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[AzureAngelic]

Something that's seriously bugging me. Title says it all, really: stairs vs ramps in terms of entranceways, paths and other such things.

What I've got so far:

STAIRS:
+ No caveins.
+ No chance of miners trapping themselves.
+ Slightly more space-efficient.

RAMPS:
+ Allow passage of caravans (?)
+ Smoother travel.
+ Natural and dwarfy.
+ Easily removed in emergencies.

[nil]

I use ramps almost exclusively and the only real reason for it is that they look better than visualizers.  They also take fewer moves to use unless up/down staircases are involved.

[Particleman]

I've heard stairs also eat up more pathfinding resources.

[ungulateman]

Ramps are a boon for my fortress's FPS.