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[JohnnyYuma]

Why are all the crossbows and bows metal and not wooden? It's pretty hard to imagine a titanium bow being a lot better than a good, old wooden one, not to mention that nobody would actually waste precious titanium this way. Boy, we really need some economic system ASAP.

[Shonai_Dweller]

Why are all the crossbows and bows metal and not wooden? It's pretty hard to imagine a titanium bow being a lot better than a good, old wooden one, not to mention that nobody would actually waste precious titanium this way. Boy, we really need some economic system ASAP.

You can make wooden crossbows at the bowyer workshop.
But, yes, npc civs seem to have an aversion to creating wooden bows and crossbows for some reason.

Be patient economic system is in the "short-term" plans.
It'll take a while to get there though unless the planned order changes (which it sometimes does).

[KittyTac]

Why are all the crossbows and bows metal and not wooden? It's pretty hard to imagine a titanium bow being a lot better than a good, old wooden one, not to mention that nobody would actually waste precious titanium this way. Boy, we really need some economic system ASAP.

You can make wooden crossbows at the bowyer workshop.
But, yes, npc civs seem to have an aversion to creating wooden bows and crossbows for some reason.

Be patient economic system is in the "short-term" plans.
It'll take a while to get there though unless the planned order changes (which it sometimes does).

We'll get myth&magic earlier though. What do you mean, you DON'T want to mod in spells that make literally every body part of a creature to sail off in an arc?

[Shonai_Dweller]

Why are all the crossbows and bows metal and not wooden? It's pretty hard to imagine a titanium bow being a lot better than a good, old wooden one, not to mention that nobody would actually waste precious titanium this way. Boy, we really need some economic system ASAP.

You can make wooden crossbows at the bowyer workshop.
But, yes, npc civs seem to have an aversion to creating wooden bows and crossbows for some reason.

Be patient economic system is in the "short-term" plans.
It'll take a while to get there though unless the planned order changes (which it sometimes does).

We'll get myth&magic earlier though. What do you mean, you DON'T want to mod in spells that make literally every body part of a creature to sail off in an arc?

I'm perfectly patient. The economy can wait as far as I'm concerned. Magic, more magic, alternative dimensions, the next few years are going to be great fun.

[Ekaton]

Why are all the crossbows and bows metal and not wooden? It's pretty hard to imagine a titanium bow being a lot better than a good, old wooden one, not to mention that nobody would actually waste precious titanium this way. Boy, we really need some economic system ASAP.

Yeah, that's probably one of the biggest WTF moments when it comes to weapons. You can make wooden bows but the AI will still use metal ones.

[Jairl]

Why are all the crossbows and bows metal and not wooden? It's pretty hard to imagine a titanium bow being a lot better than a good, old wooden one, not to mention that nobody would actually waste precious titanium this way. Boy, we really need some economic system ASAP.

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Uhh... you do realize that the LESS the bow bends under force the better the bow?

That isn't to say that dwarves are capable of stringing and drawing a titanium bow... but the amount of force required to draw the bow gets transfered into the arrow when released.

[Urist McVoyager]

Also archery is broken currently. Your archers are just as likely to go up and smack an enemy with their weapons as they are to shoot them. So knowing that the AI wants to go melee instead of staying back and shooting, you'd actually rather have metal weapons so they have something more to bring to their preferred tactics.