Currently just after 1600. 4:12pm to be exact.
Edit: Hopefully the DLC reveal will occur somewhere during my shift tonight. That is if I survive to even see. Night shifts are absolute murder on someone who struggles to sleep during daylight hours.
Fall DLC 2023 Speculation
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Edit: Hopefully the DLC reveal will occur somewhere during my shift tonight. That is if I survive to even see. Night shifts are absolute murder on someone who struggles to sleep during daylight hours.
Ugh I know the pain, I planted out my melon seedlings, checked the chickens, did a water run for the sheep and cattle, took some photos (saw a red backed kingfisher and a male splendid Wren, nice!) Made smoothies and brownies And did the housework and I still have hoursssss.... Maybe I'll finally sketch a map for an Australian zoo. I haven't actually done one yet.
For me It Is 10pm, Is so early still, but the The best part is that when I wake up they will have already announced the DLC or it will be announced in the next few minutes, so I don't have to suffer how the hours will pass slowly, for the hype!!
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I think you're wrong on both counts here.
People are, unfortunately, woefully misinformed on New Zealand. "Hawaii with hobbits" is how I think many who haven't visited picture it, and despite there being snow in that movie, many are absolutely gobsmacked to learn that snow actually happens there. I'm not saying this is right or correct, but it is probably something that would effect marketing.
As for temperate in rest of the world...
Black bear with color variants, boar or peccary, large pheasant or waterfowl, wolverine. Flying squirrel for the exhibit? Horizontal wood wall set.
It would sell.
You vastly overestimate how badly people want the bear, boar, or even the peccary (which is really not associated with temperate forests anyway), and the meme of waterfowl is mostly present only here. As for the pheasant or wolverine, they could appear in another pack easily (and again, only tangentially associated with the temperate zone; most consider pheasants tropical since they by-and-large exclusively occur in South China and Southeast Asia, aside from a few outliers, and wolverines are definitely more associated with boreal/taiga forests and tundra zones), and I literally cannot recall a time I've seen anyone asking for a flying squirrel.
The building set was never even in question so I'm not sure why you mentioned it. I myself have defended Temperate as a suitable building theme with that very option (among others).
I'm just saying, this could be a Temperate Pack. Every animal we're mostly sure about occurs in the temperate zone. Whether it is or not is merely a few hours of waiting away, but not wanting it to be doesn't make it any less possible.
Also, lol, no it wouldn't.
Assuming we're right about the animals... People don't associate them with the climate/biome they live in so much as the region they're from. And when people think "temperate" its probably most likely to evoke images of woodland creatures from NA/Europe, and maybe even Asia. Pine trees, wolves, bears, weasels, deer, foxes, those sorts of animals. That's just what comes to mind first. Or even second. Or third. And it would feel incomplete to have a pack with that label that didn't include at least some NA, Europe, and/or Asia representation.
So why go with that when there's at least two other more accurate names sitting right there that do more closely link up with the species in the pack... That would leave that other name open for a potential pack in the future?
Could it happen? Sure. Anything can happen, I guess. But it would be a very strange look and wouldn't make sense from a marketing standpoint. It would probably confuse people when they read the species description and saw they were all just from one part of the world. Versus just calling it an "Islands" or "Oceania" pack which is pretty much what it is, anyway, regardless of what they call it.
And, TBH, the "Arid" pack 'worked' in that regard because when people think deserts... Most people think of camels. And each of the species are more linked with "deserts" than Africa (if that makes sense). But they didn't call it a desert pack so I think that was part of the problem too. LOL
With regards to bats - just watch as Frontier adds the common blossom bat, an even smaller species than the Egyptian fruit bat which is solitary and has no captive representation at all. Seems like just the sort of goofy inclusion they would enjoy.
Follow up to this, isn't Qld the "sunshine state" ?
I actually don't mind the quokka, I'm just having fun with weird guesses lol
So this is now suddenly the case, despite all the incessant complaining people were doing when the Arid Pack roster was revealed?
Come on.
Anyway, only a few more hours of waiting and we'll see what they have planned.
As I feel targeted and annoyed at the moment.
I am VERY pleased that some members are potentially getting several animals that they like in this pack. They aren't at the top of my list but they seem neat, will be good models, and I am happy for their fans.
It is okay if some people do not like certain animal(s) or even entire continents worth of animals, but it is very obnoxious to constantly bring up how you think those species are terrible/unpopular/wasted slots when you know that this is not a universal opinion. Even more so when said animals are not currently in the game and an animal you like is about to be added.
I am VERY pleased that some members are potentially getting several animals that they like in this pack. They aren't at the top of my list but they seem neat, will be good models, and I am happy for their fans.
It is okay if some people do not like certain animal(s) or even entire continents worth of animals, but it is very obnoxious to constantly bring up how you think those species are terrible/unpopular/wasted slots when you know that this is not a universal opinion. Even more so when said animals are not currently in the game and an animal you like is about to be added.
Yes, but Queensland is BIG - the north-south distance is about 2000km - about the same as London to Morocco, or New York to Cuba.
Top 3, cuz I'm open for new penguins from Oceanian regions, and boy a tropical bird besides the peafowl is what I've always wanted
Pigeon for me
im torn I love little blue penguins but the rockhopper penguin fills that zoo tycoon itch
Little blue seems most likely to me and is probably my preferred option (with second place going to the pigeon, but I don’t think the pigeon is likely at all)
watch it be a bower bird
Little penguin FTW. It’s the one animal that’s making me most restless for the announcement - it definitely feels like the most likely option given everything (from the blue colouration to it just fitting with the temperate* Oceanian theme more than the other options), but I’m also worried about the potential of it missing out on its one and only real chance of making it into the game. It’s just such an important species for both southern Australia and NZ and I’d really like to finally bring penguins into most of my zoos.
*Before anyone asks I definitely don’t think this is going to be called the Temperate Pack lol
Oh man you don't have to tell me, I live in the middle of nowhere in Qld and have to drive a good 11 hours to get to my nearest city (Toowoomba)