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Quote from: Ubiq on August 19, 2012, 02:46:20 pm

the dwarves are launching counterstrikes against the floor.

Sigging

Haha The floor is attacking? What is this, Ultima III?

GreatWyrm..."Can" as in, "Is likely to be" falling object physics are weird in this release. Clothing from one Z level seems to hit about as hard as a stone fall trap.

The kitten probably can't kill the dragon on purpose. But if you drop said kitten on the dragon, it has a shot...

"Urist McDwarf cancels trade at depot, looking for marbles."

Quote from: Joben on August 17, 2012, 10:19:17 am

How the heck do you confiscate teeth?

One good punch is all it takes

Lol well I know, but dwarven dentists tend to get carried away. You let them take the teeth, then before you know it they're excising the whole skull.

How the heck do you confiscate teeth?

Quote from: misko27 on August 16, 2012, 11:06:48 pm

Quote from: Joben on August 16, 2012, 10:54:37 pm

I now have 5392 meat for a population of 149.

Nice to know I have company. I have almost nothing BUT meat.

Pigs: Who knew not being grazers was so fucking awesome?

Yes! A pair of pigs will probably be part of all my future embarks.

They're awesome. Can just let them run the fort until they're ready to be bacon.

They make decent pets too, and being bigger than dogs and hoofed they have half a shot at defending themselves.

...I might mod my raws to make them war trainable for more awesome.

In all reality we will probably never get archery right without anyone who has first hand experience in combat by archery (rare as hell nowdays) to tell us how penetrating arrows of different matirials are.  The best way I can see to improve archery is ask a sport archer how far they can shoot and how often they can hit. The entire problem that I'm trying to bring to your attention is that we have no idea how accurate the archers of old were and how deadly the projectiles.

Why do you need combat for penetration data? Just ask (a) hunters and (b) hard core re-enactors.

While you're at it you can ask the same folks about accuracy and get data for at least some educated guesses.

It's not like archery and it's equipment and capabilities are some lost unknowable art. It's probably one of the easiest to research, because unlike say the martial use of swords it's NEVER gone out of style entirely, and the materials used didn't change until very very recently.

I hope someday Toady does something about the fact that there are are about 4 "Inspect The Thingy Under The Cursor" functions. It's one thing about the UI that confused the hell out of me when I was new, and still bugs me.