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pubby

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Militia vs Army
« on: April 04, 2010, 12:36:12 am »
The new military screen gives much more options, but at the same time causes lots of micromanagement and annoyances when you only need to set a few dwarves to fight.

Why not have 2 options?
A militia that trains when "not busy," but otherwise handles similar to the old version. Very simple and easy to add/remove dwarves. They train very slow  and would be more for attacking enemies when nearby rather than sending them out to attack. A simple option would send all militia to stop working and attack.

Also, there would be an "Army" that is like the new version. Dwarves would train all day at a faster rate, and would take it as their full time job. The army would carry the tough weapons and be stationed, etc.

Sorry if posted before.





« Last Edit: April 04, 2010, 12:38:18 am by pubby »
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Murphy

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Re: Militia vs Army
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2010, 03:38:46 am »
It seems there already are both variants: militia and regular, full-time army, the latter's just unavaliable until you have a baron. Look here:
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Noble

Not that I'm against the idea of revamping them so militia is simpler and leaving the complex regulations for when you have full-time military.
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