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[krenshala]

Then on 12 Opal 252 my weaponsmith withdraws from society ... and makes Ultertegir (Commonbreeds) the copper menacing spike ... studded with copper.  Of course, I now see why folks suggest selling trap components.  The damn thing is worth 18,240 Urists!  The good is that he's now near legendary (he had very low skill, but was the best I'd found so far of my 55 dwarves), the bad is that I don't use traps but armed dwarves as defense.

Put it into a danger room 

I don't use danger rooms either.  I like the challenge of "normal" training.   I may make an exception and set up a trap near the entrance using it, however ...

[Loud Whispers]

For some reason the amount of people using danger rooms saddens me. Why? I have no idea, I don't even mind ;d

Well, off to go watch the remake of The Thing

[SirAaronIII]

A secretive guy who makes a trap component will become a legendary weaponsmith, meaning not just a ton of masterwork trap comps, but a ton of masterwork weapons and bolts too. So he's not as useless as you think he is.

[orius]

How good are candy crossbows when actually used to fire bolts?  I had one cranked out in a mood, and I'm not sure if it will be any good.  I know it will be crap if the dorf forgets ammo like an idiot and tries to beat monsters into pulp with it, but I'm trying to keep my marksdwarves behind fortifications and shooting at the enemies.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Then either lock them there or use military screen to give 'em ammo.

[Oliolli]

The material of a crossbow doesn't matter, only thequality, when it comes to shooting. A candy crossbow is always worse than a ☼copper crossbow☼.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

It depends. Candy crossbow when hitting someone with it is bad, copper crossbow isnt.
Quality may matter, but so does skill.

[Wannazzaki]

It depends. Candy crossbow when hitting someone with it is bad, copper crossbow isnt.
Quality may matter, but so does skill.

Skill level determines accuracy of the bolt on hitting and where it hits, speed of reload and fire etc..now give a legendary a generic no quality crossbow and the shots will go wild more often than not. I have observed this myself, legendary marksdorfs with poor quality bows are a waste of legendary marksdorfs. And bolts.

[Jenniretta]

How good are candy crossbows when actually used to fire bolts?  I had one cranked out in a mood, and I'm not sure if it will be any good.  I know it will be crap if the dorf forgets ammo like an idiot and tries to beat monsters into pulp with it, but I'm trying to keep my marksdwarves behind fortifications and shooting at the enemies.

For firing, the quality is what matters, not the material, so an artifact crossbow regardless of material should be good.