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Goodwin

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How long does strand extraction take?
« on: August 08, 2011, 09:11:56 pm »

My extractors have little to no skill, and im racing against a forgotten beast. How long will it take for me to extract a strand of adamantine?
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Re: How long does strand extraction take?
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2011, 09:14:08 pm »

spoilers, for one (Cotton Candy's what you want).  And your best way to keep track of it is with the manager subscreen (u -> m). 

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Re: How long does strand extraction take?
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2011, 09:18:04 pm »

With little to no strand extraction skill, it takes a long time.
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Re: How long does strand extraction take?
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2011, 09:33:08 pm »

I usually set up 8 or more workshops to speed up the process.
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Re: How long does strand extraction take?
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2011, 09:43:54 pm »

If I could use one word to describe the amount of time for an unskilled strand extractor to do their work, it would be "shitload". "Fuckton", maybe, but I like the former better.

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Re: How long does strand extraction take?
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2011, 09:55:14 pm »

I prefer to measure the time it takes in "parties forcibly ended because get back to work you fucks."

Longest I've seen a strand take is four.
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Re: How long does strand extraction take?
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2011, 09:58:03 pm »

four what?
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Re: How long does strand extraction take?
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2011, 09:58:29 pm »

oh wait nvm
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Re: How long does strand extraction take?
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2011, 10:15:33 pm »

You get plenty of useless haulers. Just make more craftsdwarf's workshops, turn some of those haulers into strand extractors, and make the rest of them haul the stones up for processing.

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Re: How long does strand extraction take?
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2011, 12:37:00 am »

spoilers, for one (Cotton Candy's what you want).  And your best way to keep track of it is with the manager subscreen (u -> m).
Who is going to have anything in the game spoiled for them by seeing the word adamantine? It is only ever called cotton candy when it is referenced with HFS.
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Re: How long does strand extraction take?
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2011, 02:13:11 am »

Yeah, addy ain't really spoilers by itself. In fact, it's pretty much the opposite.

"Dig deep, for there is a metal that is superior to all others in sharpness and rigidity! It is the ultimate weapon for armor and blades!"

Not untrue, but certainly not the whole picture ;)