40d Talk:Ambush

Yesterday, I had an ambush. My woodcutter was ambushed by a group of one goblin bowman and five swordsmen. They were invisible, until attacked him. I had never seen anything like this until 38a. Think, it's something new, should we add the article? What do you think?--Dorten 23:23, 6 February 2008 (EST)

yes definitely. I have been ambushed 3 times already in one year. These attacks seem to coincide with trading caravans. --Kingzilla 23:28, 6 February 2008 (EST)

Is this really new? I started with 38a, but from reading i never expected anything else than thieves and ambushes with every caravan.--Koltom 23:17, 29 February 2008 (EST)

38a was the first time that caravans caused direct attacks. Previously the only worry was theives which could be easily defeated by recruits.--Kingzilla 14:07, 10 March 2008 (EDT)

Ambush messages

In my experience with last version (38a) it showed 'Ambush, curse them' on kobold thieves, and 'Amush!' on beforementioned goblins. This surely needs verification--Dorten 01:10, 7 February 2008 (EST)

I have:

38a

Kobold thieves (2): An ambush! curse them!

Goblins: An ambush! curse them!

38c

Kobold thieves (2): Thief! protect the hoard from skulking filth! (the different message may be caused by increased wealth)

Goblins: An ambush! curse them!

You can read back the whole announcements log (page up key) if you have the patience ;) --Koltom 23:17, 29 February 2008 (EST)

Toady stated that the "Ambush!" message appearing for kobold thieves was a bug, and it has now been fixed. Furiousfish 21:26, 6 March 2008 (EST)

Enemy squad supposedly fleeing after the commander's death

Well, in my case he got caged, does that count? The squad of the 5 remaining goblin bowmen, however did not retreat, and continued to advance until torn apart by dogs. Only 1, last(after the other 4 died) goblin started retreating. That was 38a. --Digger 05:07, 1 March 2008 (EST)

I just had my marksdwarves pump a goblin leader full of timber, and his squadmates just charged. --Shadow archmagi 08:15, 1 March 2008 (EST)

Alright I'm killing that part then. It's obviously wrong now. --Digger 09:44, 1 March 2008 (EST)

yep, just had an ambush too: leader dead, 1 unconscious, rest dead, and the last bowman was still charging.--Koltom 11:49, 1 March 2008 (EST)

weapon trap did not cause warning

So i thought i had a squad of only 3 goblins, but it turned out a weapon trap had already finished of 2, but without giving the ambush-message. My cagetraps always gave the warning when they caught a goblin. Is this a known fact? how about other trap types? I think stone fall traps also triggered the warning before, but im not so sure anymore. --Koltom 23:16, 11 March 2008 (EDT)