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Well, this is slightly off topic, but what about scaffolding? It would act similarly to a up/down stairway, except be fast to construct and deconstruct, and require no supports other than an adjacent scaffolding tile.  Removal could be done by collapsing the supports, causing it to fall down leaving a pile of wood.  It would be useful for vertical constructions like towers.  It isn't quite as useful for downward constructions, but one possible way of removing it could be to collapse the scaffolding using ropes strung down to the bottom supports that the dwarves could pull from the top of the shaft (deconstruction of all connected scaffolding tiles from any position adjacent to a tile of scaffolding, this position could be specified by the player.)

I don't know, being able to pause world gen or scroll the view might be nice.  Don't you ever wonder what the map looks like other than the top left corner?

well, you could just make the action take a large time to perform, that way if three guys are KO'd you can go to each and kill them, but if one of them is up he'll whack you before you can kill his buddies.

"The nation of cuddling" awwwww 

Unless you use constructed floors and walls, the booze shouldn't be as good for drinking.

IMHO, the new evil elves and peaceful goblins rock, why do we have to follow the mythology of other games?  DF is a different game, and in the DF community elves are generally more disliked than goblins.  I mean, goblins bring us gifts of metal and clothes! Why should we fight those who help us?  The  tree huggers who want us to follow their misguided ideas are the true villains.  Those pompous jerks consider the rats and flies that inhabit the world more precious than the people in it! I say let their true evil ways shine through! No longer shall we listen as we are told what to do!  I say they should be differentiated even further!  Nobody likes those pretty boys anyway.  The goblins have more in common with the dwarves than those elves do.  At least they understand what really matters, monetary value.  They're willing to fight for valuables just like the dwarves do as well.  Why not strike a truce up? There are plenty of shiny trinkets for both races.  The dwarves and goblins could kill the hordes of immortal scum if they worked together.

Wounds are persistent now, if they lose limbs in a fight with a megabeast they never grow  back.  They pass out from pain.

Why not just build walls or supports if you don't want something to collapse and put walls in to cover up holes they dig?