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There is one thing that has not been mentioned. 

Use Dwarf Foreman.
Its an external program but it will save you HOURS of tedious job changes.

You can find it by going to the thread on my sig or using google for "Dwarf foreman"

I know about Dwarf Foreman for a long time... but I am not too sure about it, because it says it is prone to crash sometimes... I'd hate to repeat something I did 20 minutes ago because of a crash.

Is there a one-on-one mode? I could use some training with one AI, instead of being ganged on in Survival mode...

So that's what those "s" blocks do...

I usually just let my AI teammates deal with the other AI and personally go after the super battleships.

Yeah, I walked into one and a new unit appears above my head.

My computer can't handle blitz mode as well... but I think the real cause is the AI's abusing all those summon power-ups? My team's greatly outnumbered!

Edit: I'm loving this game... I'm playing it with Gundam00's "Ash like snow" in background...

Just choose a mech that is flight based, they get tons of flight duration.

I found my problem is I don't know how to activate flight mode. I have to press jump again in the air + direction to enter flight mode. Then I can fly as long as I still have thruster bar left.

I have another question: Is there a way to toggle the auto lock-on on/off? I want to use the terrain to my advantage for the sniper-like mechas, but I can't when the camera keeps turning like that.

Do you feel the duration of flight/dash is way too short?

I also hate when my target avoids my attacks by going into "wake up invulnerability period"...

I used to play with population capped at a fairly low number (at first 25, then 60 and 80), but recently I tried to keep it at default. I end up with 163 dwarves in my latest fortress.

My old style is to immediately rename my dwarves with custom profession names, to indicate what I want them to do (instead of what they're good at). For example, I'll name my starting 7 dwarves like this:

Magnus McPick, 1 Miner
Glimi, 1 Axe Hauler
Griswald McPeasant, 1 Haul Trade

So I can immediately tell they're a miner, an axe-using soldier and a trader who hauls when there's no caravans. The numbers indicate which "generation" the dwarf is from. Then as migrants came, I rename them all as well. And then I change their labor list to match their profession names.

But that's getting harder and harder... as the population increases, changing names, labor lists and even giving them all enough jobs are very difficult.

What's your secret to managing a large number of dwarves?

I've heard that higher level rogues (rogue master or something like that...?) have both high charisma and high negotiations kills to start with and so are great choices for shopkeepers. I've never had a shop myself, though, only museums... filled with Gwen the Innocents and Mia the Cat Ladies, with the occasional other creature.

Duplicate statues give little museum rank... so if you have new statues you should sell the duplicates. Museum has a large but still limited item capacity.