Hey, people! I am a long-time fanatic of the game, but I'm completely fresh to the forums.
I hope I am allowed to simply form a new post like this. Please inform me if I am wrong.
There are two things (well, more than that, but I'm just covering two) I'd love to see in later versions:
Catapults seem a little disappointing to me. I think it would be awesome if they released a pushing/stunning dust cloud similar to the ones created by cave-ins. Just a small one, like one tile collapsing. I always felt like they were surprisingly powerless against walls, too. They could at least destroy engravings or something...
The other thing I'd suggest (which is not at all connected to the first one) is another possible ending. Once a fortress becomes a Mountainhome, or maybe once they hit 10 million wealth, or whatever, the "Abandon the Fortress" option in the esc menu should change to, like, "resign", or something. Your fortress would become the permanent mountainhome of your given country, and you could go on to another game without losing the first one. I say this because I've hit that point in my current game, and it's really grown quite dull. My 50 champions kill everything that attacks me, so there's really no threat or challenge anymore. The only way my game will end is if I "Abandon my Fortress" or flood/starve the thing myself.
I know "winning" isn't really something that people look to do in DF, but I think there should be a partially conclusive 'ending' that isn't the player's defeat.