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[martinuzz]

I think something went wrong with the fix for making dwarves use weapons instead of fists.
In 40.04, my squad of speardwarves only use punches now, they don't use their equipped spear at all anymore.

http://puu.sh/ajQMm/25ef442234.png

My dwarf went from speardwarf to wrestler in no time now

[FallenAngel]

On the bright side, fists are more effective than most blunt weaponry.

[klefenz]

Mod slade fists for now?

[Orange Wizard]

I think some more testing is in order.

[Witty]

Is this save from an older version? There may be some compatibility issues.

[martinuzz]

Yes the save was started in 40.03. Toady said it should be save compatible though

[Panando]

People with a weapon should use it with the proper frequency now

Maybe the proper frequency is 0% of the time? 

[Untelligent]

I think the key word here was "should."

[Maestro Ugo]

I think the key word here was "should."

Or "people". 

[Maestro Ugo]

A quick test in adventure mode:

Auto attack now predominantly uses the weapon, while in 40.03. it was all about wrestling. So I guess one needs a new game for this to be effective.

[Toady One]

It shouldn't require a new game, and I'm not sure what data would carry over to stop it from using the wielded weapon.  Hopefully it works in dwarf mode at all for anybody...

edit: that was a sparring screenshot -- maybe it is sparring that is busted?

[Orange Wizard]

A quick test of my own regarding the sparring issue resulted in dwarves not sparring often at all, even when I set up the military in such a way that - prior to this update - they would spar quite frequently. When they did spar, it was mostly punching.

[Swonnrr]

A quick test of my own regarding the sparring issue resulted in dwarves not sparring often at all, even when I set up the military in such a way that - prior to this update - they would spar quite frequently. When they did spar, it was mostly punching.

Nah, that is something else, and a recurring problem.
Since .34, and maybe even before that, though it's possible .40 brought new problems.
It's "luck" based, in the sense that nobody seems to know for sure the rule of sparring, demonstrations and drills.

[Spehss _]

On the bright side, fists are more effective than most blunt weaponry.

I feel like this is also a bug, but considering how little weapons have been used in comparison to fists, it's hard to tell if weapons are as good at pulping as fists.

I think it's kinda unrealistic to have dwarves pulping other humanoids by punching them through their armor though. Totally metal and awesome, but unrealistic.

[greycat]

edit: that was a sparring screenshot -- maybe it is sparring that is busted?

Could be.  My sparring dwarves favor their fists, but when I let a goblin out of a cage, they use their axes consistently.  (I only had 2 goblins to test with, so far.)