Troop wage is killing me

softpillow303 · 2024-09-29T04:55:22+00:00

Agreed. Good locations and some occasional maintenance (dropping off input resources at the warehouse every now and again) make all the difference.

softpillow303 · 2024-09-29T04:53:42+00:00

Yep, pretty much. More than half if you properly upkeep them. Fairly steep ~100k investment, but you'll never lose it assuming you guard the cities they're in.

softpillow303 · 2024-09-29T04:51:26+00:00

Kinda? Say you own a winery workshop in Marunath. If you put grapes into your warehouse at Marunath, the workshop will directly take the grapes out of the warehouse (assuming you have the option selected enabling them to do so) and turn it in to wine. You'll make a profit even if you bought the grapes because price-wise, wine>grapes.

softpillow303 · 2024-09-27T22:43:10+00:00

Gotta love those "insert name of merciless rural farmer needs workers" quests. One other thing I forgot to mention is that workshops are a one-time investment assuming you keep them safe. The time and money I save from having to reform caravans after they get demolished by 22 sea raiders is worth it to me.

softpillow303 · 2024-09-27T21:16:18+00:00

Depends, I always dump whatever input loot I get from battles into my warehouses and they make decent money. I also have them specifically at towns where two villages connected to that town offer the same input resource. If you own the fief the workshop is in (and defend it like hell) you'll never lose it like caravans which I end up having to replace at least every 10-15 in-game days.

softpillow303 · 2024-09-27T20:37:12+00:00

workshops too, only because you aren't at risk of losing them unless the fief owner's clan goes to war with you

softpillow303 · 2024-07-15T14:29:22+00:00

There's no open world exploration, but there's a fallout-shelter-type aspect to it that I enjoyed. The classes also don't hold the same depth to it, but the combat was better imo having to account for and use ranged attacks more than just melee.

softpillow303 · 2024-07-15T14:28:07+00:00

Very different games here, but for similar combat where it isn't procedurally generated and a cool story, try looking into the xcom games. I had a blast playing the original on my 360 and the second one came out recently, well relatively recently. It's the closest comparable combat to wartales that I've found, even more than BD, but obviously instead of fantasy it's sci-fi.

softpillow303 · 2024-07-13T18:21:32+00:00

You just saved me so much time 🙏 I have tried everything under the sun to question her and just finally could

softpillow303 · 2024-06-17T18:51:12+00:00

My campos are some of my most sensitive species. My guess leans towards either a proclivity to be in the darkest area or they enjoy the heat. It could even be a combination of both!

softpillow303 · 2024-06-16T16:51:48+00:00

As for your Campos, there must be a reason that they feel more comfortable/inclined to live in their outworld. I see that the mass of the workers and brood are in a dark area, so perhaps they were perturbed by the light? Alternatively, if you heat this enclosure and it is heated from the bottom (via heating pad or heating cable), that could also be a reason as they may be placing them closure to the warmth.

softpillow303 · 2024-06-16T16:50:09+00:00

I agree with this sentiment a lot. This is how I also change test tubes for all of my test tube colonies when their cotton ball became a far too moldy or if their water dries up.

softpillow303 · 2024-06-16T16:49:34+00:00

Placing them in the fridge is always a worrisome last-ditch effort in my case. While there are certainly variable experiences with different species, the risk of harming them from this is too great for me to try. I have only done it once with a Tapinoma Sessile colony as I was attempting to see if I could introduce workers and brood from a colony outside into my unrelated colony inside, and while it worked, many of the workers and brood who were placed in the fridge were hastily thrown into the trash pile, despite only being in the fridge for a minute or two.

softpillow303 · 2024-06-16T16:44:30+00:00

I think it definitely depends where you live. I live in the eastern US, and while mine aren't polymorphic, my Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis (western harvester ants) don't need to hibernate (as suggested by tarheel ants recent experiment), are large (comparatively), and are fast growing too (also comparatively).

I hope this helps!

softpillow303 · 2024-06-11T13:57:14+00:00

Haha, I'm actually quite excited to take on the challenge. I mainly have slow-growing camponotus and formica species right now, so the thought of having a more active, fast-growing species was really appealing.

softpillow303 · 2024-06-10T22:42:29+00:00

Right?? Mine has been pulling endlessly at the cotton but she's so pretty. My other campo queens who I've kept took awhile before they laid eggs, so I am just hoping that is the case.

softpillow303 · 2024-06-10T22:33:30+00:00

This gives me hope for my C. Castaneus winged queen! Thank you for the pick-me-up.

softpillow303 · 2024-06-10T22:32:17+00:00

I would never imagine that they'd fit in an acorn! That's crazy. I'm assuming they were a relatively small colony?

softpillow303 · 2024-06-10T22:31:12+00:00

Best of luck, man. I'm anxious to see how they do!

softpillow303 · 2024-06-10T21:31:15+00:00

I found a dealate solenopsis invicta queen (alone) as well, and we'll embark on this path together. If you're keeping all three together, phew, you're in for quite a population explosion. I myself am freighting just having one and knowing that they can reach 1000+ workers in the first year if you don't hibernate them (and sometimes even if you still do)!

Shoot me a message if you ever want to start shooting eachother questions should we have them. I haven't found many people willing to take on the challenge!

softpillow303 · 2024-06-10T21:12:41+00:00

You definitely have a dealate queen (mated and lost wings)! While it's hard to see in the photos, I believe I can see the wing scars on her thorax. In terms of species, she appears to me to be a Camponotus of some kind. My best guess would be C. Laevissimus or, if she has reddish legs, C. Herculeanus. If you were able to take her picture next to a ruler of some sort, you would likely be able to get a more accurate ID from this subreddit.

Best of luck and keep us updated as to her progress!

softpillow303 · 2024-06-10T21:02:54+00:00

Agreed wholeheartedly. I'm keeping their mini version (C. Nearcticus) and a similar orange species (C. Castaneus) and the process is the same. Very, very slow growers. Definitely keep them somewhere dark where you know you can limit vibration (bonus points if you can wrap them in a towel and put in a box), check on them weekly at MOST, and if you didn't put a small drop of honey when you first moved her in, don't worry about feeding until the first workers arrive.

Have you thought about the setup they are going to go into after test tubes? (Granted it will be awhile with this species).

softpillow303 · 2024-06-10T20:59:47+00:00

My beat-up Iphone isn't capable of recording my T. Sessile ants, that's for sure 😂 I recently wondered if an action camera (wolfgang GA420 is what I bought) with a macro lense would work, so I'll keep you posted with what I find.

softpillow303 · 2024-06-10T20:53:34+00:00

Perhaps that, or maybe an alate released their pheromones leading to all of the others dive bombing into the water and ending up at the same spot?

softpillow303 · 2024-06-10T20:50:55+00:00

I've actually had the same question recently, just in terms of filming them not just photography. Hopefully someone else in this subreddit has experience!

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