Why would my archers ignore "Fire Closest" orders?

[Tuidjy]

Make damn sure that, amongst your maiden, there isn't an unit that is unable
to fire. One single guy without a range weapon will invalidate the whole
squad's orders.

[sum1lost]

If a maiden is missing a hand, she has no bow and will not fire.

[Sombre]

Yeah I'd guess you've got a couple with only one arm, or they've gone blind or something.

[konming]

Well, I do not think maiden missing a hand can be the cause. Because many times I have crossbowman losing an arm and the group fire just fine except for the poor one arm guy who rush to the front and get killed. It is when you mix units with bows and those do not come with bow the problem occurs.

[WonderLlama]

I've had ranged units lose arms, thereby losing the ability to fire, without invalidating the whole squad's orders. I kind of liked it actually, it gave me a couple scattered decoys without having to script them. The one armed guys ran out of the squad, while the squad fired their crossbows. I was playing LA Man although I doubt that matters.

[Sir_Dr_D]

From what I heard it dependes if the one armed is the first one in the squad list. If it is listed first it may cause the whole squad to forget they have arrows.

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

If it is armless- click one, then press W to seperate out all the afflictions + 1.