Latest version of Dwarf Fortress is live

[Loyal]

Initial impressions:

-New megabeasts are hardcore. The Worldgen process kept going and going and going. I had to stop it in year 808 when I saw there were only 4000 people still alive, compared to the 7000 people a few hundred years prior.

When I got to the Embark screen, I saw that the elves were extinct. Possibly the Goblins as well, but it's possible that Toady has simply chosen not to list the always-hostile races on the neighbor list anymore.

I can't wait to actually fight one in Fort mode.

-My Expedition Leader "likes Elk Demons for their terrifying features". ELK DEMONS.

-There's still a lot of "YOU HAVE STRUCK MICROCLINE," but the game no longer pauses when you do, nor does it center it on the event.