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[MantisMan]

I was wondering how you guys set up your military barracks and stockpiles. What I've been doing is I have a large-ish room right next to the entrance with an armour stand or some other military piece of furniture. I set that single room as the area for storing equipment and training for all squads. I put my weapon / armour / ammo stockpiles in the room

For the marksdwarf squad, I usually try to set up an outdoor archery range with a big stockpile of bone bolts, and my good bolts in a stockpile up on the defense balcony.

I normally have one squad on guard duty per month, or for three months of the year, with the rest of the time spent in training. I try to have each squad spend more time training than guarding / patrolling.

Should I be doing anything different to get the best response time from my military? Like putting beds in their barracks, or using a separate barracks for each squad?

[RTiger]

One word: Magma

[Girlinhat]

One word: Magma

Yes, that was very helpful.  And original too!

Seriously though, whatever works.  There's ways to optimize, like small squads of 3-4 to improve sparring efficiency.  Placing the soldiers' bedrooms/barracks at the entrance helps, since they'll train and sleep right next to trouble.  You can also use the evil "wake up smash" which is to place a floor tile upon a Support, and when trouble arrives you break the support.  The floor falls, causing a cave-in, and that wakes up like the entire fort.  Good way to get soldiers awake and in action in a hurry.  Brokers too!

[MantisMan]

The only time I've actually gotten to the magma sea, it was about 150 levels below the rest of my fort. Making a magma pump / plug would have taken much too long, and I don't think I had the magma-proof materials available to make a proper reservoir / flooding apparatus.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Spoiler: Images (click to show/hide)

[Pan]

..... "wake up smash" which is to place a floor tile upon a Support, and when trouble arrives you break the support.  The floor falls, causing a cave-in, and that wakes up like the entire fort.  Good way to get soldiers awake and in action in a hurry.  Brokers too!

 I remember once in 40d, I had a cave-in from above that destroyed the floor tiles it landed on. Wouldn't this cause you to knock holes in your barracks (too much hassle and is unsightly)?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Not if there's a wall underneath it.

[MantisMan]

Thanks.

Regarding the "wake-up smash" should I take care to put it into its own out-of-the-way room with a door to stop the dust from choking the military dorfs? I guess the support should be set up in the front / center section of the fort?

I take it that the images are all going pretty much straight down in a column?

[Girlinhat]

Because of the way noise works, you can place it a level or two above or below the barracks.  Or do some lame tricks like build a dozen chairs...

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Noise

[Pan]

Not if there's a wall underneath it.

Ooooh... Well, looks like from now on, sieges will no longer cause me to save-scum all the time due to sleeping military. Thanks!