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[Steev]

I don't see what's so bad about it, it's a nice light blue and it helps liven up the usual dull gray rock that your fortress is carved out of. In fact, I must always carve a room of tribute to Microcline whenever I strike it, that area becomes a history room.

[ShadowLuigi147]

IMO, its waaay to bright.

[Bauglir]

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[NecroRebel]

"Nice light blue?" Most people describe it more as "eye-searingly blue." People dislike it because of its color, which most people find too bright, as well as the fact that when you find it it means that you aren't finding anything more useful, such as ore veins or gems, in the same region block.

Besides that, once you've gotten everything smoothed, those dark-grey stones can actually look quite nice. Many people also like their forts to be uniform for aesthetic reasons, and random blocks of blue in their otherwise-black forts are ugly, particularly if you're using a visualizer.

[Steev]

Jeez, am I the only person here who likes Microcline?

[twwolfe]

Jeez, am I the only person here who likes Microcline?

I like it, personally. it makes a nice looking roof when contrasted with dark walls

[shadowform]

It can be useful as a decoration.

I think mostly, though, it's a combination of the bright color, altogether too common frequency, and the fact that any time you get a "You have struck microline!" message the first time you strike it on a particular z-level.

[Archmage Ansrit]

Someone created a modded super-metal in honor of Cacame Awemedinade, the reaction calls for 50 microcline among other things. Turning it very valuable.

[T-Boy]

...the fact that any time you get a "You have struck microline!" message the first time you strike it on a particular z-level.

Oh god yes. That and Orthoclase.

"You have struck Microcline!"
"You have struck Orthoclase!"
"You have struck Microcline!"
"You have struck Microcline!"
"You have struck Orthoclase!"

GRAARRRRRGH.

[LoneJedi7]

IMO, its waaay to bright.

you think its too bright raw, try engraving microcline floors and walls........

[100killer9]

Miners: "Praise Armok, we've struck something!"
Glassmaker: "Crystal rock?"
Mason: "Obsidian?"
Metalworker: "ADAMANTINE?!"
Miners: "Better! It's Microcline!"

[Tahin]

The thing I hate about microline is it's the same color as adamantine. That eye-searing cyan color used to be special. Now it's everywhere. Ugh.

[Bauglir]

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[Sir Iryn]

You know, you can change the color of it. It even shows up as it's new color in visual fortress.

Right now, mine has the nice purple of pitchblende. Looks great mixed in with the Obsidian, Gabbro, and Rhyolite in my constructed tower.

[ungulateman]

I like to make it a darker blue, like kimberlite. I lurve kimberlite.