You know I played exclusively with Masterwork prior to 40.x vanilla. I eagerly awaited an for months for an update to 40.x. I checked every day for word on this. Then every week. And in December, just before Christmas, I check and SURPRISE like a gift there it is. I quickly downloaded it and whats this? It's 34.11. Surprise indeed motherfucker, I didn't look at the version prior to downloading it.
Here's the thing: I don't care about the races. I don't want to play with kobolds, orcs, humans, hermits, warlocks, succubi, goblins, elves, or hello kitty whenever thats implemented in. I don't want a simplified dwarf mode. Why the hell would I or anyone else want that? The fun of DF is that its a ridiculously difficult game to master with ridiculous levels of complexity. And 34.11. I don't even know where to begin except to say that I'm not going back to it.
I played with Masterwork because I liked the additional siege races; dark stranglers, white tigermen, frost giants, etc. the simplified wood, gems, meats, leathers, etc. and at least some of the additional workshops. The gui is well put together and adds a nice bit of control, too. These are the reasons I played with MDF. But if this is how its gonna be I'll stick with vanilla.