I think that's a good point to think about.
Winter 2023 DLC Speculation
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I think Elt was laid off. However, Fran and Lydiah are still around, methinks. Not sure about Tim and Jens ..
Keep your eyes out everyone tomorrow, there’s a good chance we get a livestream and the free update tomorrow and the pack announced Tuesday. Fingers crossed.
I wouldn't hate them adding this as a tick-box but the second they tried to add a new facility to implement this... I would riot. Haha. But at the same time, I can see it feeling pointless along the lines of the exhibit humidity (i.e., it requires no skill or thought; just adjust to what they tell you to do).
But I'm also in the camp who doesn't care for how most of the facilities/management things we're required to place have been implemented. From the staff buildings to the utilities to the heaters/coolers for animals. I get why they're there (i.e., it's a game and you need to give the player some sort of challenge) but they could all have been done way better with a focus on realism that would have made the game feel more immersive when playing in non-sandbox mode (and less tedious for the player). But that's another topic for another thread...
The Arid pack was the longest in a while. Prior to that the pattern was pretty consistent for about a year (~10 days). So I'd assume it'll be closer to that than anything longer... But that JWE2 release on the 30th may cause them to do it a bit earlier. So I could see a reveal happening on Wednesday.
EDIT: What has you thinking it could be tomorrow?!! Just a hunch?
Regarding your question WRT the livestream, folks who are usually part of it, etc. I'm not sure if anybody who usually appears on-camera has left the company but even if they haven't... It's bigger than that. Those themed streams cost money to put together. There's the behind-the-scenes staff who put them together who may have had some roles shifted. And then there's the interpersonal side of things to consider and how it might impact the presentation of the livestream.
There's a lot of factors to consider and so much of it probably depends on internal factors none of us have any idea about. So I've been trying to avoid speculation on that aspect of it beyond "It might change things; none of us know."
i just realized you can see this exact situation already happened back in June. The JP30 update came out on the 8th of June, so PZ pushed the announcement to the beginning of that week with livestream/update Monday and announcement on Tuesday. I’m very confident we’ll see at least something tomorrow. At minimum the announcement of the livestream.
Also I didn’t see this, but I basically answered it in the above post. Arid Pack had update and livestream on a Monday, DLC announcement on Tuesday, and that was because Jwe2 had content releasing on the Thursday. It’s very possible they will mimic that this week.
That's a good point, actually. Even if they don't have a livestream it would make sense to announce the update on Monday, tease the DLC in the afternoon, and then reveal the content on Tuesday.
That'll give the Internet a solid two days of PZ discussion and speculation via YouTube, etc. before the JWE2 DLC release.
Ah dang it now I won’t be able to sleep tonight cause I’ll be too excited. lol
I mean, FWIW, it's still not a sure thing. They love to switch up their patterns. I do think it's quite likely that we see a tease by Tuesday at the very least but... Who knows.
The only issue with that is if they teased it next week, based on the usual roll-out (~10-14 days) the release would be on the 19th which is cutting it way too close to the end-of-year before holiday break if any patches are needed after the release. The last three December DLCs have hit mid-month. The tease in December is just by virtue of the way the dates happen to land this year.
It's a bit early but the pattern isn't so much that "they tease DLC in early December" it's "they release DLC in mid-December." Because the latter is critically more important.
It’s more of that the DLC will usually be announced on the week that December starts. Because last year we got an announcement on the 2nd, but it was a Friday. This would be the same thing, just earlier in the week.
And what @AndyZoos said also about the DLC needing to launch in mid December.
I think its usually a Tues or a Thurs eh?
Eltanin left Frontier in April
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oooo grey, that's original, I mean I've heard of snowy mountains being described as a "silver world"... But I think mountains give shade of purple vibes :<
Unless they do 7 days like they did with the last scenery pack. That would mean they changed their setup again, which wouldn't really surprise me anymore
If it will be Like all the Last 3 years the DLC will be released on the second Tuesday of December (12th this year). If we get the expected animal Pack DLC announcement should be this year. If it is a Scenery Pack DLC announcement could be this or next week. Whatever it is. Time is really Short now to get some News.Unless they do 7 days like they did with the last scenery pack. That would mean they changed their setup again, which wouldn't really surprise me anymore