I really started getting into fingerstyle during the pandemic. My playing tapered a lot before the pandemic, but I have been playing a lot lately. I donI’d love to own a Collings mini-jumbo made out of maple, but they are expensive and hard to come by. Absolutely out-of-this-world beautiful sounds and control out of those. I had a chance to buy a used one a few years ago for $3500, but it was my first exposure to that company and I balked. It was gone a day later. The same guitar would be worth over $5000 today, I think.
You have to have all solid wood construction, that’s for sure.
I own some good Guild dreadnoughts. My favorite is a weird guitar by a company that went by the name Flint Hill for a couple of years. Most people didn’t like them, but I somehow got a really good one... the thing is full of character and sounds perfectly antiqued.
I have a 45 year old Guild D25, a "Chartin" D45 for campfire playing and a Martin D35, with light retro strings that is my go to for fingerpicking now (Guild does well too), but I haven't researched buying a guitar just for fingerstyle.. Even with light strings, it sounds amazing. Have a Taylor 214ce and Martin 000 and don't love either, so was thinking of selling them and getting something a bit wider for finger playing. I don't mind spending money on guitars, as they tend to keep their value.