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[dakenho]

I thought this would be interesting,  where do you setup your fort,  what industries do you typically go for?

I typically look for volcano's in tropical regions,  I typically do a bone crafting industry from hippos,rinocoress, elephants, ect,   most everything in my fortress is typically made from gold (doors, beds, bins, work shops), typically have a decent clothier industry in the late game, dying pig tail or cave spider thread, usually using gems to encrust furniture, I typically don't trade unless i need something like gypsum (though i may start trading for soap given the current bugs).

[Loud Whispers]

Normally a desert without any trees or plant life, flux or metal, though I recently embarked on a site simply because it had a lovely cave and was pretty flat. Needless to say, I rarely get a steel industry going at all.

[Aleksander]

Someplace with a hill(I don't look for any type of climate) that I can wall the top off and build farms/safe source of wood. Then I build a separate entryway somewhere on the hill for making traps in. As for industry, rock crafts x9001 to get as much metal from caravans.

[King DZA]

Depends on my goal for the fort. I try to find a spot with ideal terrain and ideal materials(flux, shallow+deep metals, soil, aquiferless), but I'm willing to compromise on just about anything, depending on how perfect the surface is.

I usually end up using all industries to some extent. The only time I ignore one is when the area lacks either glass or clay. My main exports for the first year is whatever the hell I can salvage up, second is the same, but with some food thrown in, and after that it's masterwork roasts, goblinite, and whatever other junk I need to get rid of.

[terkiey]

As long as it has a volcano and no aquifier, I am fine.
I usually spam rock mugs for my industry.
I also make do with iron.

[dakenho]

As long as it has a volcano and no aquifier, I am fine.
I usually spam rock mugs for my industry.
I also make do with iron.

does your military suffer at all? I often abandon forts with out iron

[Garath]

I prefer relatively flat areas with a decent amount of trees and a river. As long as there is one metal grade ore I'm happy enough. I prefer savage biomes, for the challenge and meat

[UnexpectedSalad]

A relatively flat area with a large hill or mountain in the center if I'm lucky or can even find this type of area. I like to make four entrances to my fortress on these areas.

[guitarxe]

I'm new, so I'm mostly looking for places at random. The only considerations for me is flowing water, and some trees. Until recently I also looked for areas without aquifiers, but once I tried one and breached it, I now no longer worry about them much.

though I recently embarked on a site simply because it had a lovely cave and was pretty flat.

How did you know it had a cave? And what do you mean by a cave, anyway? The caverns? Or the geometry of the site?

[knutor]

3x3 regions.  I prefer a tight little 3x3 area with lotsa trees, instead of the 4x4.  Gives me less room to work, true.  However, I love to watch dwarfs hunt and fish.  In a 3x3, it takes me hardly any time to channel and make safe for hunting, all the ponds that might be present there. 

Then I build up/down stairs, directly next to the wagon, to start the fortress.  Any Dwarf I get with agility at 1k or over, I turn into a Hunter.  Hunters are my only defense.  I don't ever bother with the buggy military interface.  It just frustrates me.  Problem I sometimes have is getting them all to ambush together.  I never assign them hunting pets, I just let tame war beasts roam free outside, with pet locked doors to prevent them mingling in my meeting areas.  I do give the Hunters bedrooms however, to store their loot.

Like the previous posters, I like flat and rolling areas, where I can follow with ease the outdoor actions.  I really dislike evil biomes.  Not because of their difficulty, but because of the miasma.  Miasma clouds sorta ruin the eye candy for me.  I cannot follow what's going on there, because of all the gunk in the air.  So I avoid them.  If I wanna play a game where I can't see squat, and only have to rely upon the text, I'll go play a merc-diku MUD.

Sincerely,
Knutor

[Coolnesstod]

Grassy, somewhat forested areas, Preferably hilly. If it has copper or bronze im fine, Iron or steel is a plus. If a river is available, Im golden. Wilderness for me since i love to get Elephant meat.