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Lielac

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Best use of adamantine?
« on: January 05, 2011, 05:36:52 am »
Sooo. I have a fair bit of an addy vein, and I managed to break through into hell in a part without demons (WHOOHOO!) Now I want to equip my military in the way that offers the most protection possible, while using the least adamantine. What armor items offer the most coverage?
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2011, 05:52:09 am »
According to the wiki at http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Armor it seems to be that the following items all have 100% coverage, can be made of metal and overlaps the furthest with the adjacent limbs/parts.

Helm
Breastplate (better armor) or Mail Shirt (covers adjacent areas)
Gauntlets
Greaves (higher armor than leggings that seems to cover as much)
Shield (better than buckler for it's cover of adjacent areas)
High Boots
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2011, 05:52:28 am »
dress

Good luck protecting it from civilians in vanilla DF  8)
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2011, 06:59:09 am »
Adamantine cloth isn't that effective, the only part you can cover you can't with rigid armor is the throat, and it'll still take 5 pieces of adamantine cloth (that's 5 raw adamantine). Those 5 parts could be made into 5 wafers and provide you with a set of helm mail shirt gauntlets boots greaves.
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2011, 07:19:05 am »
Quote from: shlorf on January 05, 2011, 06:59:09 am
Adamantine cloth isn't that effective, the only part you can cover you can't with rigid armor is the throat, and it'll still take 5 pieces of adamantine cloth (that's 5 raw adamantine). Those 5 parts could be made into 5 wafers and provide you with a set of helm mail shirt gauntlets boots greaves.
False. Everything are made with a single material object in vanilla. With 5 adamantines, I can make 5 dresses, stack them on top of each other and still have enough space to slap a steel set of helm mail shirt gauntlets boots greaves.
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2011, 07:23:01 am »
Well my armorsmith always takes and uses up 5 metal cloth per dress/cloak. Or at least he collects 5 i haven't checked if he uses them all up.
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2011, 07:24:10 am »
Quote from: HoaBinh on January 05, 2011, 05:52:09 am
According to the wiki at http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Armor it seems to be that the following items all have 100% coverage, can be made of metal and overlaps the furthest with the adjacent limbs/parts.

Helm
Breastplate (better armor) or Mail Shirt (covers adjacent areas)
Gauntlets
Greaves (higher armor than leggings that seems to cover as much)
Shield (better than buckler for it's cover of adjacent areas)
High Boots

I'd say breastplate and a mail shirt. Because that way you cover the upper arms while still shielding the torso.
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2011, 07:26:51 am »
Sure, both is optimal but you don't need to have both of adamantine since they overlap.
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2011, 01:18:59 pm »
Quote from: rephikul on January 05, 2011, 07:19:05 am
Quote from: shlorf on January 05, 2011, 06:59:09 am
Adamantine cloth isn't that effective, the only part you can cover you can't with rigid armor is the throat, and it'll still take 5 pieces of adamantine cloth (that's 5 raw adamantine). Those 5 parts could be made into 5 wafers and provide you with a set of helm mail shirt gauntlets boots greaves.
False. Everything are made with a single material object in vanilla. With 5 adamantines, I can make 5 dresses, stack them on top of each other and still have enough space to slap a steel set of helm mail shirt gauntlets boots greaves.
Question: Have you actually tried making a cloth-metal dress? I don't think you have. All cloth-metal clothing items take the same amount of cloth-metal as a cloth version would normal cloth.
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2011, 01:21:14 pm »
Quote from: Zaerosz on January 05, 2011, 01:18:59 pm
All cloth-metal clothing items take the same amount of cloth-metal as a cloth version would normal cloth.
Which is 1 (one) for all of them.
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2011, 01:33:36 pm »
Bwah?

*checkcheckcheck*

Alright, I'll give you that one, but cloth-metal clothes still take more than one piece of cloth-metal.
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2011, 01:37:26 pm »
Quote from: Zaerosz on January 05, 2011, 01:33:36 pm
Bwah?

*checkcheckcheck*

Alright, I'll give you that one, but cloth-metal clothes still take more than one piece of cloth-metal.
Maybe, I havent got any saves to check. How about some screenes to make me to see the light? My hands are kinda tied right now.
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2011, 01:45:01 pm »
best use of adamantine is moods.
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2011, 02:09:33 pm »
Socks.
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Re: Best use of adamantine?
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2011, 02:18:22 pm »
Axes, of course.

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