v50 Steam/Premium information for editors
  • v50 information can now be added to pages in the main namespace. v0.47 information can still be found in the DF2014 namespace. See here for more details on the new versioning policy.
  • Use this page to report any issues related to the migration.
This notice may be cached—the current version can be found here.

Difference between revisions of "40d Talk:Armor user"

From Dwarf Fortress Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Armor quality affect training speed answer and 2 questions)
Line 4: Line 4:
  
 
:In my experience, if the dwarfs have poor armor or weapons it takes them a long time to level up. My question is what happens as Legendary +5?  Do you get any more bonuses by being ultra legendary?  Also, besides weight, why would you want a buckler instead of a shield?--[[User:Kwieland|Kwieland]] 01:16, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 
:In my experience, if the dwarfs have poor armor or weapons it takes them a long time to level up. My question is what happens as Legendary +5?  Do you get any more bonuses by being ultra legendary?  Also, besides weight, why would you want a buckler instead of a shield?--[[User:Kwieland|Kwieland]] 01:16, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 +
 +
::My leather clad fortress guards level up slightly faster than my plate clad military, probably because the plate slows down the new recruits at first. Shields have a higher block rate than bucklers and absorb all of certain types of damage, whereas bucklers only absorb some of certain types of damage. The [[armor]] page covers this. --[[User:Elvang|Elvang]] 03:40, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Revision as of 03:40, 19 April 2009

In the previous versions the Armor User skill reduced the encumbrance of armor. Has this changed? Bouchart 00:36, 25 November 2007 (EST)

Does the type of armor matter affect how fast the skill advances? --FJH 01:34, 2 April 2009 (EST)

In my experience, if the dwarfs have poor armor or weapons it takes them a long time to level up. My question is what happens as Legendary +5? Do you get any more bonuses by being ultra legendary? Also, besides weight, why would you want a buckler instead of a shield?--Kwieland 01:16, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
My leather clad fortress guards level up slightly faster than my plate clad military, probably because the plate slows down the new recruits at first. Shields have a higher block rate than bucklers and absorb all of certain types of damage, whereas bucklers only absorb some of certain types of damage. The armor page covers this. --Elvang 03:40, 19 April 2009 (UTC)