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[Cobbler89]

And one other thing I keep forgetting:

Space Dwarves. In Space. Doing Space Dwarf Things. In Space. Like mining space rocks. In space. And fighting space monsters. In Space. And having space tantrums. In Space. And Digging Too Deep. In Space. And killing Space Elves. In Space. Space Elves? Preposterous, it would never work. Pretend that last bit never happened. In Space.

You forgot Space Cats. In Space. Causing Space Catsplosion. In Space.

After all, our resident Mr. Space Cat is always reminding us that "Space is full of Space Cats." In Space.

[misko27]

More factions and magic. Much more. I want to join, aid, influence, and maybe even lead factions (in both modes mind); factions diverse enough to include everything from "Who should ascend the throne?" to religious ones. And I want so much more magic, it annoys me to kingdom come that all we have at the moment is necromancy (and whatever the modders come up with, but I don't use mods too often).

[klefenz]

Indeed DF needs more magic, but please not cheesy magic of throwing fireballs.
We already have enough games of that.

DF is unique and overly complicated, I want a complicated magic system that can (and totally will) backfire melting your face.

Just as an example, The Name of the Wind has a quite complex magic system which involves creating links between objects to transfer energy and transform it. May not exactly that system, but please no "throw fireball spell".

[Mesa]

On the subject of magic, I want a system where magic is not freely available even if one has the skills necessary for it.
Basically, mana is kind of literally "in the air", and repetitive use of magic (not sure how magic itself would exactly work) would eventually make the spells used in that area weaker until they can't be cast at all.

Some areas could be naturally more deprived of mana, and there could even be cycles when there is no magic at all in a given world, Shadowrun-style.
It would also justify the existence of "mana potions" being mana condensed into drinkable form or some such.


That's just one man's vision, and the magic system is still far away...But it's never too early to conceptualize and discuss how it should be implemented should we get to that part.

[Blastbeard]

I'd like to see weather phenomena, like tornadoes, hurricanes, and generic freakishly high-speed winds, with obvious collateral damage to surface structures. Being a primarily underground-dwelling race, dwarves would have the luxury of sitting back and watching the carnage through windows-behind-fortications in relative luxury.

Knowing Dwarf Fortress, this would lead to the otherwise very contrived scenario of wildlife getting sucked up into tornadoes and dropped off at random. This does actually happen from time to time, but it's usually just the odd frozen turtle falling from the sky and not a full-blown sharknado. Of course, considering the fauna of even a vanilla DF world, a sharknado is nothing compared to an undead-giant-sperm-whale-nado.

I probably will get to see this at some point, as opposed to my pipe dream of Space Dwarf Fortress.

[Molly Renata]

Oh lord, weather features would be the best and worst thing ever. Imagine, if you will, a hurricane sweeping onshore to strike a coastal fortress... and due to abnormally severe rain, the lower sections of the fortress slowly start to flood...

[Lyeos]

Oh lord, weather features would be the best and worst thing ever. Imagine, if you will, a hurricane sweeping onshore to strike a coastal fortress... and due to abnormally severe rain, the lower sections of the fortress slowly start to flood...

My Gods.
I could finally complete my dream of a non-magma purging system.
Because rivers aren't Dwarven enough.
Now, to design a giant bucket in case this ever happens...

[Xazo-Tak]

Oh lord, weather features would be the best and worst thing ever. Imagine, if you will, a hurricane sweeping onshore to strike a coastal fortress... and due to abnormally severe rain, the lower sections of the fortress slowly start to flood...

Upper sections, elf scum.

[Molly Renata]

Upper sections, elf scum.

Underground constructs are not immune to the effects of hurricane flooding.

[SmileyMan]

The thing I really look forward to, which I suspect will arrive at some point, is a really strong AI for military, with squads using various tactics to try and defeat each other, and maybe generals directing the action from above. Squads could have profiles like 'skirmish', 'defensive' which would dictate the tactics they used.

Seeing the camouflage-clad skirmishers engaging the goblin invaders as they camped on the outskirts of the map, luring them into an ambush where a squad of marksdwarves in perfect rank formation unleash timed volleys that slaughter them would be awesome.

[RenoFox]

What I want to see in every game: NPC:s reacting and getting annoyed. I want to walk indoors with muddy shoes, stroll around in improper clothes, pay for adamantine gear with copper coins, and eventually have an NPC annoyed enough to call me out for it and ask if I'm doing it on purpose. I want them to complain to their friends that the universally loved hero of the land is a gigantic tosser, and have no one believe them because all the examples they could give seem insignificant.

Likewise, I want to start sneaking into a house of a random NPC during nights and leaving gold in random chests and cabinets just to see what they'll do. Will they try to stay awake and see who's doing it, or will they mark it up as some kind of mysterious entity and try not to break the perfect system.

[Iamblichos]

Additional granularity in workshops, so that you could enable/disable types of jobs.

Example: Jewelry shops have two possible job types, Cut and Encrust.

It would be nice to be able to disable Cutting at a shop to use specifically for Encrusting, and vice versa.

[Detharon]

A dwarven economy!

Currently, all items have a constant value, no matter how prevalent they are. Which means that, basically, you can keep selling thousands of useless rock flutes to a trader and he will happily pay you the same price every time. It would not happen if the game had an economy based on supply and demand, because such flood of rock flutes would soon make them worthless.

Were you lucky enough to generate a world full of gold veins? Then gold should be relatively cheap, and since it's that prevalent, it shouldn't make dwarves as happy as if it was incredibly rare. Experiencing a long and bloody war? Armors and weapons should be more expensive. And so on, and so on.