0002774: Crossbows ineffective against trained armor users (goblins)

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0002774	Dwarf Fortress	Dwarf Mode -- Combat	public	2010-07-20 15:05	2010-07-20 15:17

Reporter	Lord Byte	Assigned To	~~user6~~
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	duplicate
Platform	PC	OS	Windows 7
Product Version	0.31.10

Summary	0002774: Crossbows ineffective against trained armor users (goblins)
Description	A goblin ambush appeared, I activated a squad of markdwarves, two whom were legendary, they equipped iron bolts, moved to a reinforced tower outside (While my fortress sealed off). And proceeded to shoot 2000! bolts at the goblins without even hurting one. I know because that was the amount I had in stock :) And they shot them all falling back on bone bolts, but neither hit the goblins who just stand there taking it... Not a scratch has appeared, every shot get deflected by standard copper armor :(
Steps To Reproduce	Haven't tested in the arena but in fortress mode it's pretty easy to reproduce, and it explains why hunters take so long and so much ammo to kill something. (correlates with other bugs)
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-07-20 15:05	Lord Byte	New Issue
2010-07-20 15:17	~~user6~~	Note Added: 0010748
2010-07-20 15:17	~~user6~~	Relationship added	duplicate of 0000833
2010-07-20 15:17	~~user6~~	Status	new => resolved
2010-07-20 15:17	~~user6~~	Resolution	open => duplicate
2010-07-20 15:17	~~user6~~	Assigned To	=> user6

~~user6~~ 2010-07-20 15:17 ~0010748	Let's fold this one into 0000833. Arena testing would be helpful. Make sure the Arena marksdwarves have high skill in both Archer (the generic ranged weapon skill) and Crossbow, so that fewer of the shots will miss.