I briefly searched for this, but I couldn't find a specific thread about it. Apologies in advance if it has already been addressed.
As much as I enjoy reading stories about a Bronze Colossus pummeling a dwarf with a sock, or a Giant Bat attacking a Dwarven Baby with a pair of pants (and the pants lodging firmly in the wound), wouldn't it make more sense for these creatures to use their natural weapons, such as teeth and claws and fists and whatnot?
Also, I don't know the number of times that I've had an axedwarf ignore the perfectly good steel axe in his hand and try to bite an opponent to death. It's funny when it happens, but should it happen so damned constantly?
I dunno, maybe the use of various weapons could be weighted but still randomly generated, so a dwarf with an axe would most likely use that, then slightly less likely kick, then slightly less likely headbutt, and then on rare (and delightful) occasions bite. And, of course, these could all also be weighted by their proficiency in these various combat forms, and maybe weighted by injury or even enemy type, and maybe mood. For instance, going berserk could make a dwarf be much more likely to bite, or to pick up a severed arm and thrash a goblin with it or something.
But please. No more sock pummeling. (except, maybe, an artifact sock menacing with spikes of steel or something.)