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[ThePup]

I Just had an Orc siege, with a dozen or so Orcs hanging around out the front of my locked doors exactly where I wanted them.  I had fortifications around the entry hall, and I conscripted a dozen or so marksdwarves, and gave my legendary wrestlers a crossbow each for some practice as well, stationing them just next to the fortifications.  I expected them to happily sit on the inside of the fortifications, taking pot-shots at the mingling orcs outside.  I had plenty of crossbows, hundreds of bolts, but only ONE dwarf actually did anything - he let loose about 25 rounds, then stopped, having taken only one Orc!

Anyone able to shed some light on what I was doing wrong - why the others weren't shooting too?

[Chicken Launcher]

I had a similar problem and it turned out that my dwarves had used up ALL of the bolts practicing at the archery range. Check to see if your dwarves have bolts in their inventories in the first place.

EDIT: Nevermind. Just noticed the "hundreds of bolts" part.

[mrbobbyg]

Legendary wrestlers often have hands full of socks, mittens, and other gear that they're acquired in training.  That might be the case. 

You did say they were right next to the fortification.  That's important; a novice marksdwarf needs to be absolutely flush with the fortification to fire.

I've had this problem too, which I solve by toggling the on duty/off duty status and by activating/deactivating the dwarf.  It's not perfect, and I still have no idea what's going on, but it get's the orcs dead so...

[Quietust]

Make sure the squad isn't set to chase opponents - you want them shooting from where they're standing, not trying to run out and pistol-whip their targets.

[H. Monkey]

Don't marksdwarves care about what the bolts are made of? As in: I'm fairly sure they will only use wood and bone bolts for practice. Maybe for enemies they're willing to wait for metal bolts and that was the issue?

[CrossBolt]

Don't marksdwarves care about what the bolts are made of? As in: I'm fairly sure they will only use wood and bone bolts for practice. Maybe for enemies they're willing to wait for metal bolts and that was the issue?

Nope, my dudes once ran out of bolts and happily unloaded the emergancy bone bolts