29 March 2008 (EDT)

To clear up a point of confusion the job "Conduct Meeting" is the job assigned to the Mayor,Broker, or Baron/Count. After dwarven economy is running a dwarf might get the job "Attend Meeting". That dwarf seeks a meeting with the Mayor. If the Mayor is busy he will continue to follow the Mayor around until he is free. The solution I found is to switch off the Mayor's labors so he's free to conduct the meeting. The meeting is usually quick and then you'll get the other dwarf working again.--Angus 20:52, 29 March 2008 (EDT)

verified some embarrassment factors

From dwarfort.exe (Name) was embarrassed to have to conduct an official meeting in a dining room. (Name) was very embarrassed to have to conduct an official meeting in a bedroom. Yvain 19:58, 29 March 2008 (EDT)

I would be happier if someone could verify that it is actually _used_ in game, but, well. You see, my palace office never triggered any thought. --Koltom 21:13, 29 March 2008 (EDT)

Try giving them a dining room and no office, koltom. VengefulDonut 14:26, 30 March 2008 (EDT)

Liaisons, zoo material?

I want to know whether or not to trap the liaisons before they leave and have them in cages. Should I do this or not?--CrazyMcfobo 19:17, 12 April 2008 (EDT)