I like the "big boom" of a dreadnought, but quite a lot of fingerpickers think you can hear the notes more clearly for their fingericking with a guitar that has less bass and a stronger midrange - as tyically a "folk size" will.

I have however one dreadnought in my collection that has very little real bass, but a very strident midrange that would almost compete with a banjo for penetration, so it does rather depend on the individual instrument.