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Author Topic: Marksdwarves, Grates, and Atomsmashing water.  (Read 548 times)

kurisukun

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Marksdwarves, Grates, and Atomsmashing water.
« on: August 11, 2009, 11:05:43 am »

Two seperate questions.

1.  Can marksdwarves fire directly down through grates upon enemies?

2.  Does lowering a drawbridge on a flooded area destroy the water?

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Re: Marksdwarves, Grates, and Atomsmashing water.
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2009, 11:09:53 am »

1. YES
(it does work both ways, you can shoot through, so can your enemies. I Believe you can make murder-holes for your towers with grates as floors)

2. Dunno, from some obscure posts i've read before it might...
« Last Edit: August 11, 2009, 12:04:10 pm by kalida99 »
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Re: Marksdwarves, Grates, and Atomsmashing water.
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2009, 11:46:55 am »

2. Yes. so do floodgates.
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Re: Marksdwarves, Grates, and Atomsmashing water.
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2009, 12:00:20 pm »

I don't know if enemies can fire back through the grates though.
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Re: Marksdwarves, Grates, and Atomsmashing water.
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2009, 12:29:08 pm »

Of course they can.  Line of sight works both ways.  (Even with fortifications - only those reduce the chance of hitting based on the distance of the archer from the fortification.)
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Re: Marksdwarves, Grates, and Atomsmashing water.
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2009, 01:03:45 pm »

They are pratically at point blank range by then anyways, so a good marksdwarf would pincushon them in a second or less.
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