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[Urist McScoopbeard]

ok so wtf? training's not a job? killing innocent creatures is NOT A JOB!?!?!

i need some advice here my military dwarves, whether it be training or killing, seem to think they're idling. By now a few have gotten pretty low on the happy-scale and i jsut want to know what i can do to keep their spirits soaring (bad pun, if you like that)

[Ivan Issaccs]

Does it say enraged by long patrol duty? Sparring and killing enemys will give happy thoughts but eventually they will get pissed about being deployed for years on end.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

no, usually my dwarves are training in their barracks and they just seem to lose happiness while sparring watchin demos or indiv. combat drilling.
if i have to put squads out on patrol i usually alternate them so thata not a problem.

do you think that if i put statues and stuff in the barracks it would cheer them up?

[Ivan Issaccs]

Read their thoughts and it will tell you exactly whats making them unhappy.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

ok, but i think it's from having no job, atleast thats what dwarf therapist is saying

[Urist McScoopbeard]

hmmpf, well apparently flies, the rain, and the fact that i've drafted them have brought them down to 75-95 dftherapist happiness

my cats are workin' full time, their barracks is underground, and can't do anything 'bout te draft so i guess i'll get me some statues

[sharpie]

I usually make my military dorfs pump operators for the down time in between lightly tapping each other.  It takes a while, but they become legendary pumpdorfs; the course to which as I understand, still makes them stronger in the current version.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

hm, ok ty for the suggestion but this being a new fort i've nothing to pump atm

also after giving it a few minutes, improving my dining hall, clearing some flies, and sparring they seem to be cheering up so ty for now

[sharpie]

You can build pumps without having anything to pump.  [q] and then [Enter] once over the pump allows you to specify it to be pumped manually.  Think of it as a Dwarven treadmill.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

That my good sir is a (F)awesome idea

[Ivan Issaccs]

You don't actually need to pump anything and I do recommend this for the stats boost.
Having a room full of skrew pumps pushing air is the Dwarven military response to human weight lifting and elven crying.

[ISGC]

what I end up doing is building them a big barracks, engraving it and then filling it with tons of expensive furniture
after that, I can set them active constantly and I won't get more than a grovel out of them

[AngleWyrm]

You can build pumps without having anything to pump.  [q] and then [Enter] once over the pump allows you to specify it to be pumped manually.  Think of it as a Dwarven treadmill.

Reminds me of a scene in the Conan movie, where Conan is a slave turning a giant turnstyle to build up strength.

[scriver]

It would be interesting to know; are the dwarves actively training, or are they performing 'individual training'?

[twilightdusk]

Also, "complaining about the draft," is in the military sense, not the wind sense. If you put a dwarf with low combat skills into a squad, they'll complain.