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[Kobold6]

In my 7 dwarf fort with my 3 person squads, I notice a phenomena where often one dwarf will sometimes train a lot less than the other two dwarfs, usually the militia commander.

Does personality affect how the commander chooses who will train?

[FantasticDorf]

Its more the individual effort of the dwarf soldiers, if they aren't enthusiastic about it they'll grind quite slowly.

[knutor]

A new sq is Inactive, by default, so those three soldiers will perform Individual Training, from what I read. Indie Training varies based on job skillsets, hauling and some traits, like Activity and Martial.

Turn the squad Active, and reorder its monthly Train Order, from 10, to an odd number, put #1 soldier(mil comm) always in it, so his Teach skill will go up faster.

Active is only way to get duels.

Commander does not choose who trains, we do, by puting a T on a wpn or armor rack. If they have no job, no haul, they will indie train. They will prioritize training over jobs and hauling, when active.

[Kobold6]

Commander does not choose who trains, we do, by puting a T on a wpn or armor rack. If they have no job, no haul, they will indie train. They will prioritize training over jobs and hauling, when active.

I set the squad to have 2 active dwarfs so that they spar and get some appropriate down-time.
My observation seems to be that sometimes the militia commander will neglect to choose himself for training as often as the others.
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Its more the individual effort of the dwarf soldiers, if they aren't enthusiastic about it they'll grind quite slowly.

Says otherwise.

I even tried mixing up the militia commander amongst the squad before with effecting more balanced training. But that's a statistical sample of one.

[Immortal-D]

I've noticed that less experienced and otherwise novice soldiers will only do individual training to start, regardless of available partners.  The best way to ensure sparring is having an even number of Dorfs in your squad, and setting 'training minimum = 2'.

[Bumber]

I've noticed that less experienced and otherwise novice soldiers will only do individual training to start, regardless of available partners.  The best way to ensure sparring is having an even number of Dorfs in your squad, and setting 'training minimum = 2'.

You'll need to set up multiple orders of that or you'll get only 2 dwarves actively training at a time.

[Immortal-D]

I've noticed that less experienced and otherwise novice soldiers will only do individual training to start, regardless of available partners.  The best way to ensure sparring is having an even number of Dorfs in your squad, and setting 'training minimum = 2'.

You'll need to set up multiple orders of that or you'll get only 2 dwarves actively training at a time.

Correct.  Each sub-set of the orders requires the conditions to be set every time.  Fortunately you only need to do this once, and can copy-paste to other months.