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Author Topic: Is military so weak or I'm doing something wrong?  (Read 1771 times)

tigrex

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Re: Is military so weak or I'm doing something wrong?
« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2010, 07:33:13 am »

I've had 5 dwarves defend the fort against a magma man.  After the only one armed with an axe died, they went batshit and tore all four of its limbs off with their bare hands!  (Two then bled to death alongside him, but I digress.)

If all else fails, spam traps until Toady takes a look at the problem.

EDIT:  So far, my experiments have revealed that edged damage is by far the most potent.  Try building squads with a bias towards this.
« Last Edit: April 04, 2010, 07:36:40 am by tigrex »
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Urist McCyrilin

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Re: Is military so weak or I'm doing something wrong?
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2010, 07:57:55 am »

I've had 5 dwarves defend the fort against a magma man.  After the only one armed with an axe died, they went batshit and tore all four of its limbs off with their bare hands!  (Two then bled to death alongside him, but I digress.)

If all else fails, spam traps until Toady takes a look at the problem.

EDIT:  So far, my experiments have revealed that edged damage is by far the most potent.  Try building squads with a bias towards this.

Edged damage is the most potent against unarmored targets. Against armored enemies, blunt is the way to go.
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buckets

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Re: Is military so weak or I'm doing something wrong?
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2010, 08:04:22 am »

Enemy forces: 4 goblins.
Alied forces: 5 unarmored wrestlers, 30 odd civilian dwarves.

Winners: goblins.

I think I understand how the military works now. Maybe.

Also, merchants are complete jerks. They just stood around and stared.
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Caesar

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Re: Is military so weak or I'm doing something wrong?
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2010, 08:12:55 am »

The only problem I've got is that my marksdwarf refuses to go take some ammunition for some reason.
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