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Cyco_Chicken

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Pig iron buckler?
« on: March 18, 2012, 07:19:37 pm »
My armorsmith decided to make a pig iron buckler so is it any good or should I just hide deep in my fortress?
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Too far? This is the game where we slaughter the cutest animals we can find by the dozen for a rather meager amount of food. This is the game where coming up with a more complex and cruel way to kill something is a daily goal. This is the game where "child care" is locking a kid in a room with a bunch of rabid animals to scar them, sir, this is not far enough.

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Re: Pig iron buckler?
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2012, 07:22:16 pm »
Deep it.  I believe that it's either as good or worse than iron.  Either way if you've got pig iron you're producing steel already, so it doesn't beat steel in any case.
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Re: Pig iron buckler?
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2012, 07:23:11 pm »
Just as good as iron, and just as valuable  ???
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Re: Pig iron buckler?
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2012, 07:25:13 pm »
IIRC masterwork shield > artifact buckler.

I could be wrong on that point.



For certain though, the material means squat. It doesn't boost your defenses at all; it only matters for bashing, which you shouldn't care much about in the first place. All you should care about is quality.
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For, in order that men should resist injustice, something more is necessary than that they should think injustice unpleasant. They must think injustice absurd; above all, they must think it startling. They must retain the violence of a virgin astonishment. When the pessimist looks at any infamy, it is to him, after all, only a repetition of the infamy of existence. But the optimist sees injustice as something discordant and unexpected, and it stings him into action.

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Re: Pig iron buckler?
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2012, 07:26:12 pm »
uh, shield bashing is awesome.
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Re: Pig iron buckler?
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2012, 07:28:45 pm »
Not in my experience. For every brain bashed in with my copper shields, 10 other enemies die to axes/swords.

I always use artifact shields of any material if I get them. Buckler artifacts I dunno though... if I'm reading the wiki right, they're a tiny bit worse than masterwork shields.
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For, in order that men should resist injustice, something more is necessary than that they should think injustice unpleasant. They must think injustice absurd; above all, they must think it startling. They must retain the violence of a virgin astonishment. When the pessimist looks at any infamy, it is to him, after all, only a repetition of the infamy of existence. But the optimist sees injustice as something discordant and unexpected, and it stings him into action.

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Re: Pig iron buckler?
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2012, 07:58:01 pm »
More importantly, it's a buckler.  Bucklers will never be as good as shields.  At least not with current workings.  If bucklers cost 1/2 as much and all equipment breaks, then bucklers become an economic option.  But as it stands, no, artifact buckler is worse than no-quality shield.
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