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Quatch

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Squad avoidance
« on: July 13, 2009, 04:30:08 pm »
Sometimes I want all of my dwarves to retreat to the saferoom at the bottom of the fortress, so I assign them all to a squad and station them in the basement.

However, there are always some dwarves who refuse to be put in a squad under a certain dwarf. They'll go in a different squad, and are fine if that is then merged. Anyone know why?
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Re: Squad avoidance
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2009, 04:32:02 pm »
Champions will only serve under champions.  Heroes only under heroes and champions.  Mostly likely that's your issue.
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Re: Squad avoidance
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2009, 04:33:01 pm »
And iirc a trained dwarf will not serve under a "recruit" (one w/out a single rank in a weapon skill or wrestling.)

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Re: Squad avoidance
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2009, 03:22:21 am »
If dwarf A's highest military skill is higher tha dwarf B's, he will not serve under the other, UNLESS (this is partially a guess, but seems to hold true for my forts at least) they're both champions. AFAIK, any champion will serve under any other.
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