So a while back I was reading a thread about how much people hate aquifers and how to get rid of them.. In that thread somebody commented that they loved aquifers for their unlimited water that you can tap into anywhere on the map and use for whatever you want (traps, drinking, farming irrigation (though since .19 that has been fixed), and whatever else).. At the time I wrote it off as "Well they are right, but is it really worth the hassle?).
Since then I decided, given how pervasive aquifers are in DF, I'd learn to get through them effectively (I was able to get through them, but not reliably and it took a long time and would leave my fort looking ugly) so next time I found "The perfect spot... But it has an aquifer" I could still use it...
Well, I did, and now I actively look for the things, in fact I'd more say something is "the perfect spot.. But there is no aquifer..". They are amazing, clean, drinkable water (no 'bad thoughts' from murk) anywhere you want it, no lag issues that you get from rivers, and they are incredibly easy to get through (after practice of course, using the cave in method).
There are only two drawbacks.. One is that they (so far as I assume) contain no fish/aquatic life for fishing (a useful food resource and means of obtaining shells) and I still suck at getting through multiple aquifers (I can handle one no prob, but when there are two or more I just cannot push through them, any tips that don't involve cheating/mods or freezing? I read one means on the wiki but I don't really understand what they mean). The former cannot really be fixed (only mitigated by lakes/pools and eventually underground fish) though it would be nice to be able to create artificial ponds that get fish in them.. The latter I just have to figure out but multi-layers do seem to be more rare then others.
So anyways, who else loves aquifers? Not just tolerates them, but actively seeks them out?
-MB