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cats

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Marksdwarf in action
« on: September 12, 2012, 06:39:16 pm »
Marksdwarves! Go kill the troglodytes!

I observe the first to arrive on the scene. He's properly equipped, and well-trained with professional levels in marksdwarf, archery and ambush. At MAXIMUM range (plus a little) he starts firing at the lead trog. Most of his bolts miss, breaking a tile or two away, but a few hit and the trog limps away slowly (back toward his trog friends). Now out of arrows and with no backup, Urist McRambo charges the trogs and gets slaughtered as he tries to beat them with his crossbow.

It was a wide open field and a clear win for the dwarf vs four troglodytes. Instead, he injured one and died.

Answer: more marksdwarves!

Still, I have to ask if this is a usual level of dwarven dumbassery. I think this one took a few too many bolt recoils to the head.
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Re: Marksdwarf in action
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2012, 06:41:08 pm »
just use Urist McAxeDwarf

he is best when fighting anything.
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Re: Marksdwarf in action
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2012, 06:42:40 pm »
I think it depends on what his order was.  If he was ordered to KILL the trogodolyte, than yes, after running out of ammo, he will engage in melee wielding the butt of his crossbow.
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GreatWyrmGold

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Re: Marksdwarf in action
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2012, 06:48:07 pm »
Possibly, he was spending long enough fumbling a reload into his crossbow that the trogs got to him before he could fire again. This is why crossbowdwarves require some combination of cover, meatshields, or massive numbers to succeed.
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Re: Marksdwarf in action
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2012, 10:18:28 pm »
Both station and kill orders can result in marksdwarves chasing critters to melee when they run out of ammo.

Solution is to issue a station/move order somewhere safe, but nearby, wait for most of them to arrive, then issue a 2nd station/move order to put them line-of-sight with the enemy.

Once they start shooting - cancel their existing orders so that the squad is set back to "inactive".  They'll continue shooting until they run out of bolts, then they'll run away.

After the critters are dead, issue a new station/move order to move the squad back to a safe location (such as a meeting hall).  This lessens the impact of the bug where idle dwarves, who are off-duty, try to idle at their last "station" point.
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