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[utunnels]

A dabbling axedorf led axe demostration. A proficient swordsdorf watched the demostration.
A competent speardorf led spear demostration. An adequate hammerdorf watched the demostration.
A novice macedorf teached said competent speardorf how to use a mace.


Hey, Urists, are you kidding me?

[Larix]

Weapon demonstrations are _only_ given to dwarfs who already have skill in that weapon. You contaminated your skill reservoir by letting dwarfs pick up and try out various weapons before they settled on one type. I generally pick dwarfs who immigrate with weapon skills and make sure their skilled weapon is already available when they get drafted (or specify the desired weapon type in the uniform). A novice axedwarf will _not_ give an axe demonstration to a swordsdwarf who has a proper zero axe skill (i.e. not listed at all, not even "dabbling").

I always use mixed-weapons squads and _never_ have cross-training problems. Never.

[utunnels]

No, actually I checked with therapist first. So I picked only those who had at least novice weapon skills. Except the militia commander, I assigned him an axe but he was a skilled wrestler before.

The speardorf was a spear-axe hybrid, he didn't have any other weapon exp. But now he has 15 points on mace and 191 points on sword. The hammerdorf didn't have any spear exp, now he got 135 points.

By the way, they already chose their favorite weapons.

Now I regroup the squads.

a)
axe
spear (since he had higher axe skills than the other one)

b)
hammer

c)
mace
mace
mace

d)
crossbow
crossbow

I always use mixed-weapons squads and _never_ have cross-training problems. Never.

Before I always assigned them weapons. This time I used individual choice.

[G3Kappa]

I've always made small squads (5 dwarfs) each using different weapons (as in, a squad only for speardwarves, one only for axedwarves...), both for the sake of variety and the usefulness of micro-management.
It's easier to handle that way, for me, and also strategically useful since I can build multiple barracks in locations where I expect trouble to start brewing, effectively always having someone ready to defend while the others start showing up.

[utunnels]

Maybe it has something to do with the barrack setting?

I let all squads share the same barrack.

[Thisfox]

The best way to learn something, is to teach it.

Me, I still crack up if there's ever biting classes. It's just the mental image...

[Aslandus]

Are you giving those soldiers extra weapons because you think they'll get them stuck or just because they won't let go of their old weapons?

[utunnels]

Are you giving those soldiers extra weapons because you think they'll get them stuck or just because they won't let go of their old weapons?

No. I double checked they didn't have a weapon before they picked their own. I didn't assign them weapons until I produced all their favorite types (just in case they all picked up those obsidian swords).  I confirmed that in Dwarf Therapist before changing the settings.