v0.31 Talk:Mayor

Am I Seeing Double?

Apparently, there seem to be two mayors in my fortress. The only one on the nobles screen is the newest, who has started making mandates out of the blue while the other is still a mayor and in their estate. The two aren't married. Is this some sort of new feature or just another bothersome glitch?

Known bug. http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=312 .--Tarran 23:03, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Appointed yet replacable

I keep getting new mayors elected as usual but find i can use the nobles screen to replace them with whomever i want as if they where appointable. --MLegion 18:29, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Dwarven society (on the town level atleast) is a dictatorship, there is only an illusion of democracy! --Overspeculated 11:03, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Why elected?

Not that I'm complaining, but after a Great consolor who knows nobody came she became mayor immidiately -- anybody understand the election process?

The process isn't so much an election as the game chooses the mayor based on the sum of the skill levels a dwarf has that is related to mayoral tasks. All things being equal, a dwarf with more friends would get chosen over one with less. So it's sort of a meritocracy, at least that's how I understand it.169.231.8.134

No mayor with 56 dwarves

I haven't go a mayor yet although 56 dwarves live in my fortress. I play this fortress a bit unusual by having only 3 rooms and living from plant gathering. Bug or unknown condition? --Blur 12:55, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

How long have you had 56 dwarves? Elections for Mayor only happen about halfway through the first month of Summer, and they may not necessarily happen every year. --Quietust 13:59, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

This could be the reason, as I abandoned after creating a high-quality armor for my adventurer. --Blur 13:50, 25 December 2010 (UTC) Currently I have 79 dwarves with no mayor, and I have had over 50 for few years now... A bug? -A4