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[VerdantSF]

I get plenty of arrows from trade and goblinite, so I'm tempted to use my first foreign weapon.  Will the squad know to take the right ammo for their weapons if their leader has arrows allocated along with their bolts?  Or is this just asking for all kinds of trouble, with mixed bolts and arrows in the squad's quivers?

[kingubu]

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=1374

0001374: If squad is assigned multiple ammo types, dwarves with "individual choice ranged" carry wrong ammo, and other ammo bugs

Maybe try without individual choice.  Good luck!

[Larix]

In my experience, you need a bow-only squad, with only arrows assigned via the ammunition menu. Mixed-weapon crews regularly screw up; bowdwarfs will happily stuff bolts in their quivers and use their bows for bashing.

[VerdantSF]

Thanks!

[Geldrin]

Hey, this made me think about how quivers are assigned to marksmen. One quiver per head, or one per crossbow? What happens, if you equip a marxdorf with a crossbow and a bow? Could we make our marksmen to run out ammo twice as slow? (Or equipping two crossbows at a time?)

Sorry for rushing you with these questions.

[kingubu]

You can change the amount of ammo they carry under (m)ilitary (f)ammunition.  I've had my xdwarfs carrying 100 bolts each in one quiver.

Remember that metal bolts weight quite a bit.  Give them too many bolts and they'll slow down.

[Seanp888]

Remember that metal bolts weight quite a bit.  Give them too many bolts and they'll slow down.

also , neat thing with the update in progress, when it comes to attacking, it should be now that the weight won't affect how fast they shoot, just how fast they move, so having them carry lots of bolts is good for if they are on battlements or something.