Originally posted by DATA ENTRY SLAVE:

Thank you for your input. It seems they keep on coming no matter what. But only since the last update (Hearth and Home). Before that dwarfs were a lot more civil about me settling inside their premises. I'll be constructing a landing bay for a ship to scour the surrounding areas for dwarf nests. Wish me luck.

I wouldn't look at it as a H&H change based on prior experience. I have very rarely found spots in the Black Forest where I can build and NOT be swarmed the whole time, going back to months ago. Occasionally you find just the right area that doesn't trigger spawning. I don't believe it was changed much, if at all, with the update.

The strategy has always been to spread out campfires and workbenches ALL around, creating a large buffer where nothing can spawn. This might overlap their spawn points and reduce the spawns.