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[Mechanixm]

I am currently enjoying putting a single dwarf in to a danger room and getting him up to legendary in a couple of skills.  Then I send him out alone to handle the hordes of demons knocking on my gates.

It's a FUN and effective way to get rid of worthless Dwarfs.

[Nil Eyeglazed]

You can have full militarization.  You can assign labors to weaponlords when they're not on duty.  You just have to reassign the labors frequently.  DT makes the process easier, but isn't necessary.  Lords don't seem to get bad thoughts from deactivation, not as long as they have novice+ non-military skills (I had a forge limited to dabblers running iron bolts nonstop, and weaponsmithing enabled on everyone, more for moods than for bad thoughts.)

In my research, I've found that the fastest dwarves move about twice as fast as generic dwarves, not three times as fast.  They move about three times as fast as the slowest (non paraplegic) dwarves though.

[MarcAFK]

Trust Nil when he says that, he's done pretty extensive testing on creature move speed for that Clock/computer of his.

[Qwernt]

A properly fitted danger room can train any given number of dwarves to Legendary +5 in shield user and fighter, OR dodge and fighter, OR a weapon skill, shield user, and fighter, and takes somewhere on the order of in-game days.  With 10x training spears in an upright trap, with a recycle rate of one jab per 200 ticks, you have 1,200 ticks a day and 6 jabs per day.  For those paying attention, that's once every 4 hours.  Each jab will level up a zero skill by as much as 2-3 whole levels, and once you get to level 5-ish then it's 1-2 levels, and around level 10 it starts to take 1-2 jabs per level, and progresses further.  Even with that in mind, you can pretty much cap out a dwarf's skills within a week, longer if you stagger their equipment.  A level 20 shield user will rarely dodge.

It's extremely hax, but it's very nice to have one around in case of emergency.  Military just died to FB syndrome from 3 years ago?  Goblin bowmen just show up?  Grab that Urist McMigrantLyeMaker, toss him in copper, and turn him into a killer in the time it takes the greenskins to walk from the map's edge to the front gate.

Actually, it isn't too hard to get shield, weapon, and dodge.  Just train shield first.  When legendary, take the shield away  and given weapon.  IF you get weapon legendary before dodge, take away the weapon, else just wait longer (hasn't failed me).

I found miners train faster in danger rooms than actually mining.  Though it does require armor (which can take a while to get setup depending on mineral content).

[Girlinhat]

Let's just be clear here, that "armor" is "kitten leather robe" because apparently the robe protects the entire body, and training spears are too weak to penetrate.

[MarcAFK]

man i wish i had a kitten leather robe, they're so soft!

[Jurph]

Grab that Urist McMigrantLyeMaker, toss him in copper, and turn him into a killer in the time it takes the greenskins to walk from the map's edge to the front gate.

The hours approaching, to give it your best
You've got to reach your prime.
That’s when you need to put yourself to the test
And show us a passage of time
Were going to need a montage (montage!)

[Endiqua]

Well, if we hear any inspirational power chords, we'll just lie down until they go away.

[ohgoditburns]

Let's just be clear here, that "armor" is "kitten leather robe" because apparently the robe protects the entire body, and training spears are too weak to penetrate.

Until it degrades. Then your doctors get some training.

[Qwernt]

Let's just be clear here, that "armor" is "kitten leather robe" because apparently the robe protects the entire body, and training spears are too weak to penetrate.

Huh.  And I always wait till I have at least copper full body protection + a robe...
doh.