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Spleenling

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Bows?
« on: September 23, 2012, 05:08:12 am »
can they be put weapons traps?
and do they work?
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kaijyuu

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Re: Bows?
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2012, 05:11:26 am »
Yes and yes.

However: They require ammo. Meaning an engineer dwarf will have to reload it, AND you'd have to acquire arrows somehow. My advice is to not stick them in weapon traps, and instead use melee weapons for those.
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Noobazzah

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Re: Bows?
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2012, 05:38:11 am »
Their only advantage is that they don't get jammed.
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Re: Bows?
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2012, 02:27:09 pm »
You can trade for arrows.
You could just use crossbows and bolts.
you could just use spears (if the piercing damage is important to you.)
you could just melt the bows down into something more useful. (unless they are the cheesy wooden kind)
you could just give away sell the bows to intruders merchants.

You can even assign your military to use bows. But you'll still have the limited ammo problem.
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