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Crossroads Inc.

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Marksdwarfs! WHY U NO SHOOT GOBOS?
« on: May 17, 2012, 07:55:36 am »
So I rigged up a room to trap a whole siege for the sole purpose of training up marksdwarfs to legendary.
I have a room bisected by fortifications.  A dozen goblins on one side and my archers on the other side...

AND THEY JUST SIT THERE!

They have crossbows, they have bolts, they have nice plump targets, and they just don't shoot!
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Re: Marksdwarfs! WHY U NO SHOOT GOBOS?
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2012, 08:23:37 am »
How wide is the room? Unless they are highly skilled, ranged units need to be adjacent to the fortifications to shoot through them.
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Re: Marksdwarfs! WHY U NO SHOOT GOBOS?
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2012, 09:18:43 am »
i think u need moove the caged enemmy to another cage and release it by level linked to that cage.
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Re: Marksdwarfs! WHY U NO SHOOT GOBOS?
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2012, 09:29:59 am »
going by the title, he's asking his marksdwarfs why the humans are not shooting goblins...
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Re: Marksdwarfs! WHY U NO SHOOT GOBOS?
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2012, 10:01:03 am »
Quote from: rhesusmacabre on May 17, 2012, 08:23:37 am
How wide is the room? Unless they are highly skilled, ranged units need to be adjacent to the fortifications to shoot through them.
The room is 14squares long in total, and five wide.
The fortifications 9 squares out. the gobos are trapped in a 5x5 area.
is that not enough rppm tpo shoot?
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Re: Marksdwarfs! WHY U NO SHOOT GOBOS?
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2012, 10:33:33 am »
Your dwarfs have crossbows?
They have ammo assigned to combat on the military screen?
They have quivers?

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Re: Marksdwarfs! WHY U NO SHOOT GOBOS?
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2012, 11:05:52 am »
Quote from: Crossroads Inc. on May 17, 2012, 10:01:03 am
Quote from: rhesusmacabre on May 17, 2012, 08:23:37 am
How wide is the room? Unless they are highly skilled, ranged units need to be adjacent to the fortifications to shoot through them.
The room is 14squares long in total, and five wide.
The fortifications 9 squares out. the gobos are trapped in a 5x5 area.
is that not enough rppm tpo shoot?

the question is, in fact, are you making sure they stand next to fortifications and not just hanging around, since low skilled marksdwarfs !! need to stand right next to fortifications to shoot !!

so, are they, or do they have too much room to stand away from there

your description is vague at least
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Re: Marksdwarfs! WHY U NO SHOOT GOBOS?
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2012, 05:18:38 pm »
Most of these are skilled, adept or higher already. I have them right NEXT to the fortifications and still not doing anything
they have bolts, quivers, and bows.

Could it be because the goblins are locked in another room? Released from cages and not seen as a threat?

EDIT:

Ok that was...weird...

Out of a random effort to do SOMETHING, I sent all the other militia into the room as well.
The moment the others went inside, despite being all melee, the Marksdwarf UNLEASHED!
it was like "OH FUCK! Here come the other guys, quick ,stoping jerking around and shoot something,!
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Re: Marksdwarfs! WHY U NO SHOOT GOBOS?
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2012, 05:51:53 pm »
I've never heard of marksdorfs restricting thier killing of enemies to only when supporting melee dorfs
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