What do different weapons do?

[Skyguard]

As far as I see it, weapons don't have effect on dwarves performance. Hammerers are just as good at clobbering gobbos as axemen are. Except dwarves wish sharp weapons tear them to shreds and it takes dwarves months to clean the area and it inevitably starts stinking.

[Equo]

Piercing and slashing attacks aren't as effective against undead or inorganic targets as blunt attacks.

[Gosera]

Short answer: Sharp weapon remove limbs and hammers crush them

Long:
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Weapon
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Combat
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Material_science

[Skyguard]

Originally posted by Equo:

Piercing and slashing attacks aren't as effective against undead or inorganic targets as blunt attacks.

I played for 70 hours and I didn't see a single one of those, even though I've seen necromancers around. I thought it's unfinished content.

[VoiD]

Originally posted by Skyguard:

Originally posted by Equo:

Piercing and slashing attacks aren't as effective against undead or inorganic targets as blunt attacks.

I played for 70 hours and I didn't see a single one of those, even though I've seen necromancers around. I thought it's unfinished content.

Necromancers are dumb and use simple mechanics, they don't raise dead just because, they use it as a random combat action, so if they get attacked by a raven or something and there's a nearby corpse he may revive it to fight, then the corpse will usually attack everything in your fort, and often proceed to kill the necromancer too.

Random hostile map necros may show up with an undead army though.

[Skyguard]

Originally posted by VoiD:

Originally posted by Skyguard:

I played for 70 hours and I didn't see a single one of those, even though I've seen necromancers around. I thought it's unfinished content.

Necromancers are dumb and use simple mechanics, they don't raise dead just because, they use it as a random combat action, so if they get attacked by a raven or something and there's a nearby corpse he may revive it to fight, then the corpse will usually attack everything in your fort, and often proceed to kill the necromancer too.

Random hostile map necros may show up with an undead army though.

Undead army? When does that even happen?

[High Lord Denix]

Originally posted by Skyguard:

Originally posted by Equo:

Piercing and slashing attacks aren't as effective against undead or inorganic targets as blunt attacks.

I played for 70 hours and I didn't see a single one of those, even though I've seen necromancers around. I thought it's unfinished content.

If you embark somewhere with no undead you'll never see one, game doesnt force the !FUN! on you, you have to go to the !FUN!.

[VoiD]

Originally posted by Skyguard:

Originally posted by VoiD:

Necromancers are dumb and use simple mechanics, they don't raise dead just because, they use it as a random combat action, so if they get attacked by a raven or something and there's a nearby corpse he may revive it to fight, then the corpse will usually attack everything in your fort, and often proceed to kill the necromancer too.

Random hostile map necros may show up with an undead army though.

Undead army? When does that even happen?

No idea, may be random, saw one streamer getting one very early in the game before he had weapons, one was an intelligent undead with a steel axe, the others were dumb/weak undead types, the intelligent one wiped out the entire fort with ease.

[Skyguard]

Originally posted by High Lord Denix:

Originally posted by Skyguard:

I played for 70 hours and I didn't see a single one of those, even though I've seen necromancers around. I thought it's unfinished content.

If you embark somewhere with no undead you'll never see one, game doesnt force the !FUN! on you, you have to go to the !FUN!.

I mean, it literally does. That's what the game is about. I am not asking for forgotten beasts and titans and 6 men goblin attacks either. They are boring and stupid. The only cool enemy I found are cavern dwellers. They actually pose threat to even best fighters because somehow despite dumbass AI they can lay ambushes in water, attack from the worse defended sides of the wall and they got numbers.

[VoiD]

Originally posted by Skyguard:

Originally posted by High Lord Denix:

If you embark somewhere with no undead you'll never see one, game doesnt force the !FUN! on you, you have to go to the !FUN!.

I mean, it literally does. That's what the game is about. I am not asking for forgotten beasts and titans and 6 men goblin attacks either. They are boring and stupid. The only cool enemy I found are cavern dwellers. They actually pose threat to even best fighters because somehow despite dumbass AI they can lay ambushes in water, attack from the worse defended sides of the wall and they got numbers.

By the way, undead are much, much, much stronger than the living.

I had an ettin attack my fort, it was quickly dispatched by a couple of professional axedwarves in a few attacks.

Then a necro got attacked by a raven, revived the ettin, which proceeded to kill the necromancer, and then wiped out 5 full military squads with different weapons.

[Dark]

You would have to embark near a black tower (necromancer) or in a evil zone (terrifying, ect) that will randomly raise all deads.

Or get a Necromancer Mechanic in a migrant wave (he is currently acting as my bar keeper. Nice guy.)

[Skyguard]

Originally posted by VoiD:

Originally posted by Skyguard:

I mean, it literally does. That's what the game is about. I am not asking for forgotten beasts and titans and 6 men goblin attacks either. They are boring and stupid. The only cool enemy I found are cavern dwellers. They actually pose threat to even best fighters because somehow despite dumbass AI they can lay ambushes in water, attack from the worse defended sides of the wall and they got numbers.

By the way, undead are much, much, much stronger than the living.

I had an ettin attack my fort, it was quickly dispatched by a couple of professional axedwarves in a few attacks.

Then a necro got attacked by a raven, revived the ettin, which proceeded to kill the necromancer, and then wiped out 5 full military squads with different weapons.

Well, I am not surprised. Non-hero dwarves are always at best mediocre at fighting. Even adequate fighters in steel armor lose duels to bloody cavern dwellers. Hero dwarves though can kill several times their number of enemies with no losses at all and minimal injuries.

[High Lord Denix]

The game is not about forcing fun on you if that's what you mean? You chose where you embark and that largely determine what the game will throw at you, if you embark next to a necro tower you'll probably see a undead army or 2, if you spawn alone on an island with no other civs nearby then the only thing the game can throw at you in cavern stuff, which you can avoid if you want by just not opening the caverns, this game is not constantly trying to engage you by spawning stuff in out of no where and throwing it at you randomly, if you want fun you go where the fun is.

[Skyguard]

Originally posted by Dark:

You would have to embark near a black tower (necromancer) or in a evil zone (terrifying, ect) that will randomly raise all deads.

Or get a Necromancer Mechanic in a migrant wave (he is currently acting as my bar keeper. Nice guy.)

I had one around. He was a legendary blacksmisth so he was making weapons for everyone in the fort. He never ended up raising anyone though. I had these "doomed ones" running around the fort and I couldn't find what they are on the wiki.

[Skyguard]

Originally posted by High Lord Denix:

The game is not about forcing fun on you if that's what you mean? You chose where you embark and that largely determine what the game will throw at you, if you embark next to a necro tower you'll probably see a undead army or 2, if you spawn alone on an island with no other civs nearby then the only thing the game can throw at you in cavern stuff, which you can avoid if you want by just not opening the caverns, this game is not constantly trying to engage you by spawning stuff in out of no where and throwing it at you randomly, if you want fun you go where the fun is.

Well, some of it is not dependent on the region. Megabeasts show up no matter where I settle. They all have different forms but all get beaten up by a single squad that aren't total pushovers.

[shoopy]

Spear = stabby
Sword = a little stabby + a little choppy
Pick = very stabby + some choppy
Axe = choppy
Mace = big smash
War hammer = small (but more powerful) smash