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[than402]

well i think it's fine to make a custom reaction for slings, simply based on the fact that no real army that considers itself man enough to siege a fort, will do it with slings, they will do it with regular bows at least, maybe even compound (maybe)

i see what you mean, but slings were used effectively by many ancient armies. it lost its popularity in medieval europe, but it wasn't an insignificant weapon at all. and then there's the staff sling that would actually make sense to be made of metal.

actually... you know what, why don't we add both the staff sling as a metal ranged/quasi-effective melee weapon and the classical leather sling? and while we're at it, we can make it craftable out of cloth too. it will be the first cloth based weapon in the mod

Enter david & goliath. if anyone needs verification of slings usefulness, just look that up. one STONE was able to pierce bronze armour

huh. i always though he shot him in the eye... but yeah, even though they were actually unable to pierce the armor, the force of the impact was often capable of killing an armored man, or at least putting him out of comission.

[Insanegame27]

Also, I'm only getting 2 migrant waves per time playing it, could be due to queens rareness, maybe elect a queen from a worker, is there a way to have noble-related syndromes, eg

If: worker-caste=matriarch position
  Then: Inflict syndrome: Queen

(insert name here), worker has transformed into a Queen

[than402]

Interesting,the first two waves are in fact hardcoded.you can try producing royal jelly which does roughly what you describe,or I just messes with the wrong noble positions.

EDIT: i removed the caste requirements from the expedition leader position. try it again and see if you receive proper migrant waves now.

[Insanegame27]

What skill do the staffslings use for the ranged attack? what projectile
Also I can't get the pets to show up on embark screen, I was able to catch animals fairly easily though, can you make them so there can be more than 2 squads?
They should also be able to coat their weapons/ammo with poison

[than402]

What skill do the staffslings use?

the pike skill,since there's no skill for slingers

Also I can't get the pets to show up on embark screen, I was able to catch animals fairly easily though, can you make them so there can be more than 2 squads?

again, put the LUA files in the correct folder. the correct folder is hack/scripts. they show up fine in my embark screen. as for the squads, i ran a test and acknowledged the issue. you actually can create more squads, but first you have to appoint an alpha from the noble screen. it probably has something to do with the noble positions. i'll check this later.

They should also be able to coat their weapons/ammo with poison

agreed. they should also have at least one poison producing animal. and a way or two to gather wool, so we can hit two birds with one stone with that one

[Insanegame27]

I've found a bug with the pets. There's a "nothing" and a "nothing child"

[than402]

that's the giant worm missing a caste name. i will fix this too.

[Insanegame27]

agreed. they should also have at least one poison producing animal. and a way or two to gather wool, so we can hit two birds with one stone with that one

The sparrow killer should be able to be shorn for its hair and all the pets that have venom be milked for the venom

I feel the wasps should have a snake pet

[than402]

agreed. they should also have at least one poison producing animal. and a way or two to gather wool, so we can hit two birds with one stone with that one

The sparrow killer should be able to be shorn for its hair and all the pets that have venom be milked for the venom

I feel the wasps should have a snake pet

you mean i get to write something other than insects? yay! now all that's missing is a leather producing animal...

EDIT:i uploaded a new file fixing the nameless worm bug, as well as a similar bug with the wasp swarm. i added a captain of the guard-esque position, and i believe i fixed the squads bug

[Insanegame27]

agreed. they should also have at least one poison producing animal. and a way or two to gather wool, so we can hit two birds with one stone with that one

The sparrow killer should be able to be shorn for its hair and all the pets that have venom be milked for the venom

I feel the wasps should have a snake pet

you mean i get to write something other than insects? yay! now all that's missing is a leather producing animal...

You know that there IS something that butchers use called a BUTCHERs workshop?
And a TANNERS workshop

[than402]

agreed. they should also have at least one poison producing animal. and a way or two to gather wool, so we can hit two birds with one stone with that one

The sparrow killer should be able to be shorn for its hair and all the pets that have venom be milked for the venom

I feel the wasps should have a snake pet

you mean i get to write something other than insects? yay! now all that's missing is a leather producing animal...

You know that there IS something that butchers use called a BUTCHERs workshop?
And a TANNERS workshop

no need for sarcasm. all of our pets except the slaves produce chitin, and the snake will produce scales.

[Insanegame27]

Peace, Peace.
I wasn't intending sarcasm, I was merely saying what i thought was the obvious. After all, i only just got the pets to work for me, everything i've butchered so far (caught wildlife) has been giving leather so...

[than402]

ok, then. so, how about a giant slug? a poison producing one, for that matter...

[Insanegame27]

Turns out the wasps just love their poisons, maybe have aforementioned slug/snake (Ahh the wonders of crosssbreeding... WAIT WHAT!) could have a natural ability of shooting poison spikes, RWBY style (Nevermores i think they were there. except we're using a snake/slug crossbreed. How does that even work?)

Also scorpions

What skill does the staffsling use for the projectiles?

And what happenned to the compound bows at embark?

[than402]

Turns out the wasps just love their poisons, maybe have aforementioned slug/snake (Ahh the wonders of crosssbreeding... WAIT WHAT!) could have a natural ability of shooting poison spikes, RWBY style (Nevermores i think they were there. except we're using a snake/slug crossbreed. How does that even work?)

Also scorpions

thank you for filling my mind with mental images of hot slug-on-snake action i'll see what i can do about the spikes. what's the RWBY?

scorpions... i like it, i could see wasp people using giant scorpions as mounts or simply war animals. we can make their chitin copper grade hard and turn them into expensive powerhouses. and then give them a building to process chitin into armor/ various goods.