A Game of Dwarves - Quick questions and Quick Answers

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• Mar 7, 2014

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• #1

I've been using this on the Victoria II subforum, and thought I might make one here.

Anyway, picked this up last night on Steam, and I've gone from the Backyard to Trials level. My dwarf happiness doesn't seem to move up or down. I planted a few ale trees, and I don't see any change in happiness. Is happiness turned off for that early level?

 

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• Mar 8, 2014

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I do think the happiness is turned off on the intro levels.
later on or in sandbox mode it will change by different things

 

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• Mar 9, 2014

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A few more.

I notice gold randomly decreasing as I play. Whats this based on?

I got a wolf pet recently, and he's decent in battle, but I'm wondering if I should get more pets, or focus on warrior dwarves for military.

Is either ranged or melee inherently better? Should I have each in equal measures, or should I focus on one or the other.

Can the Prince level up? How?

Is falling damage a thing? Would pit traps be of any use? Also, are there trapdoors? Perhaps in one of the DLCs?

 

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• Mar 9, 2014

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All plants only last so long and then need to be replanted. The replanting is automatic – unless you do not have what it cost to replant them. Some plants cost gold to replenish them.

You will need stronger warriors than what the wolf can provide. Pets are really just that – pets. Fun to have around but also provide certain benefits.

I usually have a good mix of ranged and non-ranged warriors – just because it’s cooler. You can go with just melee and be just fine.

The Prince levels up in between levels in the campaign. . . sort of. He gets different attributes that help in various ways.

No, no pit traps.

 

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• Mar 10, 2014

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Thanks for your answers. A few more questions.

Completed the Northern Pass. and on my Ranged Military Dwarf, I noticed he's got the option to become a Grenade Chucker. I didn't try it that time, and went the Sniper Route, but I'm considering it this time. Am I going to regret it? The words friendly fire and splash damage come to mind here, in particular.

With my Melee Military Dward, I've got the same deal. I went Shield Dwarf then, but how's Berserker?

EDIT: I picked up Star Dwarves as well, but I'm not sure how to activate the content. Can it be used in Campaign Mode? I haven't tried Custom yet.

 

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• Mar 10, 2014

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Star Dwarves is activated in Custom Game – Advance Tab. And no, you can’t have them in the campaign.

And Grenades are fun to play with. If I was you I would make one or two to play with.

Here’s a write up on the Berserker in combat. They are very fun to have.
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?642475-The-Life-Of-A-Dwarf-Warrior

 

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• Mar 18, 2014

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So, been playing for awhile now. Just finished 'The Tunnel', which might be my favorite by far. Anyway, will I need to grind levels to get maximum influnce and by all influence techs, or are there enough levels to get this normally? I understand that the achievements for getting all influence techs is buggy, but is getting all influence techs doable?

 

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• Mar 18, 2014

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Sure you can. Especially if you have a couple of Master Research tables and Scholars going at it. Also have the Tier 4 – Research Station and Tier 3 – Scholar Specialization. I usually conduct my research upgrades to jump to those that will help my research first, and then worry about filling in the rest later.

 

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• Mar 19, 2014

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Well, I'm not talking about the tech tree. Instead, I'm talking about the influence tree that you can find on the world map.

 

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• Mar 19, 2014

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yeah i mixed your words around. sorry about that.
It's been a little while since i went through the campaign, but if i remember there is only so many upgrades there that you will get - and they're not enough to get them all in one game.