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[monk12]

Stopped prisoners from constantly agreeing to rescue each other.

Bug, or feature? _{Ignoring the fact it's obviously a bug or he wouldn't have fixed it}

[smjjames]

Stopped prisoners from constantly agreeing to rescue each other.

Bug, or feature? _{Ignoring the fact it's obviously a bug or he wouldn't have fixed it}

I'm guessing bug because it sounds like they would repeatedly agree to rescue each other after it's already been agreed to once.

[Dirst]

Got rid of residual grass that provided stealth bonuses after being trampled.

This might not be a bug at all!  If elephants can sneak into fortresses, I imagine skulking little Kobolds can hide behind trampled grass

More seriously, it's amazing how Toady even notices these problems.

[Demonic Gophers]

Fewer logs hanging in the air, though they can still get stuck in trees which is a little odd but maybe not a deal-breaker.

From what I've seen, big chunks of branch getting stuck in nearby trees is entirely realistic.

[smjjames]

Got rid of residual grass that provided stealth bonuses after being trampled.

This might not be a bug at all!  If elephants can sneak into fortresses, I imagine skulking little Kobolds can hide behind trampled grass

More seriously, it's amazing how Toady even notices these problems.

Well, he has devtools that let him see data that would otherwise be hidden. That and he has mentioned doing a lot of testing on the new mechanics under various environmental variables. In fact, the need to test under specific variables that he would have to hunt around for is what led to the arena getting the upgrade.

[Authority2]

Stopped prisoners from constantly agreeing to rescue each other.

Bug, or feature? _{Ignoring the fact it's obviously a bug or he wouldn't have fixed it}

I'm guessing bug because it sounds like they would repeatedly agree to rescue each other after it's already been agreed to once.

This bug sounds oddly sweet. Like, imagine two prisoners in the same cell, and every time it gets really bad they comfort each other by talking about how they'll rescue the other one on the day they finally escape, and all the things they'll do once they're free.

[PeridexisErrant]

Stopped prisoners from constantly agreeing to rescue each other.

Bug, or feature? _{Ignoring the fact it's obviously a bug or he wouldn't have fixed it}

I'm guessing bug because it sounds like they would repeatedly agree to rescue each other after it's already been agreed to once.

This bug sounds oddly sweet. Like, imagine two prisoners in the same cell, and every time it gets really bad they comfort each other by talking about how they'll rescue the other one on the day they finally escape, and all the things they'll do once they're free.

To me, it's not so much sweet as depressing revealing as to how desperate the prisoners must be, to resort to a ritual of comfort...

Imagine Dwarven brothers, kidnapped by Goblins as children. Each day, before they're dragged out of the cage and put to work, they promise that they'll never leave each other captive. They know that it would mean near-certain recapture to return, but loyalty wins out. Years pass, and eventually the elder falls into despair and enters a fell mood. With his new artifact weapon he fights his way out out of captivity, holding his brother's hand; his promise is kept.

The next night his brother's ghost appears - what is this dagger I see before me / it's handle carved from my hand? - and, slaying the elder, unites them in freedom at last. Both prisoners have kept their promises, and the ghosts rest.

[reality.auditor]

So far it looks like bugfixing of new bugs... Pray to Armok moar.

[Manveru Taurënér]

So far it looks like bugfixing of new bugs... Pray to Armok moar.

There won't be any old bugs fixed before release other than as a side effect of other fixes at best. Old bugs are tackled in one of the shorter releases following after.

(a good deal of old bugs have been fixed already by changed and updated mechanics coming with the release though)

[Knight Otu]

So far it looks like bugfixing of new bugs... Pray to Armok moar.

Manveru beat me to it, but well, yeah, that's how Toady works - first he tries to fix as many bugs he introduced as he can, then he releases, then there'll be releases to fix other new bugs, then he adds fixes for old bugs into those releases, then adds minor new features, and finally he moves on to major new features that he hopes won't take another year again, then he likely lets features creep in that may be somewhere between fully required and completely unrelated (depending on your viewpoint). Any fixes right now of old bugs are incidental.

[WordsandChaos]

Prisoners agreeing to rescue each other repeatedly... That mental image.

"You're imprisoned!"
"So are you!"
"I'm going to save you!"
"No, I'll save you!"
"That's fine. I'm going to save you, too!"
"Great, I'll save you, and then you can save me! Or do you want to go first?"
"I don't mind really. Just as long as I get to save you. After you!"
"No, after you!"
"I insist, I I'll go second in the saving."
"I'm flattered, but I couldn't possibly impose on you like that! I'll save you after you save me..."

[Jheral]

Could be that they're roleplaying saving each other to pass the time... 

[Rapozk]

They say (I'm citing every military institution without evidence, yes) that no amount of training can ever prepare one's mind for warfare. It would seem silly for dwarves to be any different.

I'd expect it to be a separate trait from "getting used to tragedy." That's not being courageous or accepting and ignoring danger, just being apathetic to loss.

Well, do not for forget that, in the real world, stationing your cowardly soldiers in a drowning chamber, is not considered training. In Dwarf Fortress it is!

[Parisbre56]

Yeah, you could have them stand in adjacent rooms separated by a glass window barrier with orders to attack and have your soldiers watch safely hidden behind the barrier as your useless cheesemaker migrants get slaughtered by a Dragon. Maybe use a pressure plate linked to two doors leading to a trapped hallway so that they can path to the Dragon but can never reach it.

EDIT: Probably not a Dragon now that I think about it, since they're building destroyers.

[Kumis]

This question is a little removed from the current line of conversation, and relates to possible economy developments in the future:

Critters already have preferences and levels of happiness and now you’ve added aspirations, but have you considered in the future giving them utility functions for goods that they possess?

The main advantages I can see to this are:
1. A logical level of hoarding – instead of merely collecting all the socks, maybe they’d see how many socks they have and would rather trade some in for a tunic (setting marginal utility equal and all that), and
2. It can serve as a foundation for a wider economy – rather than having to invent demand curves, and thus prices, for certain goods, the prices of those goods are determined by how many critters actually want them (and to what extent) in the wider world.

The main disadvantage I can see is that, unless abstracted, point 2 would lead to us all having to run super computers.

Or in any case, have you got any plans at the moment for future economic developments?