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Torak

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I just realized that goblins suck at fighting.
« on: December 31, 2007, 07:25:00 pm »
Mostly because an entire squad/first siege was taken out pretty much single handedly by a champion dwarf.


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Re: I just realized that goblins suck at fighting.
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2007, 07:38:00 pm »
A little paranoid about injuries eh? You paused way too many times for that to be very actionpacked. Still pretty cool, though.
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Torak

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Re: I just realized that goblins suck at fighting.
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2007, 08:13:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Skeeblix:
<STRONG>A little paranoid about injuries eh? You paused way too many times for that to be very actionpacked. Still pretty cool, though.</STRONG>

If you couldn't tell by the general surrounding of my fortress, I've got no water to help out a maimed dwarf before he succumbs to thirst, that's why I keep a close eye on my soldiers just to be sure.

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Re: I just realized that goblins suck at fighting.
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2008, 11:52:00 pm »
Yes, goblins suck at fighting really really bad. Actually, it's more that shield use (and to a slightly lesser degree wrestling) is really, really overpowered - arguably even moreso then ranged weapons.

If you remove ranged weapons, I suspect a single champion could take out any sized siege alone. I did it in the 2d version and 3 champions took out 90% of the big king siege with no wounds. The only limit really would be your dwarves getting tired, but superdwarvenly tough makes that rare. Even with ranged weapons, it comes down to one of the archers getting a very lucky shot.

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Re: I just realized that goblins suck at fighting.
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2008, 04:35:00 am »
I find wrestling to be way more useful than shield use.  My shields do very little-- but I love to watch my champions dodging ten thousand iron arrows.  A trance helps  :)
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