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TheEqualsE

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Crossbow tips - How to make crossbows more useful, video
« on: August 12, 2019, 09:39:45 pm »

https://youtu.be/EF_2n7p1fK4

In part one I talk about the problems that many crossbow teams have and what you can do about them.
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Re: Crossbow tips - How to make crossbows more useful, video
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2019, 03:54:31 pm »

I've seen one of your videos before. I like this video. It's hard to find videos on Dwarf Fortress that focus on one single part of the game. I'd like to see more in the future on other topics.
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« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2019, 02:05:18 am »

Thanks.  I don't get a lot of feedback so it means a lot to me.

I do have a part 2 where I show how I did this with my fort.  I do have a few ideas for more really specific stuff like how I use Therapist.
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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2019, 06:26:29 pm »

Yes, please do more single issue vids so we don't have to wade through other stuff to find what we're looking for. Though I haven't watched this vid yet. I will.
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Re: Crossbow tips - How to make crossbows more useful, video
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2019, 03:17:54 am »

Aaaargh, this could be a useful guide if you just wrote it down instead of insisting on reading it out loud like it's story time. Ain't nobody got time for that. Also what's with the fake voice?
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« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2019, 02:14:18 pm »

Here is the post that made me think this video would do well:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/c5jknd/my_tips_for_making_crossbow_teams_useful/

So there's a write up for you.

If the voice sounds kind of robot-y it's because it's recorded once, the pieces are encoded into a full video, and then YouTube insists on compressing it to death to save bandwidth.  Turn it up or down if that helps.
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Re: Crossbow tips - How to make crossbows more useful, video
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2019, 12:42:03 pm »

https://youtu.be/4vsrmxKJ2ag

Here's part 2.  I show all the ways I applied this in my fort, and I talk about the feedback I got from the forums.
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