Fall DLC 2023 Speculation

[jcp011c]

Temperate Oceania is basically just New Zealand and Southern Australia. I guess the quokka would also fit in that regard.

And now we have our fourth woodlands animal that will serve as a not so stealthy Oceania pack

 

[Captain Callum]

 

[CharlieXGaming]

Honestly I don’t blame frontier for not focusing as much on Oceania, most of the animals would need either new rigs like the tree kangaroo, or would need a lot of work like the kiwi. Compare it to other continents like Africa and Asia which have very similar style animals to what we have now (antelopes, monitors, etc)

 

[Colehunter35]

So guys, how would you feel about getting a chinese goral in a temperate pack? I just saw them at the Lake Superior Zoo (a whole herd and calf ) and i thought that they have never really been mentioned on the forum?

 

[jcp011c]

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I completely empathize with you but the picture has me rolling with laughter because it’s so apt.

 

[yoav_r]

Echidna would be quite easy to make out of Platypus land movements right?

Their locomotion is nothing alike.

 

[AlexSea]

Alright, here's my shot in the dark:

Coastal Pack:
Pacific walrus (headliner)
Sea otter
Great white pelican
Little blue penguin -- I'm being optimistic by proposing a pack with two birds, but there aren't that many mammals you can go with here.
Giant pacific octopus -- an aquarium animal that could actually work in the current exhibit box format, albeit with a new biome theme. Alternatively, thinking bold here--a touch pool with multiple fish and invertebrate options.

That's a pretty solid pack, and it doesn't have a fully aquatic habitat species like I've seen other coastal pack ideas have.

 

[jcp011c]

That's a pretty solid pack, and it doesn't have a fully aquatic habitat species like I've seen other coastal pack ideas have.

Manatee isnt a dirty word…you can say it lol

 

[markun]

So guys, how would you feel about getting a chinese goral in a temperate pack? I just saw them at the Lake Superior Zoo (a whole herd and calf ) and i thought that they have never really been mentioned on the forum?
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I would prefer the Japanese serow

 

[CharlieXGaming]

I cant see getting an island pack at all really, tropical getting heavy island themed scenery ended my hopes of getting one. Temperate and similar packs fill the desired island animal slots regardless.

Thinking back on this we could even get the Japanese Serow in a temperate pack, another one that people wanted for an islands pack. Now idk what I want more:

• Tasmanian Devil
• Wild Boar
• Greater Rhea / Mute Swan
• Reeves Muntjac
• Hummingbirds (WTE)

Or

• Tasmanian Devil
• Wild Boar
• Greater Rhea / Mute Swan
• Japanese Serow
• Hummingbirds (WTE)

Can’t decide lol

 

[AndyZoos]

Honestly, if we're stuck with two ungulates in a pack... Give me the Japanese Serow and the Reeve's Muntjac. Cut the boar and give me all the cute li'l ones!

My ideal roster for a temperate scenery pack that feel slightly possible would probably be:

• Wolverine
• Tasmanian devil
• Reeve's muntjac
• North American porcupine or black-footed ferret or NA river otter
• WTE: Hummingbirds

Two highly-requested animals, an ungulate that isn't like what we have in-game currently, and a different type of an animal we already have in-game (i.e., the NA porcupine is smaller and climbs). The black-footed ferret or river otter would be a little easier to make than the porcupine so I could see them happening instead (and honestly, any of those picks would make me happy).

If it's an arboreal/treetops pack:

• Matschie's tree kangaroo
• Ocelot
• Black howler monkey or golden lion tamarin or cotton-top marmoset
• Tamandua or cloud rat
• WTE: Macaws or toucans

I feel like we'd be very likely to get the black howler because of its size but any of the other three would make me really happy. The cloud rat would be a fun addition, but honestly I don't see that happening over the tamandua. Haha. A possible sub for the exhibit could be a non-walkthrough slow loris (simply due to its size and speed).

The scenery for either pack, I would guess, might look pretty similar (and I'd expect it to be a flexicolor horizontal log building set, plenty of branches/sticks, maybe some new platforms for habitat building, foliage, and so on; "temperate" would have a more rustic feel).

 

[Pentoleaf]

There are a ton of animals I still want, but the trouble is that my current top ten doesn't really align with any single theme.

Saiga
Grey-crowned crane
Black and white colobus monkey
Japanese serrow
Dwarf goat
Pallas cat
Hyrax
Squirrel monkey
American black bear
ANY DUCK PLEASE

 

[Angeł]

I’m really hoping the next two packs are temperate/cold climate based. ALL of my top ten animals could fit into Temperate, Mountains or Tundra packs. So I’m really hoping these next two packs will ‘complete’ the game for me.

1. European Bison
2. Muskox
3. Domestic Yak
4. Wolverine
5. Eurasian Brown Bear
6. Barbary Macaque
7. Gelada
8. Eurasian Wild Boar
9. Sichuan Takin
10. Scottish Highland Cattle

A LOT of cold climate hoofstock in my personal wishlist, but they are some of my favourite animals to see at the zoo. I really hope we get to see some more European wildlife by the end of this year too. I’m keeping my hopes up for a Temperate Pack and an Alpine Animal Pack to round out the year and deliver to me some of my top wanted animals. Fingers crossed!!!

 

[Cooper_yang]

So guys, how would you feel about getting a chinese goral in a temperate pack? I just saw them at the Lake Superior Zoo (a whole herd and calf ) and i thought that they have never really been mentioned on the forum?
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I'm looking forward to mixing it with takin.

 

[Cooper_yang]

I would prefer the Japanese
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Its Japanese serow？dude，the serow and the goral are not the same species

 

[synthetase]

Serows and Gorals were once classified as the same genus, but have since been split up.

 

[Antimony96]

Alright, here's my shot in the dark:

Coastal Pack:
Pacific walrus (headliner)
Sea otter
Great white pelican
Little blue penguin -- I'm being optimistic by proposing a pack with two birds, but there aren't that many mammals you can go with here.
Giant pacific octopus -- an aquarium animal that could actually work in the current exhibit box format, albeit with a new biome theme. Alternatively, thinking bold here--a touch pool with multiple fish and invertebrate options.

On this--I don't know if Frontier is planning any big addition at this point, even at the level of something like the walkthrough exhibits, but is the touch pool with say stingrays, horseshoe crabs, starfish, etc. viable? Seems like it could be simpler than a full aquarium system, but I could see it being difficult to mesh with the current pathing system.

 

[Milurian]

Based on the last 3 packs being grasslands, tropical and arid(desert) all with animals from their respective ingame biomes it looks like frontier has switched from making a pack per ingame continent to a pack per ingame biome so likely the fall pack will be temperate or taiga with the names likely being the biome or something similar. The winter pack will be tundra and the spring pack for next year will be the one not chosen in fall as every other ingame biome has a dedicated pack. its also likely it will be a scenery pack next as they haven't so far had 2 animal packs in a row.
I would also like to point out that these biomes are some of the most under represented in the game with tundra having the least amount of animals in the game at 15 animals compared to the 84 grasslands animals.

 

[YesIndeed]

Based on the last 3 packs being grasslands, tropical and arid(desert) all with animals from their respective ingame biomes it looks like frontier has switched from making a pack per ingame continent to a pack per ingame biome so likely the fall pack will be temperate or taiga with the names likely being the biome or something similar. The winter pack will be tundra and the spring pack for next year will be the one not chosen in fall as every other ingame biome has a dedicated pack. its also likely it will be a scenery pack next as they haven't so far had 2 animal packs in a row.
I would also like to point out that these biomes are some of the most under represented in the game with tundra having the least amount of animals in the game at 15 animals compared to the 84 grasslands animals.

I see someone has just joined the forums. Welcome mate and thanks for the contribution, don't forget to check out the random_goat meta wishlist while your here.

I do think Tundra does Def need more animals but the diversity in Tundra biomes is considerably less then grasslands. That just goes for colder climates in general, so I don't think we need as many Tundra animals as grassland animals.

 

[NZFanatic]

or would need a lot of work like the kiwi

Once again, the kiwi wouldn't need a lot of work. No more work than it took to make the crane out of the flamingo. It's a ratite; you basically shrink the ostrich, add a new texture, a couple of new animations, and a bit of model work. I don't know why you keep insisting the kiwi is "a lot of work".