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[melkorp]

For me, DF had become about masonry, and now it's about mining.

My 2010 fortress is just a ramp spiralling (way) down to an expansive cavern, which I'm treating as my surface level.  It provides me with wood, plants, water, and freakass abominations animals.  Traders, migrants, and seige armies alike will have to go that extra mile (literally) to make a carpet of corpses glimpse the glittering beauty of our halls.  I think none of us will ever see the sun again. 

It's funny that I'm more excited about cowering behind a muddy hatch cover in a pitch black Avernum than building an impregnable tiered castle or giant statue of anything topside.
         

[LemonFrosted]

Yeah, it is pretty crazy. I'm a bit surprised at how deep you do have to go to run into cavernous Fun. I'm fairly conservative (though boroughs are a godsend, if I can get them figured out) so my bases rarely span more than 6-7 Z levels total, including waste levels for plumbing or magma routing. Finding out that most fun is waiting 30-40 levels down is a bit shocking, so I'm making a beeline for the core.

[shadowclasper]

I need to do some exploratory mining obviously o_o;

[Urist McDepravity]

I settled on compromise scenario, with farms being at caverns levels, and most of industry above caverns. So its just inverse of my 40d designs, with forts spanning between cavern and surface.

[alphawolf29]

Yep. As soon as i saw my 67 or so Z-levels below the surace. all I could think of was
"wow. Every fort is now going to be an odd mix of Moria and the Underdark"

Awesome.

[Rakonas]

I just found my first magma sea only at z level +80, so I'm reconfiguring my fort with it at the bottom and the top of my fort being my highest of 3 caverns. The top cavern is pretty much a farming level, and I have ramps carved away for protection.. At least, I assume I'm protected. I even discovered my magma sea to the tune of some Moria music .

[smigenboger]

I have 42 levels and found my sea at 30-ish....I normally don't go more than say 8 or 9 levels so I have some getting used to.

Although it defeats the purpose of underground, I'm thinking of having multi-z-level houses underground to get used to it. Like Undergrotto, but more city-like

[Forumsdwarf]

The idea that every biome has magma and [almost?] all magma is buried deep was a stroke of genius.
Who wants to dig deep if the only thing you'll find is granite and microcline?  Now we have a reason to delve, any map, anywhere.

From now on every fortress will be a Dwarf Fortress.

[Rakonas]

I have 42 levels and found my sea at 30-ish....I normally don't go more than say 8 or 9 levels so I have some getting used to.

Although it defeats the purpose of underground, I'm thinking of having multi-z-level houses underground to get used to it. Like Undergrotto, but more city-like

I'm happy because I'm now able to have my housing in the middle of my fortress yet many z levels away from any noise. Also, this opens up the reasonable possibility of having plumbing channels filled with water underneath my main housing level.

[GAGA Extrem]

I just found my first underground cavern.

It was so epic that I finally registered to the forums (was lurking around for two years or so), simply to type this message.

[dood_]

Man, I feel the same way. Just broke through to my first cavern, and the feeling is just... GOBSMACKED. I'm in awe.


So far I'm setting up a temporary little fort at the surface, while I get some exploratory mine shafts down there. Just whoa. Toady you've outdone yourself again. <3

[NegaDwarf]

I am utterly in shock at the awesomeness that lurks underground. Gods, I can't wait for the first version of working Reveal... the Dwarves are utterly doomed. Truly, the depths are a place of strange wonders...

[Eagle0600]

20-30 zeds? Gosh, I'll have to get cracking, won't I? ... Wait, did I build my defences on the outside? Woops.

[Pnx]

Pro tip, I've discovered that selecting the up/down staircase designation, and clicking where you want it while holding down the < key, is the easiest way to do long staircases.

[cbpye]

gems and ore everywhere.  I no longer bring a stonecrafter with my seven starting dwarves, it's all metalcrafting and gem cutting from here on out.

Also, found my magma a whopping 130 z-levels down.  I'm not entirely sure how to harness this, with a massive cavern network between the magma and my fortress (which rests at z-levels 4 through 14 or so).