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v0.34 Talk:Training
"As of 31.X, training weapons are not needed for training your military -- regular war hammers will be fine (and non-deadly!)
The reason the training weapons exist at all is because in 28d, "sparring" consisted of the dwarves in question actually fighting with each other -- and if they used regular weapons, their sparring partners would develop regular injuries. The training weapons were a less-deadly alternative, though even then there were too many instances of dwarves crippling their squadmates.
However, sparring in .31 is decidedly different -- the dwarves "tap" the target instead of actually attacking. It's completely non-lethal training, even with adamantine edged weapons. So there is no training warhammer, nor is their a real need for them anymore.
On the other hand, if you just want a training warhammer for flavor or its own sake, crossbows raise the "hammer" skill and can be made of wood, so they're the next best thing."
Quote off the internet - if true, it should be added more clearly in the article. Is using wooden weapons safer or just a waste of military screen work? --Old Ancient 00:19, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
- Mostly the latter, though training weapons are useful in a few specific cases:
- live training
- danger rooms
- wooden axes for minimalist-embark tree cutting
- So, not entirely worthless, but mostly so. --Loci 19:03, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
Motivated?[edit]
"However, Motivated dwarves will also conduct individual training ('Individual Combat Drill')."
The linked to Personality trait page does not have any information about "motivation". -87.115.139.35 16:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC)