Some good additions in the patch, but some things here still need addressing:
Creatures:
-Tylosaurus needs its rig/animations fixed (way too stiff still), and should be able to eat from the shark feeder. If the Dunk, etc can do it, why can't it also?
-New DLC creatures need their appeal/stats fixed. Right now they are a mess. Unfortunate that Archelon is also not able to be preyed upon by anything. Edit: I think the progression for appeal should be Shonisaurus (edit: highest), Dunkleosteus, Archelon, and Nothosaurus (edit: lowest).
-Tylosaurus and Mosasaurus not getting social animations. Why were they omitted?
-The issue with small scavengers panicking excessively with medium and large carnivores around, despite not hunting them. It would be good to have an additional option in sandbox to disable panicking.
-Was Sinosauropteryx stats fixed? Last I recall it could never successfully pack hunt goats or guests. Edit: Still does not appear to be fixed.
-Feathers on Therizinosaurus, if not others still need fixed.
-Edit: Dominion Allosaurus variant lacks skins and patterns like other variants.
-Edit: Creatures clipping through fences, and also getting stuck in place starving. Thanks to
/u/AtomicWreck
QOL:
-Now that we have over 100 species in the game (with all DLC), we really need an upgrade for multiple expedition teams. This was in the first game but didn't carry over here.
-Binoculars upgrade for tours. This was in the first game (at least RTJP DLC), but was not carried over here either.
-Could tall paleoflora count for (some) forest coverage? Reducing the sauropod needs is a good start though, but this would be an improvement on enclosure design for all herbivores and even carnivores (outside of sandbox with comfort off).
-Edit: Better vehicle handling like in the first JWE. Thanks to
/u/JWEScreenshots
Other:
-Amphitheater needs its name changed for other maps (and corresponding rock textures, and/or flora for the other biomes). As it stands now it currently feels unpolished compared to a lot of stuff in the past.
-We need a randomized dig sites option for both challenge and sandbox modes. It was in the first game. No idea why it is still omitted.
Features the game could benefit from:
-Coral and kelp brush for lagoons. Kelp in particular is shown in the intro video, but has always been absent in game which is such a tease. The decorations are nice but tedious to place large amounts of. A brush would be a quicker and more performance friendly way to fill them out faster. Could also work as the equivalent to forest coverage for land creatures, and even update needs for lagoon creatures to need certain amounts. Right now their needs are pretty barebones, compared with everything else. Just space and feeder (and rock platform for Archelon and Nothosaurus). Edit: Placeable kelp decorations would be good too.
-Pterosaurs need social animations next.
-Walking for pterosaurs or at least Quetzalcoatlus, has been requested quite a bit.
-Defensive animations for (large) sauropods. The largest land animals should be a major threat to any carnivore. This has also been requested quite a bit.
-Edit: Placable paleoflora decorations would be nice.
-Edit: Still need benches, trash cans, vending machines, etc as decorations that have models in the game already (JW Entrance, DFW hotels, etc). Every real life park has these but not ours? Even older park builder games had them (JPOG, Roller Coaster Tycoon, etc).
-Edit: Some additional natural decorations would be nice. Things like nests, bones, logs, small waterfalls, rock perches (like the JWE RTJP aviary) for pterosaurs.
-Edit: Bridges for paths and tours.
-Edit: River and/or lagoon tour.
-Edit: Tapejara eats from fruit and nut.
-Edit: Scavengers eat from insect feeder in addition to meat feeder, and goats.
-Edit: More feeder variety (deer, cow, squid, ammonite, etc). Can be just aesthetic differences, but more options would be nice.
-Edit: JWE maps added back to JWE2.
-Edit: Smaller fence types for the smaller animals.
-Edit: Mixed biomes terrain textures and maybe brushes for PC and next gen.
-Edit: T. rex kingdom, raptor paddock, Indominus rex paddock. Thanks to
/u/JWEScreenshots
Edit: Might add some other things as it comes to me.