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One thing I'd like to see is the carrying of provisions when doing certain jobs, i.e. flasks and backpacks are carried for jobs with a long path to follow, or in some dangerous cases some form of personal defense or protection such as helmets, daggers or wooden crossbows if available. Ropes that are used and anchored to rappel down vertical shafts if there is no stairs might also be a nice option.

• Got rid of mating-at-a-distance

Thank goodness. I'm running a fortress here, not a baby factory. Even then, if I was running a baby factory, it would be gobbo babies to use as catapult ammo.

He was interested near the new release of Dwarf Fortress. 

Quote from: PigtailLlama on October 17, 2014, 08:17:29 am

Once the stepladder is done, can wheelbarrows and minecarts get the same carrying capacity/stockpile moving treatment?

What do you mean by that? I get the wheelbarrows part, but I thought minecarts already have a carrying capacity treatment?

By that I mean dwarves stack hauling tasks upon the container or tool used to carry said hauled item, instead of carrying them one at a time to the stockpile.

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I'm instantly imagined a goblin with stepladder going to my fortress walls.

That's what I thought, too.

And then I imagined one of my dwarves kicking the ladder off the wall, falling into the pit he just jumped over to get there...

I guess you could say that this update was... very emotional. 

At first it was just talk about moving out of state, because fuck Indiana.  We've both concluded that we are never going to improve our life situation as long as we're stuck in this shitty state.  But then it moved on to wondering how difficult it would be to make it into Canada...

to be honest I have to give a +1 to that. The job market and our state government has no idea of what new generations entering the workforce want in life.

Do we want government-backed jobs? No
Do we want unmeaningful jobs from big soulless corporations? No
Do we want to work in the service industry or manufacturing? NO NO NO

We want jobs that allow the better use of creativity and foster a positive learning environment with acceptable tolerances for mistakes, or an environment that fosters small businesses over large ones. Most of Indiana doesn't allow that as your best bet is most likely Bloomington with its liberal and progressive environment, and even with that you'll have to start your own business in order to do whatever you want.

I can't offer you much help other than you'll probably find the environment you're looking for in Quebec or BC if it's something akin to Bloomington. Edmonton might be third choice as well, not really sure though.