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MuseOD

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Starting Afresh
« on: January 04, 2014, 05:04:59 pm »
It's been a while since I played and I'm having trouble striking earth. What is the first few things you designate before unpausing? What are some beginner megaprojects that you've done sucessfully?

Tl;dr, I want to start playing again, but whenever I start my fort I get into a rut and stop.
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KingBacon

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Re: Starting Afresh
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2014, 05:48:32 pm »
Define "rut."

Usually I start my forts out with a minor project, like finding a few layers of stone without veins/MICROCLINE GARBAGE, dig out and smooth a multilayer hall or underground defense tower. Another project is to race to build a fort near the magma sea / third cavern (though I flooded that fort when I dug up into an underground lake...)
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MuseOD

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Re: Starting Afresh
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2014, 05:59:49 pm »
Rut being boredom caused by "I can't make a good fort out of this" sort of feels.
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BetaOrion

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Re: Starting Afresh
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2014, 06:13:35 pm »
The same happens to me when i get to the second year. I just delete my world and start a new one.
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Koremu

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Re: Starting Afresh
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2014, 06:15:08 pm »
Usually the first project I have to work on is getting through a damn Aquifer
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