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Hammers

42 (29.4%)

Axes

101 (70.6%)

Total Members Voted: 143

[Urist Imiknorris]

The flying limbs inspire fear, and letting a single goblin leave the map to tell of the horror of the battle is worth it.

[Urist Da Vinci]

Your dwarves do get more XP if you prolong the combat, but you risk that your dwarves get injured.

[Ahra]

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nuff said (axes are still awesome)

[Alkhemia]

You can't tell them you want to "Axe Them A Question" with a hammer   

[Musashi]

Spears.
... I mean, I'm torn between the sweet blunt torture of silver hammers, and the bloody effectiveness of blades made of a reasonably good material.

[EveryZig]

I like hammers because !!SCIENCE!! told me so. In a 10v10 of arena of steel armored dwarves, silver hammers beat steel battle axes. (I did the test myself to confirm the wiki)

Also, with hammers you can make them out of common, junky silver, while to be good axes need rare and precious iron, steel, or addy.

[Aramco]

You can't tell them you want to "Axe Them A Question" with a hammer

"Hello, I'd like to 'Hammer' you a question."

You're right, it doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

[ral]

I like hammers because !!SCIENCE!! told me so. In a 10v10 of arena of steel armored dwarves, silver hammers beat steel battle axes. (I did the test myself to confirm the wiki)

I saw that on the wiki, but the thing is that your fort doesn't normally get attacked by hordes of steel-clad dwarves. Instead you get attacked by goblins wearing copper and leather, and a few megabeasts which usually die way too easily.

[Urist Imiknorris]

You can't tell them you want to "Axe Them A Question" with a hammer

"Hello, I'd like to 'Hammer' you a question."

You're right, it doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

"Don't drink the ale or you'll get hammered."

[Lagslayer]

Swords are the least dwarfy weapon. Even daggers can at least make someone look like a psycho (and we know how crazy those dwarves are). Also, swords are completely outclassed by picks.

[Aramco]

And picks are completely outclassed by whips. But, real dwarves don't use anything but their bare fists.

[Alastar]

Not true. Picks are actually better than whips against most things that aren't wearing heavy armour.

[krenshala]

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nuff said (axes are still awesome)

Thats not a hammer.  That is a maul.  Equally effective in getting your point across to the other guy, however.

[white_darkness]

Flying limbs bring a smile to my face.

[krenshala]

You can't tell them you want to "Axe Them A Question" with a hammer

"Hello, I'd like to 'Hammer' you a question."

You're right, it doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

"Hey there (goblin|elf), I'm more than happy to spare spear you." has a pretty good ring to it as well.