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[DG123]

Any tips? I'm trying to work out what the best solution is for the obvious problem...

Namely stockpiling high quality weapons and letting dwarves upgrade them, but NOT EQUIP THEM. I want to make my weapons good before the dwarves equip them.

[slothen]

prepare everything, fortress on complete lockdown, strip military, upgrade, reassign uniforms, end lockdown

Its a pain.  The other option is to have such an excess of high-quality weapons and armor that you don't need to remove the ones they're using.

[DG123]

Hmm. And what do I need to do to make military get rid of crap weapons they decided they wanted to claim and keep forever?

On an unrelated note, I have bought treant seeds from merchants but I can see no way to make use of them. What am I doing wrong?

[Deepblade]

I think either giving it a dump order, or forbidding it will make them drop it.

[Girlinhat]

These threads need to label what mod they're using in the title :/

[Synner]

These threads need to label what mod they're using in the title :/

Seconded, this was VERY confusing for a bit before I realized you where talking about a moded game.

[DG123]

My bad, I got confused about which sub-forum I posted in.

However, I don't think the equipping of items is changed in Masterwork. Although it does show you what weapons are claimed by dwarfs already.

[Drazinononda]

If you assign a dwarf a specific weapon, I think they'll even take it to replace named or 'attached' weapons. That would also make them equip the cheap temporary until you've upgraded their permanent assignment, which you can then assign to them the same way so they don't play musical swords every time you make a slightly more impressive weapon.

[Dorflord]

If you assign a dwarf a specific weapon, I think they'll even take it to replace named or 'attached' weapons. That would also make them equip the cheap temporary until you've upgraded their permanent assignment, which you can then assign to them the same way so they don't play musical swords every time you make a slightly more impressive weapon.

Also be sure to remove Indv. Choice melee/ranged so they don't just hold onto the weapon you're trying to improve.

[k33n]

There has got be a better way to keep mod threads away or in there own place. At least label your thread properly.

[Ace_Rooster]

Less important in Vanilla, but I like to have my masterwork steel breastplates menacing with spikes of brass, so it is relevant. The only way I have come up with to do it is have the entire metalwork section sealed, with minecart entrances only, and a dump exit for items that are "ready". I have not done any experimenting with the system, but it might help with the whole musical armour thing whenever my armourer is working if you dump it out in batches and get everyone to change. On the other hand it could result in everyone in the military removing their armour whenever a better piece becomes available but being unable to reach it. I will be back after some science!

[r4NGe]

Last time I restricted all armor and weapon pile to have no masterwork quality and made stockpile for masterwork next to rune workshops. Then I made a empty uniform called "nekked" and hoped for the best. I still had to monitor the runeshop with T and forbid random none masterwork weapons they were trying to use. I'm sure there is a better way. Maybe have the workshop "take from" the masterwork quality pile?

[Drazinononda]

That would make a big difference. Current game design has the dwarf grab the closest material to them when taking a job, so without linked stockpiles you have silliness like a mason finishing his lunch, then hauling a stone from the dining room all the way across the fort to the workshop just because it was right next to his table.