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Toady has stated he's looking to do different types of dragons (different color, breath attacks, weaknesses etc) same as the vamp and werebeast differentiation that's slated for some time in the future.

As for FB randomization, buffing the weaker types of random materials has also been talked about. Just removing them seems like a bit of a waste tbh.

Animal people are also a fairly common topic of concern, and I'm fairly sure I've read that Toady is considering tweaking their rarity a bit, no timeline ofc :>

Edit: Dug up quote

DFtalk 18 "and we're going to change how animal people work sometime in here, because they crowd out too many of the populations right now, so we're probably going to make them work more like they did in the story that Zach wrote where they're more rare."

Sending armies out in fort mode is a future goal, but probably not for another few versions. Some of the stuff worked on now is laying the groundwork for that though, hence why it's been mentioned here and there.

There's this fan-compiled changelog, note that much is regarding adventure mode.

AS for release date, Toady has stated he hopes that it'll be done and out before the end of the year, but depending on how many bugs crop up it might be delayed a bit. The original release estimate was some time in march iirc ;P

I wonder what determines the military experience of migrants, sometimes they virtually all have minor level skills, but at othertimes (or other forts possibly) none beyond the occasional adequately skilled warrior soaper.

I've had waves of fisheryworkers appear on waterless sites, where I already had a fisherdwarf suicide squad, so I don't think the later waves are weighted at all. Possibly that Fort's mountainhome was allongside a river and possibly the number of historical sieges could explain the militry skills as well.

The first wave does often have a good broker and some smiths along... just maybe. 

If your dwarf civ has been in a lot of wars in world gen, then you get a lot of warrior migrants :>

For obvious reasons all the grim stuff already added are the kind of things that give much added FUN without needing that many underlying systems created to support it, hence probably why they made it in early. Religion requires a lot more work and features to be complete enough to add anything to the mix. Also, the following relevant tidbits can be found in the old dev pages:

"PowerGoal86, THE PROPHET OF AA, (Future): The Church of Aa has become decadent and gifts to the deity have waned, and the priests have been filling their coffers. You appear and claim to be a prophet and say that Aa has abandoned the Church. The priests scoff at you, but you perform a miracle, and there is a schism in the Church and much violence."

"PowerGoal139, A BATTERY OF AA MECHANICS, (Future): You receive the holy relic of Aa from a manifestation of the deity. You bring it to the Temple of Aa and set it on the altar. People dance as you chant the prayer of Aa. Word spreads quickly that a prophet of Aa has arisen, and the religion of Aa sweeps throughout the land."

"PowerGoal113, DIVINE INTERVENTION, (Future): You are playing goblin ball in the arena when your son yells "dad! dad! goal! goal!". Your son had been praying all day just so that you would win. Your kick is short, but the god Markad manifests and finishes the kick."

"PowerGoal125, SPEAR OF THE GODS, (Future): The gods of life and death have been at war since the beginning of time. The regions of the world are set in opposition, and creatures are occasionally born with affinity for one force or the other. You are born as a servant of death and claim the great barbed spear from the highest peak where it had sprung forth from the mutual hatred of the gods."

Awesome! When is this planned? This patch? Ooooooh, I'm excited!

Not this patch no, and probably not for quite a few more. Maybe in 10-20 years? Seeing as this feels like something that'd come in late development :>

About baiting, I'm sure this is something we're eventually going to be able to do naturally when non-grazing animals requiring food is fixed. With how much detail goes into the rest of the game I'd say it's safe to assume animals will track and eat any left out food on their own.