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[rumpy46]

In every world I've created, my Dorfs refuse to wield metal weapons. Instead, they just slap their enemies to death with wooden training axes and the like.
I tried 'Equip Specific Weapon' to give my military leader one of my copper battle axes and copper shields, but he just goes on using the wooden axe/shield like a goddamn Elf, even when I remove the training axe/shield from his loadout in the military screen.

Suggestions? I desperately need halp with this; it took me THREE SEASONS to kill a SINGLE DEER.

[greycat]

Giving them a (m)ove order from the (s)quad menu usually pokes them into "Oh, need to get my equipment first" mode.  Once they've geared up, you can cancel the order (or whatever).

[rumpy46]

Tried it. Didn't work. Dorfs just shuffled off to their post going 'Herp derp' with their stupid wooden equipment.

[greycat]

Check (m)(e)(P) to see what items have actually been assigned to each dwarf.  If for some reason that doesn't match what you set (and see when you check) in the uniform screen, then clearly something's wrong, but I'm not sure what you'd need to do about it.

If the metal axe has been assigned but the dwarf's simply not picking it up, then I'm not sure what's wrong.  You're in 0.31.25, right?

[Sphalerite]

I never assign training weapons.  My soldiers seem to manage to spar with real metal weapons without injuring each other.

[rumpy46]

It's been assigned in both screens. Still, goddamn hippy Dorf prefers wooden axe even though he's a High Master Axedwarf.
Yep, using the...I think it's a Guybrush tileset.

[greycat]

Make sure he is not a woodcutter.  Disable that labor on anyone in the military.

If that's not it, try removing him from the squad, waiting until he disarms himself, then re-adding him.

[nil]

Go into the equipment screen, select the squads that offend you, and hit {m}.  Doing so should make the text in the upper right say "Exact matches" instead of "Partial matches," which does wonders for obedience.

[Chocolatemilkgod]

Is it possible that the dwarves have become attached to the weapons? Because then they prefer using them even if they are terrible.

[rumpy46]

Thanks so much. The squad leader /was/ a woodcutter, and he'll now pick up the battleaxe. The other squad members still won't, though D: I guess I'll leave them to beat down the opponents before the head Dorf comes in to finish them off.

[frodo0800]

just change the default "prefered melee weapons"  for something like  "prefered metal  weapons"