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[Mr Space Cat]

It takes less time in ticks to build constructions with blocks than raw materials. This is good for situations like piercing aquifers using the double slit method, where there's constantly water flowing and potentially (and inevitably) causing cancellations.

The less time it takes to build a wood wall, the less cancellations, and the less the player has to unsuspend or redesignate the wall to be built, which makes piercing aquifers slightly less painful.

Otherwise I guess it's just for the satisfaction of knowing that every tile of that pure green glass tower megaproject you built is built from blocks.

[Rose]

Blocks also look different in stonesense. (I think. Stones definitely, wood maybe)

[reality.auditor]

And blocks are more valuable than raw material.

[Emma]

I gave all my gold and silver to traders.
Enough said

[WillowLuman]

I tried to solidify magma by designating it as a pond zone to throw water in.

[Sutremaine]

You can solidify a tile of magma by pouring a bucketful of water on it, so long as the water travels through a full z-level on the way down. Nothing silly at all about the core concept (for a dwarf).

every tile of that pure green glass tower megaproject you built is built from blocks.

What other building material can you make from glass?

[Sirbug]

Once upon a time I decided to chain hostiles up and send my military dwarves to fight them, hoping that this would make them better soldiers.

Four recruits entered the stage and engaged chained goblin thief. They all lost their sword hands. Also I tried to dispose of caged werebeast through the same fight (I feared as it was a dwarf in natural form, I may cause loyalty cascade). One of my soldiers lost both hands. But that wasn't the faceplam part. Heavy bleeding he got stuck in unsolvable conundrum: on one hand, he's covered in filth and blood. On other, he doesn't have hands to carry soap to the well. So he kept circling around bar of soap, with task "Clean self" until he bled to death.

[StLeibowitz]

I got a glorious wave of skilled metalcrafters and peasants with great ability in swordsdwarfing. They would have done great things at Crowcaverns...had they arrived at any time other than in the middle of an elf ambush. Their destinies then were shortened from "legends of history" to "pincushions".

None of them even managed to beat my horse in total self-defense kills, either

[OhGodSpidersNo]

Rejoicing when a dwarven caravan filled to the brim with food and alcohol arrives to your starving fortress right on the eve of a tantrum spiral, then bungling the deal because you got greedy with the profit margin.

I made a good roleplay decision to seal the caravan in, and set my entire fortress upon them in a desperate bid for survival. They were all slaughtered by the caravan guard.

[WillowLuman]

Rejoicing when a dwarven caravan filled to the brim with food and alcohol arrives to your starving fortress right on the eve of a tantrum spiral, then bungling the deal because you got greedy with the profit margin.

I made a good roleplay decision to seal the caravan in, and set my entire fortress upon them in a desperate bid for survival. They were all slaughtered by the caravan guard.

Next time, build a device to kill caravans without risk of retaliation or loyalty cascade. For example, drop the ceiling on them.

[Edmus]

Or a drowning chamber. Multiple uses with a drowning chamber.

[WillowLuman]

BTW, what to do with prisoners of war? Using them as practice for militia can go horribly wrong horribly quickly, as gobbos seem to all have high wresting and dodging skills. I've got a volcano I can (and have) pit them into, but that seems a bit of a waste.

[Edmus]

Marksdwarves. Have a bridge that breaks los  when you aren't using it though.

[WillowLuman]

Wouldn't an archery range be more efficient? With that, I could have practice even when there are no prisoners. Unless there's a way to make sure the prisoner never dies.

[Edmus]

In my experience dwarves neglect archery ranges. They can't ignore the naked goblin chained up down the hallway.