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Kawako

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Useless guards
« on: August 10, 2009, 02:47:13 pm »
I don't know if other people have this problem or I am just doing something wrong but whenever I make a meeting hall or a barracks anywhere my guards can gather they instead of fighting decide to stay at the barracks or meeting hall letting everyone. I just lost 19 dwarves in a siege before even a single guard came out, can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
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Rvlion

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Re: Useless guards
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2009, 02:54:52 pm »
AFAIK the Fortress Guard exists to perform justice, Royal Guards are to please the nobles and the regular recruits can be dumped together in 1 squad and controlled by ordering the squad leader.
Fortress- and Royal guards do what they please and not what you want.
If you are using regular recruits have you checked if they are on or off duty, and if the squad leader is eating/drinking/sleeping/on break none of them seem to actually do something
« Last Edit: August 10, 2009, 02:56:54 pm by Rvlion »
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XSI

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Re: Useless guards
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2009, 03:02:10 pm »
Regular guards are next to useless for fighting sieges, try using the military for that.
Royal guards are just as useless.

Guards are like the cops, military is..The military.
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