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[AvolitionBrit]

So overtime the map changes, sea level rises, islands shifting together or breaking off. Sea volcanos forming islands(more tectonic plates). So sites might end up becoming lost under the ocean or burried in magma. It would make historial maps look interesting, espeically as someone who plays a world for centuries, seeing places get lost, sink into the ocean and what not. It would give the sea more depth, going to the ruins of a semi submerged fort, trying to find a lost artifact. Additionally an island that had no contact with the rest of the world being bridged to it due to a shift in land or sea levels.

[Magmacube_tr]

The landmasses moving is probably a longer term goal, and the addition of ice and hothouse ages can be a simpler, earlier substitude. Even a simple change in sea levels can make a map look much different. e.g Sundaland and Zealandia.

[Nordlicht]

I think having different timescales for realistic world setting to simulate the planet for millions of years per tick before starting legend creation would also be nice. Basically like SimEarth did it.

Having simulated continental drift.
Change in Atmospheric composition.
Simple evolution.
Influence of celestial bodies. (Possibility of starting on a planet with a dying star? Something like the Theia crash?)
Forming of the star system.

[Azerty]

Players might have to create dikes to preserve their facilities from floods from rivers and sea.

[Deno]

Great idea. The world needs to be more dynamic anyway. I think Toady mentioned sites becomming ruins and buildings sinking into the ground over time or being covered by earth. Aside from nature doing its thing, the influence of civilized races and magic on the environment needs to be considered too. Civilized races should be able to terraform. Moving earth to create a hill or flatten terrain, digging tunnels through a mountain to build a road, building dams or redirecting rivers, draining swamps, etc. And magic should influence things too, as described in this http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=173189.0 thread.

[Azerty]

Great idea. The world needs to be more dynamic anyway. I think Toady mentioned sites becomming ruins and buildings sinking into the ground over time or being covered by earth. Aside from nature doing its thing, the influence of civilized races and magic on the environment needs to be considered too. Civilized races should be able to terraform. Moving earth to create a hill or flatten terrain, digging tunnels through a mountain to build a road, building dams or redirecting rivers, draining swamps, etc. And magic should influence things too, as described in this http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=173189.0 thread

And we could even see younger races reusing the infrastructure of older ones: for exemple, a road network, sewers or a canal might be useful enough for reuse.