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DF Gameplay Questions / Military Training Rates (Without Danger Rooms)
« on: February 26, 2011, 05:22:05 pm »
Hey folks, I'm new to the forum (you may release a collective *humph* of scorn before I continue) and I've returned to playing DF for the first time in almost three years.
While I have a fairly compelte grasp of the new training and sparring system (thank you, wiki-guide writers) I'm struggling a little to understand what determines the probability of sparring - as opposed to instruction - occuring, and also what impacts the rate of skill gain for various dwarves.
My situation is this: I have an almost four year-old fortress, with four squads of three melee-equipped dwarves. Each squad is scheduled to train all year round, with a minimum of two members training at any one time (theoretically maximizing the chance of sparring). To keep things brief, in my last migrant wave I received two dwarves who were pre-loaded with higher supporting combat skills (armor user, fighter, shield user, etc.) than my original batch. I put them in a squad with one of my 'classic' dwarves, and they proceeded to skyrocket to being 'Mace Lord' and 'Axe Lord' - with legendary Fighter skill, and generally sparring almost constantly when they're both active.
My questions, then:
- Are dwarves with matched skill levels more likely to spar, since neither one will be capable of teaching the other how to improve?
- Is there a minimum skill threshold for certain skills (armor user, weapon user, etc) at which dwarves will be reluctant to spar?
- Does agility have any impact on combat speed, and would this have an effect on skill-gain rates during sparring?
Thank you for any and all answers, and keep on dorfin'.
While I have a fairly compelte grasp of the new training and sparring system (thank you, wiki-guide writers) I'm struggling a little to understand what determines the probability of sparring - as opposed to instruction - occuring, and also what impacts the rate of skill gain for various dwarves.
My situation is this: I have an almost four year-old fortress, with four squads of three melee-equipped dwarves. Each squad is scheduled to train all year round, with a minimum of two members training at any one time (theoretically maximizing the chance of sparring). To keep things brief, in my last migrant wave I received two dwarves who were pre-loaded with higher supporting combat skills (armor user, fighter, shield user, etc.) than my original batch. I put them in a squad with one of my 'classic' dwarves, and they proceeded to skyrocket to being 'Mace Lord' and 'Axe Lord' - with legendary Fighter skill, and generally sparring almost constantly when they're both active.
My questions, then:
- Are dwarves with matched skill levels more likely to spar, since neither one will be capable of teaching the other how to improve?
- Is there a minimum skill threshold for certain skills (armor user, weapon user, etc) at which dwarves will be reluctant to spar?
- Does agility have any impact on combat speed, and would this have an effect on skill-gain rates during sparring?
Thank you for any and all answers, and keep on dorfin'.