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[Rowanas]

I have a cistern in my latest fortress that is getting filled by hand.  I can't be buggered with pumpstacks going the length of my map, but i'm also not cheating to put it in. There is always a third way, you little cheating gibbon.

[Pvt. Pirate]

I have a cistern in my latest fortress that is getting filled by hand.  I can't be buggered with pumpstacks going the length of my map, but i'm also not cheating to put it in. There is always a third way, you little cheating gibbon.

i always try to build a safe fort with a cistern and somehow get to the water of the cave layers - with varying success.
most times, the cistern is spoiled by some unforeseen accident while digging the huge room. mostly caveins or dorfs jumping to their death. i never cheated water in though - half of the FUN ist just accepting all the things that went wrong and creating a new world

[thefriendlyhacker]

I once built a magma pumpstack to get magma to the upper levels to keep my fortress smaller. It wasn't worth it.

I once did the same because my candy spire magma flow removal and obsidianization efforts were draining the natural magma reservoir my forges were built over, and I didn't want to move them even further away from my main fortress.

It was a learning experience, and such a major pain in the ass that it was only (barely) worth doing once.  Now I play a mod that lets you melt loose stones into magma, and I have never looked back.

[Fleeting Frames]

I imagine the pain was moving everything in forge area a z-layer higher rather than channeling a hole, building four walls and placing dwarf-operated pump?

[Dunamisdeos]

I always seal off my magma forge flow area after it's filled to prevent things from pathing in. I'm always irrationally worried something will sneak up even if I place the workshops properly.