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[Roraborialisforealis]

Actually it really depends on which is higher, fighter or archer skill

My first post covered that, but in melee, it is normally about equal.

[FrisianDude]

Don't do it. I used to assign short swords and daggers to my marksdwarf squads but they almost invariably went in for melee when I gave a kill order. Maybe because they were bad shooters, of course.

[Jake]

Don't do it. I used to assign short swords and daggers to my marksdwarf squads but they almost invariably went in for melee when I gave a kill order. Maybe because they were bad shooters, of course.

Does that include situations when they can't path to the enemy? I try to station my marksdwarf squads in towers that can only be accessed from within the fort, but I want them to be able to fight hand-to-hand in the corridors if the gates are breached and the military needs to fall back to the panic room where I've sequestered my civilians.

Of course, you can always do what I do and mod crossbows to come with bayonets.

[FrisianDude]

I don't know. I assume that they might path away from the tower, into the fort, and then out via a main entrance.