AlternatePFG said:
Yeah, don't actually play Dwarf Fortress too much myself (I'm terrible at it but I do love the game.) but I've read a few LP's of it and the thing I enjoy most of the game is probably the weird randomness of it at times.
It's a really good game if you can find something to stick you on it for a bit, and if you're struggling, you can always do stuff like increasing the embark points to give you a little more support in the start and what-not, generally, I think persistence really pays off though.
As for randomness, Dwarf Fortress really is the pinnacle of randomness.
I can cite an example once when I had a solider, the hero of my fortress, Legendary swordsmen, fighter and a bunch of other stuff, clad in a suit of Adamantine. I dispatched him and a group of 4 other highly ranked soldiers to chase off a small goblin invasion.
A few moments into the fight, the legendary swordsman gets hit by a copper arrow, falling to the ground, first I thought he was just stunned, moments go by, he suffocates while the rest are fighting, they end up killing the goblins.
Anyway, turns out the copper arrow had bruised the dwarf through the plate armour, chipping his spine, instantly incapacitating him, he then suffocated.
I was not best pleased. I tend to get too attached to dwarves, especially those who've been around a while and obtained such accolades.
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