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Author Topic: Crossbow hammer and bow/blowgun sword viable?  (Read 863 times)

utunnels

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Crossbow hammer and bow/blowgun sword viable?
« on: February 01, 2015, 07:52:39 pm »

I just wonder, if I train a squad of swordsdorf and hammerdorf, melt their weapons and assign them bows and crossbows, will they use their new toys normally?
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Aslandus

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Re: Crossbow hammer and bow/blowgun sword viable?
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2015, 10:27:59 pm »

I think there's some weirdness where they perceive the weapons that use the same skill as being the same, so if you arm a crossbowman with a hammer he'll still use the bow to bash enemies in melee range, but if you give him an axe, spear, or sword alongside his crossbow he'll use that instead when at melee range (whether they'll be any good with that weapon I can't say since I haven't tried it myself)...

As for whether they'll use ranged weapons as ranged weapons, they aren't so dumb that they can't figure out the a crossbow or bow can shoot at a distance, but they won't be much good at it if they don't get marksman/archer training, nor can I say they won't charge forward when they run out of ammo...

Skullsploder

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Re: Crossbow hammer and bow/blowgun sword viable?
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2015, 11:30:38 pm »

If you can, put a swordsdwarf/axedwarf veteran in your marksdwarf squads. If he's skilled, he'll do demonstrations to make sure they actually are better at using real weapons then bashing things uselessly.
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Re: Crossbow hammer and bow/blowgun sword viable?
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2015, 11:44:15 pm »

Also mixed squads can handle more
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