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Couldn't you find a desert volcano? I know I've had at least one - and it was flush with the ground, too.

I'm not going to go through multiple worldgens to try and get a desert volcano.

Bumped.

About a week left before I start this. I'm set to breach Hell in my current Fortress.

Deserts are winning. You all want to see me get all Egyptian with this thing, don't you?

I don't blame you. A Sahara-esque desert is basically a blank architectural canvas.

No no, strip mining is much easier and convenient now. When you channel out a section, it makes a ramp instead of a void, until there's a space between edges. I'm doing a small scale test in my current fortress, and it's working out very nicely. I can assign them to clear out an entire layer and leave them to their own devices while my attentions are focused elsewhere. The next issue is what to do once I hit the caverns. It will probably take a lot of micromanagement and floor construction to do it.

I posted a poll.

Wikipedia calls it surface mining.

Either way, it's just dwarven enough that I can't not try it.

I tried a small area in my current fortress. My method is working pretty well. The next question should be what kind of site should I try this out in? since I'd be doing it all the way to the magma sea, i don't think I should try it near a volcano. An area that freezes would be useful for damming the underground lakes.

It's not a glitch. I think Toady programmed the pick combat to work like that.

And don't think anyone's undermining a miner as a starting soldier. A lot of times, he's the only thing saving an early fortress from gypsy scum, thievin' kids and crusty jugglers.

Of course. I just didn't feel like going down the whole list.

I can already see a lot of people dropping half the job roster into the magma sea. I already have a script for the beekeeping video.