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[anewaname]

Consider using statues to limit where your archers stand. A dwarf can dodge into the statue's tile to avoid a shot, but will not stand there (this info is from the wiki, I have not successfully seen it happen).

[Thon]

(For a similar reason, there's not much point in stockpiling toys)

Except to use it as a crude tool to guide your children to a location / through a danger room.

Note that kids can and will get toys at the location where the toy is and then go to the location where they want to play, which typically is the location where they decided they wanted to play (e.g. on top of the corpse whose underwear the kid just equipped). However, I agree that you ought to be able to use stockpiling to get kids to path to said stockpile, if you've got a need for that.

@Starver: Before the needs rework, idlers was a sign of the fortress being run inefficiently, but now the buggers actually need time off to (often fail miserably) cater to their needs to socialize, pray, read, etc.

I'm experimenting with platinum and lead toys. Hoping they won't be able to move toys too far.

[PatrikLundell]

(For a similar reason, there's not much point in stockpiling toys)

Except to use it as a crude tool to guide your children to a location / through a danger room.

Note that kids can and will get toys at the location where the toy is and then go to the location where they want to play, which typically is the location where they decided they wanted to play (e.g. on top of the corpse whose underwear the kid just equipped). However, I agree that you ought to be able to use stockpiling to get kids to path to said stockpile, if you've got a need for that.

@Starver: Before the needs rework, idlers was a sign of the fortress being run inefficiently, but now the buggers actually need time off to (often fail miserably) cater to their needs to socialize, pray, read, etc.

I'm experimenting with platinum and lead toys. Hoping they won't be able to move toys too far.

The only result of using heavy toys is that it takes longer to move them, possibly affecting satisfaction negatively to some extent.

[Thon]

(For a similar reason, there's not much point in stockpiling toys)

Except to use it as a crude tool to guide your children to a location / through a danger room.

Note that kids can and will get toys at the location where the toy is and then go to the location where they want to play, which typically is the location where they decided they wanted to play (e.g. on top of the corpse whose underwear the kid just equipped). However, I agree that you ought to be able to use stockpiling to get kids to path to said stockpile, if you've got a need for that.

@Starver: Before the needs rework, idlers was a sign of the fortress being run inefficiently, but now the buggers actually need time off to (often fail miserably) cater to their needs to socialize, pray, read, etc.

I'm experimenting with platinum and lead toys. Hoping they won't be able to move toys too far.

The only result of using heavy toys is that it takes longer to move them, possibly affecting satisfaction negatively to some extent.

They do seem unhappier than the rest of the dwarves. Almost all their playing session is 90% hauling it back and forth. Will start checking if they start getting stronger/faster. If not, I'll just buy the next caravan out with the toys. Platinum ones are about 50k worth atm.