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[DDR]

Dealing with an area outside, say, during a seige:
Flat land (or DF 2D): Area-select what you want. You can see it, it's there, no complications.
Mountainous land (or DF 3D): Area-select 1/10th of what you want. Repeat for other z-layers. You can only see part of what you want, and you have to fiddle with the controls to get dwarfs to go where you want.

Suggestion: Allow for an 'uncut' view. Instead of displaying the inside of the mountain, this displays only the upper-most tile. So, the mountain appears 'flat', we can view things easily, and we can see where all the invaders are.

This would also make it one HECK of a lot easier to reclaim a fortress, what with all that stuff scattered around the mountainside.

Cautions: Although there is work being done on a multi-z-level selector, you still can't get a good view of what you are selecting. Nor is it easy to find those pesky flying enemies, either.

Details:
The land is displayed as flat, but the z-level indicator tells how high the current terrain is. Also, up slopes are still displayed, forming a sort of topographical map. Units are displayed as stacked. The inside of the fortress is simply not visible nor accessible. Preferably, this mode could be toggled with a key, say, '-'. Note: The view should not affect game mechanics.

Discuss?

[Footkerchief]

Multi-Z-level viewing is the goal of the Depth by Darkening suggestion.  It also has an Eternal Suggestion Voting entry, "Depth by darkening / misting / blurring."

[DDR]

An interesting variation.
Would work very nicely with this mechanic, and probably already does.
 

[Nikov]

I would like to see the 'minimap' toggle between layer and surface views, even with the Depth by Darkness or any other methods applied to the primary view.

[Eric Blank]

This would be pretty useful, I'll go for it.