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[EvilJawa]

i've searched on magma wiki and the forums but i cant seem to find out what the minimum flee distance is is for non combat dwarves, trying to build a ballista battery with enough distance so they dont run from incoming enemies

[Acperience]

Not sure about that flee question, sorry.

But the siege weapons are hilariously underpowered in this version. Had a ballista, manned by a professional rank siege operator on a ballista made from exceptional parts with steel tipped arrows. Missed 40% of the time and one of the direct hits only moderately damaged 2 goblin invaders wearing iron mail.

[schussel]

try with a safety pit of about 7-10 tiles before your siege engines fortifications

->Fxxxxxxxx...

x Pit
F Fortification
... target ground

downside ... you will need very good operators

that distance will keep em shooting on the most enemies

[Acperience]

Also, the ballista arrows do NOT fly straight, if the firing path is a narrow corridor, the arrows can and will hit the walls and break.

[EvilJawa]

yeah i had a battery of three ballista's firing and most of the shots were going pretty wide,

[Wiro]

You could always make sure their line of sight doesn't, you know, exist.

[EvilJawa]

is there a way to block line of sight while still allowing the ballista arrows to pass through a fortification?

[Acperience]

You could always make sure their line of sight doesn't, you know, exist.

We should kill a noble?

[EvilJawa]

does water block line of sight? and will ballista arrows pass through? perhaps if i made a double fortification something like this?

ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff   - fortification
wwwwwwwwwwwww  - water
ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff   - fortification

         B
          B
            B - Ballista battery

[rephikul]

based on reaction of civ dwarves to prisoners in target range, my good bet is 15-20 cells.

[Wiro]

You could always make sure their line of sight doesn't, you know, exist.

We should kill a noble?

Naw. Merely make sure they won't see whatever they're shooting at.

[Acperience]

You could always make sure their line of sight doesn't, you know, exist.

We should kill a noble?

Naw. Merely make sure they won't see whatever they're shooting at.

Why the link? Nevermind I guess the joke is flying over my head.

does water block line of sight? and will ballista arrows pass through? perhaps if i made a double fortification something like this?

ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff   - fortification
wwwwwwwwwwwww  - water
ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff   - fortification

         B
          B
            B - Ballista battery

Water goes through fortifications. And I don't think it blocks LOS, otherwise how do adventurers see underwater?