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I think that not being able to put them into squads or assign them meaningful work outweighs their utility as dedicated haulers/planters. I also don't think I've had a fort last 18 years more than once. I'm not a huge fan of this change to be honest.

It seems that hauling jobs related to locations are extremely low priority. Dwarves would rather haul stones to a stockpile than buckets to a hospital. This in and of itself isn't a huge problem, since dwarves will still use items out of a stockpile for most location-related tasks. However, the fact that all of the related items are tagged for a task, and thus rendered unusable, is a huge issue. I had a carpenter's workshop making buckets on repeat and I still had dwarves dying of thirst in the hospital. What exactly is the workaround for this issue?

So, this all started a few days ago. I was genning pocket worlds with long histories to adventure in. I walked into a forest retreat and got a crash. I kept trying and trying and finally reported it to the bug tracker. The next day it goes offline. I gen more worlds to try to get around this problem. I finally choose one and gen a human outsider adventurer. I walk to the nearest abandoned fortress and loot it for gems, platinum crafts, and equipment. Then, I head to the largest human town. I walk around a bit, hire some guys, drink and get equipment. Here's where things get interesting: I go to the keep and there's about five priests and a law giver. Almost immediately, a swarm of gobbos siege the keep. I help siege because for some reason no one wants to fight me, and after killing everyone, I go to claim the site. "I've forgotten my bold pronouncement..." WTF. Then the game crashes. I do literally everything up to going into town again. As soon as I get into town, I try to save and the game crashes. At this point I ragequit.

So... anyone else dealing with this?

Ninja edit: I don't have any of the saves anymore, although I could probably gen more and get similar results with no problem.
               Pocket size, long history, very high civs, high sites, high savagery, very high beasts, frequent minerals

So, I just had this idea: instead of building danger rooms, why not cover all the unoccupied tiles in a fortress with weapon traps loaded with wooden spears/spikes and hook the whole thing up to a repeater?