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Selfawarebot

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Golem questions
« on: October 11, 2013, 01:30:00 pm »
So, for the first time last night, I got golems.  However, after playing around with them a bit, I have a few questions I couldn't answer.

1.   Can they equip armor/weapons? I saw one tear an orc's armor off and beat it to death with said armor, so I know they can at least swing things.

2.  If they can't, then which is better in combat, assuming same skill levels: a dwarf clad in weapons ans plate with basic runes and upgrades, or a golem made from the same material?

3.  Just how hard are they to kill?  I sent one after a group of 8 human hammermen;  it survived, but was severely injured.  It had lost all of its "blood" so I guess they can't bleed out.
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kamikazi1231

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Re: Golem questions
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2014, 07:50:01 am »
1. They are the golem type you create. Swordgolem. Hammergolem. They can be upgraded with mechanisms.

2. Honestly a rune upgraded highly trained dwarf is probably better.course it situational. Golems are very tough and should be immune to many effects that magic users use. I assume arrows wouldn't do much either. Again they can be upgraded with mechanisms to improve fighting skills. They should also be good against undead... theoretically.

3. Very tough. Make steel ones and upgrade. Send out a whole squad of them and wipe out sieges. They can also be repaired. Im sure your golem is all red and flashing but of course still kicking ass. If you play with diseases I find them a great solution for unstable dwarves.
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evilman222

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Re: Golem questions
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2014, 08:26:50 am »
1. They only use the type of weapon they're made with, though I once saw a golem beat a goblin to death with a hat.
2. Not sure as I haven't messed with runes much, but my adamantite golem fought off an entire fury siege and was flashing red (all of his parts were red except for the sword) but was still fighting well, while my legendary axedwarf, also in full adamantite, got killed pretty quickly.
3. As stated earlier, VERY tough. Not sure how the lower-value metal ones are, since my iron and steel golems fell into a volcano mid-fight (apparently not magma-proof).
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