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[Qiu]

goblins are quite wimpy actually. 
My lonely axedwarf just killed three whole groups of ambushing goblins armed mostly with bows and humans pikemens. He didn't even have a scratch on him.
later he again killed three groups of goblins no problem. (not even counting the elephants that got between him and the gobs...)
Standard quality steel armor and steel battleaxe.
legendary Axedwarf, talented shield user, adequate armor user, legendary fighter, novice wrestler, talented dodger.

[melkorp]

His skill as a hammerdwarf has been proven. His is no longer "dabbling". He is adequate.

Awesome

[Satarus]

I've yet to see a goblin survive a single weapon trap filled with 10x Giant Steel Axe Blades.  At least not while it was working.  Had a few get through when it got clogged by the gore.  Steel clad dwarves still make quick work of goblins.  Arrows can still ruin your day.  Not because they insta-kill your dwarf, but because they can him to bleed to death after the fighting is over.

[Eagle_eye]

eh, i prefer serrated blades.

[Golcondio]

I quite love the idea of goblins having to pass through either:
A) standard drowning chamber, but with all walls engraved (a lot of goblin smiting scenes, unsurprisingly), and the floor paved with dog soap
B) huge winding corridor full of weapon traps: I only put giant green glass axe blades because they're so cool, or weapons dropped by siegers
C) the drownable/cave-in-able trade depot (if there are elven or human traders inside)

All these end in a smorgasbord of cage traps, and then right by my barracks

Aside from small problems due to me not isolating all floodgates/hatches (cave crawler-mounted goblins gently pointed out that flaw for me), at the third siege (50 invaders more or less) I finally got it working!

[Satarus]

Yeah, i read about fun mounts seigers can have.  All my plumbing (magma included) has fortifications to prevent guests from entering through them.

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

My dwarves were assigned to wear full steel armor, steel shields, and weapons. The goblins horribly slaughtered all of them.

Also, cage traps are, possibly, the stupidest things in DF, and I don't use them on principle. Particularly since they only delay the problem, and I can't harvest the iron afterwards. Furthermore, they do not help against attackers, as they require the enemy to walk over them. You can't send a cage trap to go chase away an enemy.

[Golcondio]

My dwarves were assigned to wear full steel armor, steel shields, and weapons. The goblins horribly slaughtered all of them.

Also, cage traps are, possibly, the stupidest things in DF, and I don't use them on principle. Particularly since they only delay the problem, and I can't harvest the iron afterwards. Furthermore, they do not help against attackers, as they require the enemy to walk over them. You can't send a cage trap to go chase away an enemy.

Hmm I don't know about your dwarves, mine did fine (ok I get at least a lost limb per siege, but that's no big deal after all, I have very good medical staff) both in steel armor, and now of course in full funmetal garb!
but I "cheat" a lot: my dwarves only fight in small rooms where attackers only come from a 1-tile-wide tunnel full of traps so it's never too much of a challenge...
Keep always in mind that, with buggy training and equipment management, there is no reliable way of obtaining *intact* legendary armor/shield users, and this limits any military's effectiveness, so you need to help them out!

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

My point is, goblins, a famously pathetic species, clad in clothing and wielding iron weapons should fall easily to a famously tough species clad in steel.

If only marksdwarves worked. They would have solved the problem in no time at all.

[Rotten]

Goblins are pushovers. Even my talented axe-dwarf with iron equipment wiped out a group of 10 goblins and 3 trolls. By herself. Without a scratch.
Now giant toads... those things are murderous.

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

Well, I'm officially impressed. My military (one squad, ten dwarfs) got annihilated by three goblins. One of the goblins was a bowman.

[Hyperturtle]

Yeah, well  my Lasher yanks the limbs off goblins, rather than cutting them.  What he lacks in strength he makes up for in style.  And that's even through iron armor!  And he had to get that whip from a goblin to begin with!

[SpacemanSpiff]

Well, I'm officially impressed. My military (one squad, ten dwarfs) got annihilated by three goblins. One of the goblins was a bowman.

Now I'm curious.  Ten dwarves in steel armor should take a while to fall to three goblins using iron, even if they're not dishing out any damage themselves.  What were your militia skill levels like?  Did they take any shots to unprotected areas, or were the goblin weapons getting through their armor?  Did your militia manage to engage as a unit, or did they get cut down piecemeal? 

(And yeah, I had Fun the first time a goblin ambush got through my militia and into one of my early fortresses - walls were painted with dwarven blood.  But every fortress since then has slaughtered the goblins pretty easily, using well-trained militia in metal armor.  Which is why I'm curious what happened to you)

[bmaczero]

My dwarves were assigned to wear full steel armor, steel shields, and weapons. The goblins horribly slaughtered all of them.

In this version full of equipping bugs, the logical next question is: were they actually wearing them?

[Narmio]

My dwarves were assigned to wear full steel armor, steel shields, and weapons. The goblins horribly slaughtered all of them.

In this version full of equipping bugs, the logical next question is: were they actually wearing them?

Indeed.  Fully steel-clad dwarves are *almost* immune to being instakilled by goblin weapons, big severs, brain-crushes etc won't happen.  You can still get some nasty bruises or even broken smaller bones, but try it out in the arena - bronze/iron weapons vs full steel plate + mail shirt (upper arms, people!) = very, very, very long combat.