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Nicholas1111

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War animals
« on: October 28, 2013, 07:12:15 am »

I got two war elephant but i dont know how to make them fight?
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Ruhn

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Re: War animals
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2013, 08:30:07 am »

Assign them to a soldier, they will follow that dwarf around and help him fight.
You can put them in a pasture or on a chain also and wait for enemy to come.

Shininglight

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Re: War animals
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2013, 09:18:49 am »

War elephants are too mainstream, use war cavies, 20 of them can take a goblin swordmaster. Additionialy to get them to fight either assign them to someone who's likely to be near a fight or pasture them at a chokepoint where they'll spot enemies and chase them away.
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Re: War animals
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2013, 03:25:16 pm »

War elephants are too mainstream, use war cavies
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FrankMcFuzz

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Re: War animals
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2013, 05:39:30 pm »

pasture them at a chokepoint where they'll spot enemies and chase them away.

Will a pastured creature chase something outside of the pasture? Also, if they do get outside the pasture, will a dwarf need to put them back in the pasture?
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Re: War animals
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2013, 05:45:05 pm »

Will a pastured creature chase something outside of the pasture? Also, if they do get outside the pasture, will a dwarf need to put them back in the pasture?

Yes and yes.
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