If you set it to like 8.. that means 2 of them will be free to take breaks to eat/drink/sleep etc. By having a waterskin/backpack they don't have to go all the way back to the fort to eat.
Ooo that makes more sense now. The new military system is friggin awesome, It just has a lot more content. And is slightly hard to crack at first.
On a somewhat related note, I have a squad of 5 that I am training as marksdwarves. I got two hunters in the last wave of migrants, so I put one of them as a captain. I then proceeded to make a new uniform for Marksdwarfs, and apply it to the whole squad. I then allocated ammo. This is where it gets messy. I dont know how many bolts I should have for my 5 dwarf squad. I ended up putting 300 bolts (designated material wooden) for training only. And 200 metal bolts designated for Live firing.
I see my dwarves grab armor, waterskins, backpacks and weapons. Now here is the strange thing, two of the recruits that have no skill, immediately start grabbing practice bolts and merrily make their way to the firing range, and start happily shooting the ceiling and floor, bless them. But the two main dwarves (the hunters with crossbow skill, amongst other skills) Stand around Or worse, do hauling jobs! Not changing into armor and not picking up ammo. Iv'e checked and double checked all parameters. Uniform allocation, bolts issued, in the same squad etc. But nothing is going on! They just sit there with the Soilder <cant follow order> tag.....
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I must be doing something wrong here. Enlighten me please. I have the archery targets set up to my crossbow squad (five of them so yes theres plenty of room) and it is set for training, which is obviously working. Do I also need to assign them a barracks in the form of an armor stand e.t.c? Or is it something else?
Also this is my first post on the forums. I have been lurking here for over a year, thought it was about time to make an appearance
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Footkerchief and Baughn are somewhat my idols for all the informative posts I have read of theirs. Toady too of course.
-bows to the great toad-
Excellent game chap, cant wait the 5+ years till this work of art is fully realized. It will truly be a sight to behold!