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[nick56x]

So, me and my friends had an excellent idea. Is it possible to launch enemies from catapults?

Meaning, can I put caged enemies into a catapult and launch them?

[HamsterSaurusRex]

So far, I don't think so, you might post that in suggestions though. sounds fun. doubt its planned as of yet

[nick56x]

Well, damn. That would've been amazing. Launching Goblins against their own kind. Imagine that. haha.

[i2amroy]

You could sort of do it with a raising bridge that you dropped the goblins on, though it doesn't fling them very far.

[HamsterSaurusRex]

Could you use minecarts? I forget about how those work. Creatures can ride, not sure if they can get flung off in cages

[Orange Wizard]

Just send a minecart slamming into them, and send the chunks flying.

[Duuvian]

I like the way you think, OP.

[neblime]

So far, I don't think so, you might post that in suggestions though. sounds fun. doubt its planned as of yet

somewhat planned?  I'm sure there was some other mention of this sort of thing somewhere, so i'm pretty sure that's what this means
Bloat359, UNCONVENTIONAL AMMUNITION, (Future): You should be able to attempt to use various non-standard items in missile weapons and siege weapons.

[GavJ]

Yes you can launch goblins from minecarts. Because any container hitting a wall at high speed will eject its contents one square above and out, or through fortifications. And cages are containers.

Thus, put a caged goblin in a minecart, have it slam into a wall fast enough, the cage will fly out. Have another wall positioned so that the cage slams into it, and it will eject the goblin out who will then fly in a parabolic trajectory until impact, hopefully with another goblin.

You could also theoretically launch an armed dwarf with a little cave spider web trickery to get him in a cage first. If you were to perfectly calculate the trajectory so that he landed not too hard, perhaps on a featherwood landing pad (having him land near the slowest top point of a trajectory perhaps? I don't know) right in the middle of an area set up so that goblins have to pass by it? Or I don't know, a cage of poisonous giant bees?

[Dzedajus]

You could also theoretically launch an armed dwarf with a little cave spider web trickery to get him in a cage first. If you were to perfectly calculate the trajectory so that he landed not too hard, perhaps on a featherwood landing pad (having him land near the slowest top point of a trajectory perhaps? I don't know) right in the middle of an area set up so that goblins have to pass by it? Or I don't know, a cage of poisonous giant bees?

Dwarf special ops.
UristmcGendo: The goblins are coming, quickly get into the minecarts!
UristmcOperator1: Calculating landing point, all parameters nominal.
UristmcOperator2: all systems go!
*neon genesis evagelion music starts*
UristmcGendo: Launch!

[GavJ]

Actually I didn't stop and think that just sitting in the minecart for a dwarf would probably work yes. Lol. Whatever, man.

[Dzedajus]

Bonus points: Leave small vaults with weapons and ammo all around in your battlefield city Mountainhome 3.