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:Have you scrutinized the combat logs?  I've heard of powerful unarmed opponents grabbing the first object they come across to use as a weapon, and if that happens to be a sock, you end up with a laughably ineffective enemy.  Alternatively, what training weapons were your dorfs armed with?  Maybe a speardwarf felled the big lug with one lucky shot to a vital organ. [[User:Bognor|Bognor]] 03:50, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
 
:Have you scrutinized the combat logs?  I've heard of powerful unarmed opponents grabbing the first object they come across to use as a weapon, and if that happens to be a sock, you end up with a laughably ineffective enemy.  Alternatively, what training weapons were your dorfs armed with?  Maybe a speardwarf felled the big lug with one lucky shot to a vital organ. [[User:Bognor|Bognor]] 03:50, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
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:Come to think of it, I'm not sure about the speardwarf bit, as training weapons are blunt, not sharp.  Though I guess a crossbowdwarf might have been similarly lucky.  But really, I'm not that surprised that a swarm of dwarves could take down a cyclops without casualties, especially if they all reached the cyclops together and were armored.  Gobbos armed with blunt weapons, whips, or scourges would be a bigger threat.  You could get a better answer if you asked at the forums ([http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?board=7.0]). [[User:Bognor|Bognor]] 04:36, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

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I was attacked by a cyclops during my second year. I had a very meager military force of only 15 or so dorfs. One squad was armed with training weapons and the other had training weapons and crossbows with wooden bolts. Somehow, my dorfs killed the cyclops with no causalities. This same force was later wiped out by goblins (who they outnumbered) even though they were armed with iron weapons and armor. This was my only fight against a cyclops (new player), but it seemed too weak to be right. Anyone have any thoughts? The_Dorfen_Spartan 01:21, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Have you scrutinized the combat logs? I've heard of powerful unarmed opponents grabbing the first object they come across to use as a weapon, and if that happens to be a sock, you end up with a laughably ineffective enemy. Alternatively, what training weapons were your dorfs armed with? Maybe a speardwarf felled the big lug with one lucky shot to a vital organ. Bognor 03:50, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Come to think of it, I'm not sure about the speardwarf bit, as training weapons are blunt, not sharp. Though I guess a crossbowdwarf might have been similarly lucky. But really, I'm not that surprised that a swarm of dwarves could take down a cyclops without casualties, especially if they all reached the cyclops together and were armored. Gobbos armed with blunt weapons, whips, or scourges would be a bigger threat. You could get a better answer if you asked at the forums ([1]). Bognor 04:36, 13 February 2011 (UTC)