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::I use wood/bone xbows as well.  I figure that saving several ''hundred'' units of weight is worth them being slightly less effective at something they shouldn't be doing in the first place. --[[User:LegacyCWAL|LegacyCWAL]] 13:15, 8 March 2009 (EDT)
 
::I use wood/bone xbows as well.  I figure that saving several ''hundred'' units of weight is worth them being slightly less effective at something they shouldn't be doing in the first place. --[[User:LegacyCWAL|LegacyCWAL]] 13:15, 8 March 2009 (EDT)
 
:::doesnt make any difference(the saved weight). iron crossbow is 314, bone crossbow is 44. however, some quick calculations tell me an average leather armour kit, with normal clothes mixed in, is roughly 386. add the quiver of 68, and the (bone) bolts of 49, it gives you a grand total of 503. even with the iron/steel crossbow, it's only 800. 850 at max. and, as the maximum weight for encumbrance of a non-strong+ dwarf is 2k, it wont make any difference to carry the extra 270 for an iron/steel crossbow.<br>the only real differences are A) cost(practically free to make a bone crossbow), and B) attack power, when used as a hammer. so, when you have lots of spare iron, spare metalsmiths and ample wood.. why not? you'd have thought it'd give 'em a chance if they get into close-range combat, anyway, since they dont run back to restock when they run out of bolts in battle (or, mine didnt when 'chase opponents' was turned on) --[[User:DJ Devil|DJ Devil]]
 
 
::::For one thing, I give them ''metal'' bolts, which is a ton more weight right there.  Saving weight also frees up space for metal armor.  Marksdwarves shouldn't ''be'' in close combat - that's what all the towers and pillboxes and such that are always mentioned are for.  As such, arrows/bolts will be by far the biggest threat to your marksdwarves, and protecting them from that is, IMO, a better use of weight than protecting them from something they shouldn't be doing in the first place. --[[User:LegacyCWAL|LegacyCWAL]] 20:21, 8 March 2009 (EDT)
 
 
:::::haha, make up your mind xD  are you saving weight, or giving your marksdwarves heavy/expensive stuff to shoot at rhesus macaques?<br>but yeah, i've put all my bows up for melting again, since i'm gonna do pretty-much the same as you have :]  i've run out of ore, and i dont wanna go mining again. only problem was; i hit 200 (no king, btw), and got a titan attack, and a 5-group goblin siege as soon as i'd done the ground floor :/  but, alas, fended them off, and i'll get my defenses up and running again. --[[User:DJ Devil|DJ Devil]]
 
 
::::::I'm saving weight in one area in order to use it better in another. --[[User:LegacyCWAL|LegacyCWAL]] 19:58, 9 March 2009 (EDT)
 

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