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== Equipment == | == Equipment == | ||
− | The weapons you wish your soldiers to use can be chosen through the {{K|m}}ilitary screen, and then the {{K|e}}quip selection. When soldiers spar or perform weapon drills, they practice (and thereby gain experience) with whatever [[weapon]] (plus [[armor]] and [[shield]] in the case of sparring) they | + | The weapons you wish your soldiers to use can be chosen through the {{K|m}}ilitary screen, and then the {{K|e}}quip selection. There no longer is a need for training weapons, just let them use their regular ones.{{verify}} |
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+ | When soldiers spar or perform weapon drills, they practice (and thereby gain experience) with whatever [[weapon]] (plus [[armor]] and [[shield]] in the case of sparring) they wear. Your soldiers will put on their [[uniform]]s and grab their weapons once they are assigned equipment in the militasry screen (and don't have any other civilian jobs). | ||
==Organized squad training== | ==Organized squad training== | ||
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Be kind to your soldiers. Civilians with no military experience will get bad [[thought]]s from going on duty. Soldiers will get a bad thought when going ''off'' duty if they don't have any civilian skills (if their title becomes "peasant"). | Be kind to your soldiers. Civilians with no military experience will get bad [[thought]]s from going on duty. Soldiers will get a bad thought when going ''off'' duty if they don't have any civilian skills (if their title becomes "peasant"). | ||
− | === | + | === Training on disarmed prisoners === |
− | A very effective way to train your dwarves is to | + | A very effective way to train your dwarves is to let them fight stripped prisoners while heavily armored and carrying training weapons themselves. Keep in mind that a dwarf needs be attacked to increase his or her defensive skills up. In other words: if you're interested in having your dwarves quickly train as Dodgers, Armor Users and Shield Users, it'll be far more efficient to set-up multiple small pits where dwarves can train one on one against disarmed prisoners. |
− | See [[Cage#Remotely_Opening_Cages|Remotely Opening Cages]] for information | + | See [[Cage#Remotely_Opening_Cages|Remotely Opening Cages]] for more information. |
== See also== | == See also== |