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[Alenth Eneil]

It would be really nice if there was an easy way to make sure that high level miners are the ones that show up to go for gems and other valuables in the ground.  I hate it when gold/platinum/gems are wasted because some immigrant miner decided to dig the designation.

Might be under the orders menu, as an option to only have certain levels mine certain things, or work sort of like the workshop profiles.  Not sure about the second, sine that would mean designations would operate sort of like buildings.

[Mephansteras]

Frequently requested, because it's a good idea.

Also, in the future, it's a good idea to look through the dev notes (a search on the consolidated screen will find stuff pretty easily) to see if Toady already plans something. If not, do a quick search in the forum to see if anyone else has suggested the idea.

You're still welcome to post a topic on something that's been discussed before, if you think that your ideas are sufficiently different that they add something. Or, if it's a fairly recent post, you can just add a reply to that one. Just try to avoid doing that with old posts, since going back between versions can cause some confusion.

[Alenth Eneil]

Ah, sorry.  I was in a hurry to get this down before leaving for an appointment, so I skipped the searching step.

[Elvenshae]

As an interim solution, I re-title all my miners who've made it to Legendary skill as "Legendary Miners."
 
Then, using Dwarf Foreman (check the wiki), I can turn off the mining skill on everyone but them.

[Skizelo]

Yeah, since miners hang around the top of the unit screen, I just turn off the skill in everybody who's not flashing.
It's not entirely satisfactory, but it works, mostly.

[Idiom]

Don't forget designating a vein and having miners auto-mine it, rather than you baby-sitting them the whole way.

[Alenth Eneil]

Don't forget designating a vein and having miners auto-mine it, rather than you baby-sitting them the whole way.

Oh god yes.

Also the ability to ignore warm/damp.

[Mephansteras]

Don't forget designating a vein and having miners auto-mine it, rather than you baby-sitting them the whole way.

I know toady has said that he has plans for that one.