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Wabbaction

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Ranged weapon traps?
« on: April 12, 2014, 05:06:14 pm »
Can I make a crossbow corridor so if an enemy comes in the crossbows automatically fire? The weapon traps I think only work point-blank, what about ranged ones?
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Aristion

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Re: Ranged weapon traps?
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2014, 05:28:43 pm »
As of right now, no.
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Re: Ranged weapon traps?
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2014, 05:40:55 pm »
Quote from: Wabbaction on April 12, 2014, 05:06:14 pm
Can I make a crossbow corridor so if an enemy comes in the crossbows automatically fire? The weapon traps I think only work point-blank, what about ranged ones?

Could you perhaps lock a vampire dwarf in a ballista room and feed him ammo and offerings instead? Maybe that could work.
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Re: Ranged weapon traps?
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2014, 10:16:18 pm »
You can't make automatic ranged weapon traps _except_ ones based on minecarts.
You can make siege engines (for civilians) and fortifications (for XBow militia) for dwarf-powered ones.

XBows are the only way that can reliably tell friend from foe (catapults are second, but can be dangerous).
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