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[Tessien]

I thought that dwarves who grew attached to a weapon wouldn't relinquish it.

In my fort I spent a long while using copper weapons, so a number of my dwarves grew attached to their coppers spears and axes.

Now that I have found cassiterite all my dwarves have upgraded to bronze weapons.

Is this a recent change? Or does getting attached work differently than I thought?

Furthermore, does being attached to a weapon actually provide any benefits?

[monkeyfetus]

I'm not sure, but I think they only keep attached weapons when you set it to personal choice.

[Tessien]

Hmm, all my melee dwarves are set to personal choice. Maybe it's because the new bronze items are masterwork? Greed > nostalgia.

[jester]

Have you actually got the  "Urist McDwarf has become attached to his +copper spork+" message?

[Tessien]

Yeah, it's happened with copper axes twice, a copper crossbow, and a copper shield.

None of them were given a name (that I can see), and none were retained once better equipment started showing up.

[jester]

Mine was only with weapons, I accidently changed one guys and didnt notice for 6 months and he hasnt torn the joint apart yet so I think its ok

[saru]

Does it show up in their thoughts at all? "Urist McCoppershieldlover had to give up a beloved item" or something of the sort?

[Cheshire Cat]

making them use a specific weapon, and choosing the weapon you want them to have from the list seems to override any attachments they may have. seeing as i use mostly axes, i use this option all the time to stop the bizzare behaviour i kept getting early on in df2010 where woodcutters and miners refusing to use their tools. while some of that is probably fixed im still in the habbit of assigning each dwarf their own weapon.

my dwarves get attached to their copper items a lot, then the iron, then the steel, before/if i change finally to adamantium. this is over something like a 10 year fortress. i havent been paying very close attention to the finer points of the new military system yet, at first it really frustrated me so ive mostly been making awesome new places i can go explore in adventure mode, so i dont know if they get unhappy thoughts from having to give up a weapon. ive never yet had to make a dwarf chuck a named item, so no idea what happens there. i would probably find a way to steal it and drop it into magma if i really wanted my dwarf to change his gear.