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[LordSlowpoke]

Pretty much self-explainable - the material that you make picks out of should affect mining speed, and possibly some material couldn't be dug out with one material having the dwarf to pick up another/cancel the designation. This, for once, would eliminate the rather strict lolwut when you can mine out adamantine with a copper pick, create some difficulty, and maybe even

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let you dig out slade using adamantine and SMR using slade

For me, this only makes sense - it's a tad bit harder to smash a rock to pebbles using iron than bronze. Good idea?

Oh, and sorry if it has been asked already, searching didn't return anything.

[Hungry]

If you look at how mining actually works it takes different pick material to mine through a specific rock type, but for simpleness it wont diverge to that...

hum...I guess I'm saying that a harder more rigid pick isnt always the best...and would defeat how you think it should work.

[Silverionmox]

If you look at how mining actually works it takes different pick material to mine through a specific rock type, but for simpleness it wont diverge to that...

hum...I guess I'm saying that a harder more rigid pick isnt always the best...and would defeat how you think it should work.

Could you elaborate a bit? I'm curious.

[Urist McCheeseMaker]

it should probably use the same sharpness information that spears use. with a modifier for mass, since a heavy pick will do more than a light one. and yeah, i've been thinking about it too, triggered by the mechanics thread that mentioned making picks without having to mine first. you could have a very simple sharp rock to cut into some of the softer rocks at first. you could probably even use a sharp rock to dig into harder rocks than what your pick is made from, but it would degrade quickly.