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[LordBaal]

Well, my concerns doesn't stems from a morbid curiosity worth only of the worst Hollywood tabloids

But it's true concern over their health, since I would love them to live for at least 200 years in order to keep making and improving DF!

[CaptainArchmage]

Glad to hear Zach is doing better!

Will cities be repaired and rebuilt after siege damage in the upcoming release?

[darklord92]

"seeing the high priest impaled on a pole right in the temple grounds"

With this devlog showing "unique" deaths such as the priest impaled on a pole, will historical figures now have explanations of their deaths in legends mode? such as "impaled upon a pole by <attacking civ name here> as a message to <defending civ here>?

[Putnam]

They already do, even down to the impaling on poles.

[Valtam]

They already do, even down to the impaling on poles.

Maybe he was asking for motives rather than descriptions, but I think they won't be implemented. So, until next time, we won't really know why goblin leatherworker #342 murdered his own succesful demon lord and then followed an uneventful life, just like before.

[Andreus]

*pig tail cloth* would be more appropriate. It's Threetoes !

Uh, no, anything other than *adamantine cloth* would be completely unacceptable.

We can rebuild him.

[Inarius]

We can rebuild him.

I have seen a story about a FB and a soldier who has been completely destroyed by an acid blood, and who had no flesh left on him. And the doctor put adamantine on him everywhere, making him a sort of skeleton of adamantine. Sort of Wolverine, I guess.

[cephalo]

*pig tail cloth* would be more appropriate. It's Threetoes !

Uh, no, anything other than *adamantine cloth* would be completely unacceptable.

We can rebuild him.

As if they would use anything else... for anyone. #1346

[smjjames]

I don't know if this got answered already, With the ability to properly dual wield weapons, will marksdwarves use secondary weapons correctly as in a backup weapon (even if it's just a dagger)? Although I can see them trying to fight with both at the same time anyway.

[LordBaal]

The correct method for two handed range weapons would be to "drop it", either figuratively putting it on a holster or something or literally dropping it to the ground if something else you have is better at close range. I'm not sure, but this behavior doesn't seem to be coded yet for what I recall.

[Footkerchief]

I don't know if this got answered already, With the ability to properly dual wield weapons, will marksdwarves use secondary weapons correctly as in a backup weapon (even if it's just a dagger)? Although I can see them trying to fight with both at the same time anyway.

Unless dual-wielding is slated for near-term development, it's unlikely that Toady can make any guarantees.

[thistleknot]

Before I posted this, I searched the eternal suggestions as well as this thread for this issues relating to what I call the MAW Bug: aka... Miner, Ambusher, Woodcutter Bug.  I should probably call it the MAWM bug: Miner, Ambusher, Woodcutter, Militia bug.

Anyways

People have described this issue as a bug, some say the game was intended to operate this way, with miners, ambushers, woodcutters dropping their equipment and/or refusing to pick up equipment when changing from military mode to laborer mode (even if uniform is worn over clothing).  It seems counter-intuitive that a dwarf should be removed from the militia, and re-added to fix some of these problems.

I'm not the only one who has experienced said issue.  In fact Splinterz Dwarf Therapist has it coded to exclude these labors from being assigned to each other for the added reason that if a miner wishes to do carpentry, he can't, because he's currently carrying a pick.

I consider it a "bug" where others might disagree, but it has created situations where it's pointless to try to have a dwarf who may be good at chopping wood down, and mining, and hunting, have all those labors, and/or be in the militia.  The militia one is what really gets me, because according to the wikipedia entry, the MINING labor increases the PICK use skill, which is great for in combat (http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Pick), same goes for the hunter who increases his markmanship skill, and the woodcutter who chops with his axe... it's just extremely frustrating to not find a workaround...

So is there any hope that next release I can assign my miners to militia as well as be maybe a wood chopper too without any issues?  I would think a simple if check (for militia) for if the equipment currently being carried could be used for the military uniform, to not drop it, but keep it, should do.

References of other people having issue
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=123769.msg4091194#msg4091194
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=113093.msg3441776#msg344177
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122428.0
http://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/1mykrn/tip_the_mmmm_squad_miner_militia_mover_mason/

[Knight Otu]

So is there any hope that next release I can assign my miners to militia as well as be maybe a wood chopper too without any issues?  I would think a simple if check (for militia) for if the equipment currently being carried could be used for the military uniform, to not drop it, but keep it, should do.

This is bug 1451. And no, it's unlikely to be resolved in the next version - while Toady went into the dwarven brain, he didn't specifically work on the dwarven military much. There's an off-chance that it was resolved incidentally, but more likely, it seems a candidate for the bugfix period after the next version (since it does involve dwarven brains in a way).

[MrWiggles]

So is there any hope that next release I can assign my miners to militia as well as be maybe a wood chopper too without any issues?  I would think a simple if check (for militia) for if the equipment currently being carried could be used for the military uniform, to not drop it, but keep it, should do.

This is bug 1451. And no, it's unlikely to be resolved in the next version - while Toady went into the dwarven brain, he didn't specifically work on the dwarven military much. There's an off-chance that it was resolved incidentally, but more likely, it seems a candidate for the bugfix period after the next version (since it does involve dwarven brains in a way).

Would't it be more a job issue?

[Knight Otu]

Possibly. It's all quite interconnected, of course.