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The interface is "usable" by Arbit 10/10/2008, 6:11pm PDT
Once you understand the basics of constructions/designations/rooms and memorize some hotkeys, you can get shit done pretty quickly. It takes some getting used to but you play roguelikes, don't you? Man up! The only area I'd say the interface is unusable is labor preferences. Actually, I wouldn't call it unusable, I'd call it an inadequate, downright useless pile of shit!!!! Going to each individual dwarf and scrolling through 30+ plus jobs to enable or disable particular labors in a 100+ dwarf fortress is absurd. Dwarf Foreman is necessary. (FoK! If you're not using this, you should be!)

The current to-do list is pretty exciting. In addition general improvements to the military command structure, wounds, underground features etc. you'll eventually be able to take an army out and explore the massive randomly generated world that, as of now, you really only see like 0.0001% of. Kill some cannibal elves!
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Still loving this game. by Fullofkittens 10/09/2008, 10:48am PDT NEW
    Is "usable interface" on that list anywhere? NT by Mischief Hater 10/09/2008, 4:09pm PDT NEW
        You get used to it after a while. by Fullofkittens 10/09/2008, 5:10pm PDT NEW
            We need games like Dwarf Fortress... by pinback 10/09/2008, 6:30pm PDT NEW
                The Emacs of gamedom NT by Entropy Stew 10/09/2008, 6:45pm PDT NEW
            SO NO THEN? NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 10/10/2008, 2:07am PDT NEW
        The interface is "usable" by Arbit 10/10/2008, 6:11pm PDT NEW
            I read the instruction manual for 30 minutes and then stopped to play Castle Cra NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 10/10/2008, 6:30pm PDT NEW
    so when will it be playable? NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 10/09/2008, 7:11pm PDT NEW
        It's playable right now. o__o NT by Fullofkittens 10/09/2008, 7:42pm PDT NEW
            It's like a box of porn and razors, could be real fun but not worth the effort NT by pinback 10/09/2008, 8:00pm PDT NEW
                Ok, that's interesting. NT by Fullofkittens 10/09/2008, 8:43pm PDT NEW
            really? wow they must have made it a totally different game than it used to be NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 10/10/2008, 12:19am PDT NEW
                well they improved a couple of things but a lot of it was already really good so NT by Fullofkittens 10/10/2008, 5:26am PDT NEW
 
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