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Hammers

42 (29.4%)

Axes

101 (70.6%)

Total Members Voted: 143

[Necro910]

Hammers for armored, axes for unarmored. I personally like axes for adventure, considering I just strangle everyone then slit their throats 

[Sjotrik]

Silver hammers are the majority of my squad. ( yeah, i have only one. ) I have 5 hammers, 2 axes, 2 crossbows and 1 sword.

The sword are for supplying my world with green bodyparts. >

[MasterMorality]

Let them arm themselves. It's more fun when they equip at random.

[SocietalEclipse]

Let them arm themselves. It's more fun when they equip at random.

I don't like it when my miners won't mine because soldiers took all the picks.  Yes, I could just make more picks but I have no iron ore on my current map so the picks are copper and would make terrible weapons if a soldier had that as a preference.

As to the OP's question I generally use 6 axes / 4 war hammers per melee squad.  If a drafted migrant comes with a weapon skill I assign that weapon manually.

[Keldane]

Previously, I mentioned my obscenely heavy hammer that caused reliable knockback. I just went back to my 31.21 install so that I could verify the weight:

Steel: 785,000 Urists
Copper: 893,000 Urists
Silver:  1,049,000 Urists
Platinum: 2,140,000 Urists

Not that anyone asked. I just wanted to share.

At any rate, I don't think this is a unique idea as such, and I'm going to mod in a hybrid weapon. The hack attack from an axe, plus the bash attack of a hammer. That way, I don't have to choose which I'd prefer to arm my military with, as I can effectively do both for the material cost of a single weapon. =D

[Yoink]

At any rate, I don't think this is a unique idea as such, and I'm going to mod in a hybrid weapon. The hack attack from an axe, plus the bash attack of a hammer. That way, I don't have to choose which I'd prefer to arm my military with, as I can effectively do both for the material cost of a single weapon. =D

A... Haxe?
Instead of axedwarves/hammerdwarves, you'll have H4x0rves.

[Keldane]

At any rate, I don't think this is a unique idea as such, and I'm going to mod in a hybrid weapon. The hack attack from an axe, plus the bash attack of a hammer. That way, I don't have to choose which I'd prefer to arm my military with, as I can effectively do both for the material cost of a single weapon. =D

A... Haxe?
Instead of axedwarves/hammerdwarves, you'll have H4x0rves.

And it will use their Butchery skill, since I can't have it use both hammer and axe skills, and it seems horribly appropriate.

[Alastar]

Don't forget to give it multiple lines of the blunt attack in the raws, otherwise the difference to normal axes will be neglegible. Edged attacks are 100 times as likely to be picked as blunt attacks.

[V12US]

At any rate, I don't think this is a unique idea as such, and I'm going to mod in a hybrid weapon. The hack attack from an axe, plus the bash attack of a hammer. That way, I don't have to choose which I'd prefer to arm my military with, as I can effectively do both for the material cost of a single weapon. =D

We'll call it a snow plough.

[Flying Dice]

On another note: modded minimum size greataxes. Having Bronze Collosus problems? They'll cut it down to size (kibble & gore) inside of a minute.