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[Jimlad11]

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[RTiger]

Glass disks are ungodly. Besides that, hit or miss

[agatharchides]

I've gotten decent results with corkscrews. They aren't great and they are nearly useless against armor but in this age of omnipresent magma you can just spam 10 of them per trap and they are pretty dangerous.

[Jimlad11]

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[EmperorJon]

I just go the extra mile to make pearlash and use clear glass disks. They're the same, but I can sell the spare masterwork ones for loads.

[TheyTarget]

I heard that glass sets a random max edge different for each world. Making them anywhere from butter knife to razor blade depending on the fort. It's almost best to use something else instead. I however find that them as a first line defense before cage traps works well. It kills all the animals that I don't want to waste cages on and lets the goblins pass uninjured. But if I wanted to kill goblins I probably wouldn't waste the effort.

[IT 000]

I heard that glass sets a random max edge different for each world.

That bug's been fixed a few versions ago. Currently, against armor they are useless, but if it's not covered by armor, it will get chopped off. My adventurer lost all his fingers and toes while I was exploring my old fortress after I turned traps on.

[Avo]

Glass traps arnt as worthless as most people think, the trick is to just use sheer numbers of traps. Your probably better off creating glass cages/cage traps though. Its faster and takes MUCH less time to reset. I cant tell you how many fortresses Ive lost because my lazy dwarfs wouldn't pick the goblin out of the trap.

[Alastar]

Currently, glass is sharper than metal but light and relatively frail. On the whole, glass trap components are weaker than metal ones: you lose more in the ability to penetrate armour/bone than you gain in the ability to cause grievous wounds against exposed flesh. However, this may not be a bad thing.

I would consider glass disks as a standard trap for my killing zone: they're good at mincing exposed bits, reducing combat ability and leading to eventual death via exsanguination without too many instant kills. Metal disks are more suited as a failsafe inside of this: Too much maintenance as instant kills can jam traps.

Components with a small contact area have a decent chance to penetrate armour regardless of material... but for corkscrews, spikes and balls glass mostly seems an inferior substitute.