Why do people glaze mechanic so much and insist on bringing a starting mechanic when any idiot with free time can pump out countless rock mechanisms and higher skill has no bearing on the quality of mechanisms (I think)

(No this isn't something I can find in the FAQ or through searching google) I'm just wondering if I entirely missed something about the profession because although mechanisms, traps, defenses, waterworks, lavaworks, etc. are all super useful, you don't need a specialist to set them up.

And yet I've seen in multiple guides on the wiki, youtube, steam forums, and reddit people always insist on bringing a dwarf with mechanic as a maxed skill.

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u/Cadunkus — 2 days ago

In Baki the Grappler, our titular protagonist gets stronger after he has sex with his girlfriend. Since intercourse is a powerup in the Baki universe, this actually means any of the most prolific fornicators would fold Yujiro Hanma like a lawn chair.

For context, Bonnie Blue is a pornstar that made the news for sleeping with over 1000 men in a single day. I uh... I only know about that from internet discourse I swear I haven't seen any of her work. I bet someone could gauge how much stronger that made Baki and then scale other people (in)appropriately.

u/Cadunkus — 4 days ago

This is the third attempt in a row at starting a new game where there's a seemingly impenetrable mapwide layer of aquifer just below the surface preventing me from doing the one thing a dorf's gotta do. :(

u/Cadunkus — 4 days ago

PSA: While titan (2 tile like cob cannon) plants can be attacked from either tile, the mechanut/gigamechanut/apple only absorbs damage if the rear tile of the titan plant is in range and the front tile can be exposed. Included is a more optimal way to stack multiple columns of titan plants.

u/Cadunkus — 12 days ago

Could the 4th wall breaking of Deadpool counter the narrator glaze that Yujiro gets?

u/Cadunkus — 17 days ago

So is Princess Solarnova any good offensively? Been testing her in custom levels and her solar bombs actually seem to dish out less damage than if I just didn't have her. If she's not worthless (outside of being a better sunflower) what setup actually makes her good?

u/Cadunkus — 21 days ago

Aside from being able to use (some of) them in garden defense, what is the point of the zen garden?

Like can I set them up to use them in other gamemodes?

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u/Cadunkus — 1 month ago