Quarrying

[Zombull]

Add a new order next to Mine called Quarry that will have a very high chance of producing a stone block. Let it be about as slow as mining steel.

[Zombull]

Meant to put this in Suggestions. Sorry.

[DubskiDude]

In 1.0, using deep drills on a random spot will get you stone chunks. So that already exists.

[Zombull]

That's an awfully expensive substitution for just...mining more carefully.

[DubskiDude]

Not really. Sure you have to research it, and it usually takes about mid-late game to get there, but you just drop 200 steel and 4 components for a drill that you don't need to deconstruct and rebuild. You can reinstall it anywhere in 1.0. And it means you have a constant supply of chunks literally forever. Before then you can just pick up chunks around the map or mine through hills. I don't think anyone is currently hurting for a way to mine chunks.

Adding an entirely new button simply to produce chunks, when it would be completely obsolete after the early game, seems kind of silly, and would be a waste of space.

[Emulsion]

I'd actually like this.
There are times, I'm craving for stone. My last play through was inside a mountain so there wasn't really an issue but I had to mine a lot to get the desired chunks for traps and walls/doors.
If I had to build my base on mostly flat terrain I'd have had trouble getting enough stone.
I must admit I didn't try deep mining for stone though, so can't make a qualified statement regarding that.

[giltirn]

Not really. Sure you have to research it, and it usually takes about mid-late game to get there, but you just drop 200 steel and 4 components for a drill that you don't need to deconstruct and rebuild. You can reinstall it anywhere in 1.0. And it means you have a constant supply of chunks literally forever. Before then you can just pick up chunks around the map or mine through hills. I don't think anyone is currently hurting for a way to mine chunks.

Adding an entirely new button simply to produce chunks, when it would be completely obsolete after the early game, seems kind of silly, and would be a waste of space.

Deep drill spawns bugs and is a late-game addition, especially now that research is slower. I always find myself hurting for chunks, especially on flat maps, and the recent changes to traps make this even worse. I even took to sending out caravans specifically to mine stone, but unfortunately chunks are very heavy so this is quite impractical. Having a means to access a reliable source of stone in early-mid game would be a very good addition IMO.