Hi
I am pretty new here, both on forum and also with the game. Curse the hippie elves! Am I accepted as a part of your group now?
Anyway, I don't know if this a feature exists, but I don't think so from what I've found atleast. My problem now is that while I have gotten my fort up an running fairly well, I am mining out entire z-levels in the search for metal and gems and such. However, when I do so, I designate up a grid of pathways throughout the entire level, which is all fine and dandy. The problem occurs when I want to dig somewhere else at the same time. All my dwarves are diggin on my mining level, and wont do anything else for a long time.
So my suggestion is to implement an option for different dwarves to prioritize mining (or any other designation) on different levels. Obviously not in a way that would make a single dwarf do 1 digging on one floor, one digging on the next, etc., but if you have 2 or more with the ability to do the same thing, they would focus on different floors if there were designations on different floors. This could very well fit in in the 'standing orders' menu. It would greatly reduce micromanaging digging orders as you could designate big chunks at a time and still know that you wouldnt hog all the digging for hours to come.
Thanks