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[varkarrus]

My suggestion is that miners that get enraged will start digging through all of your walls and mess up your defenses.

[Silverionmox]

If they're mad AND suicidal at the same time.

[Grumman]

Assuming you're thinking of the "tantrum" effect rather than the "enraged" effect, it might make sense, but only if targets with a higher priority (like furniture, workshops and other dwarves) aren't available.

[LegoLord]

This is stupid.  Why would this happen?  People get angry, they can't focus on tasks such as digging (unless it is digging into someone's skull).  They'll just throw a tantrum; punch a few people, toss a few items, and bust up a few buildings.  I don't often see people that are actively showing their anger express it by focusing all their attention on something like digging.  It's just stupid.  No one would think to do that during a tantrum.

[SHAD0Wdump]

Maybe they can scratch up engravings with their picks.

[NikkTheTrick]

That feature would be annoying and unrealistic.

Annoying since carefully planned fortress will be uglified by such actions.

Unrealistic because, as said before, digging involves lots of work and attention - something an enraged tantrumer will not have. Besides, I don't see how walls would become higher priority targets for tantrumers than, say, a workshop. Workshop has a lot more delicate stuff to destroy.

In conclusion, the suggested change would do nothing other than get players pissed just for the sake of pissing them off.

[ogion]

How about a bit of planning?

I don't get it. A lot of people keeps whining about tantrums etc. while I very rarely have anything less than ecstatic dwarves. I've never experienced a tantrum....

[LegoLord]

How about a bit of planning?

I don't get it. A lot of people keeps whining about tantrums etc. while I very rarely have anything less than ecstatic dwarves. I've never experienced a tantrum....

You've never had several ambushes show up at the same time that you have a buncha dwarves working on an outdoor project, have you?

[ogion]

Sure I have. As well as babies burning in lava, half the fortress torched by fire imps and a whole slev of other nasty experiences.

Sure, they get grumpy for a while, but soon they're all smiles and chirps again.

[LegoLord]

You are very lucky.

[Duke 2.0]

 Or very unlucky, depending on the amount of fun you want.

[Plank of Wood]

I get an immigrant wave, close them in a cell with a cage trap, cage them, put them in a cage, and release them when theres a tantrum spiral. They're basicly backup dwarves. I just use my special wipe-out-fortress lever, leaving a few dwarves behind, drain the fortress, release the old dwarves, and there we go! Fortress lives on.