So here's my situation and my questions. I've read the thread on the new and improved magma pump, here
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=72296.0 I understand it's design, the 1x3 resevoir and all, and it seems great. But in an effort to avoid having to build a 90 level pump stack to my magma sea, so that I can pump magma onto the surface to toast some invaders, I thought I'd just use water from the aquifer instead, to drown those suckers. That has the added benefit of leaving behind more loot.
But I would be flooding a long, walled-in road that the invaders would be forced up and trapped in, and I just can't STAND the mud (I know, point, laugh, call me OCD, whatever). I refuse to have my nice quartzite thoroughfare ruined by a coating of mud that I can't get cleaned. So my two questions are:
1) Does that 1x3 magma resevoir REALLY stay filled up? It seems it works for people, but 90 levels is a lot to not be sure before I try. In my experiments with very small water stacks, the 1x3 resevoir is pumped from level to level so fast, that usually the side tiles from the center never stay watered, which is the whole point of a magma resevoir (to limit temperature changes). Maybe magma pumps differently from the magma sea, than water from an aquifer?
2) Does mud get destroyed when you dump magma over it? It dawned on me that I could stand the mud for a time, if I knew that I would eventually bite the bullet, and build a magma stack, that I could use to burn away the mud, after drowning the goblins. Or, I could just decide that "Hmm, today, this group of invaders shall be fried to a crisp rather than drowned!", if I have a stack of both.
Thanks all in advance. This game can sure suck you in!