DLC18 discussion and predictions

[The Aardvark]

Slightly hot take but a latin america or a general zookeepers pack would also include lots of animals that are already ingame.

At least a Latin America pack could have something more interesting like a mara, coati or rhea, or even a monkey (which I personally couldn't care less about since I never build for primates but y'know, people want it).
Meanwhile a mountain pack is VERY limited in terms of options.

 

[The_Riot22]

Jelly cake I think can be made with anything. I just saw a video clip of a llama eating off one.
So it depends on how broad they want to go with it as to how many animals can use it.

 

[Aramar]

Jelly cake I think can be made with anything. I just saw a video clip of a llama eating off one.
So it depends on how broad they want to go with it as to how many animals can use it.

Maybe we get two variants: plant cake and meat cake

 

[Antonin]

Woman mentioned "next few weeks" so I believe this was it for this week

I've heard it for the all pack marketing campaign before the release, with all the screenshots/animals reveals, but maybe I'm too optimistic ?

 

[Captain Callum]

A jelly cake isn't exactly what I imagined for a new enrichment item but well at least it isn't bouncy ball reskin #5 so I'll take it.

 

[synthetase]

Which animals do people think will use the new enrichment?

 

[The_Riot22]

Meanwhile a mountain pack is VERY limited in terms of options.

It is limited. But it's also a region with very little rep in game, so there's certainly room for a few more:
2.5 for the Americas(Cougar, Dall Sheep and Wolverine)
1.5 for Europe(Ibex and Wolverine)
0 for Africa
3 for Asia(HBB, Takin and Snow Leopard)

I'm probably forgetting a couple animals, but there's plenty of fairly popular mountain animals still out there. I get not everyone likes em though.

 

[Marvinb]

The jelly thing as a new enrichment after years would be a little underwhelming i feel like. Like its probably a "reskin" of the melon or pumpkin feeder, where the animal just goes up to and eats. Which is nice to have but when i imagine Frontier coming back with new enrichment i would have expected something idk? unique? Like a lookout post for meerkats and other would have been cool, or an elevated sleeping branch for cats, primates red pandas and stuff to tie in with the leopard maybe?

Obviously the whole jelly thing is mostly grasping at straws and honestly i really doubt it actually means something. And when it comes to new enrichment items beggars cant be chosers i guess haha

 

[TheNamesJonas]

Which animals do people think will use the new enrichment?

I feel like it'll be a reskin of the blood pumpkin, but I'm not sure

 

[Annie_konik]

At least a Latin America pack could have something more interesting like a mara, coati or rhea, or even a monkey (which I personally couldn't care less about since I never build for primates but y'know, people want it).
Meanwhile a mountain pack is VERY limited in terms of options.

This makes me wonder what animals wouldn't be boring options for you?

 

[The_Riot22]

I was thinking it may look similar to the frozen food enrichment items...so nothing all that exciting.

 

[Antonin]

Do you have any idea for the new foliage assets ??
(I would LOVE a Lebanon Cedar, so majestic, but I don't know if it could fit with the theme)

 

[DarthQuell]

A jelly cake isn't exactly what I imagined for a new enrichment item but well at least it isn't bouncy ball reskin #5 so I'll take it.

Not gonna lie, I do want a huge ball, like the pursuit ball from ZT2. I don't want bouncy ball #5 unless it's a giant

 

[Marvinb]

Mountain pack would also be prime opportunity to add a new rock set, maybe something more rough and jagged to contrast the mostly smooth and roundish rock we have.

Just gonna put this out here

 

[The Aardvark]

This makes me wonder what animals wouldn't be boring options for you?

I'll say this again:
Stuff that WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE.
We already have a domestic cattle breed that lives in the mountains, which is why I would never want a yak.
We already have like 6 bears.
We already have Dall sheep, Ibex, Takin, and now we're getting Markhor, which is why I think something like a Barbary sheep would be boring.
We already have llama AND alpaca, which is why I'd hate to get a vicuna or guanaco.
Himalayan Monal is kind of a boring bird and I don't really see myself building whole habitats just for that, but oh well at least it's the only vaguely interesting animal that has been suggested here.
(Marmot is an animal I heavily dislike IRL plus it's just a beaver stripped down of its most interesting features, that is swimming and building dams.)

 

[Fallax]

Guys we are getting a kangaroo in the mountain pack yay!!

 

[Milurian]

These are the pieces we already have.

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the lanterns are definitely new but the banners in the teaser could easily be these. Im still unsure if we are going to get anymore than normal scenery since we usually get signs for each animal plus a few bits so the signs could easily be on the lanterns

 

[biggest_dreamer]

Guys we are getting a kangaroo in the mountain pack yay!!

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I didn't even consider this, but I'm at the point where I'd consider it an acceptable alternative to a tree kangaroo. Absolutely beautiful little guy.

 

[yoav_r]

I'll say this again:
Stuff that WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE.
We already have a domestic cattle breed that lives in the mountains, which is why I would never want a yak.
We already have like 6 bears.
We already have Dall sheep, Ibex, Takin, and now we're getting Markhor, which is why I think something like a Barbary sheep would be boring.
We already have llama AND alpaca, which is why I'd hate to get a vicuna or guanaco.
Himalayan Monal is kind of a boring bird and I don't really see myself building whole habitats just for that, but oh well at least it's the only vaguely interesting animal that has been suggested here.
(Marmot is an animal I heavily dislike IRL plus it's just a beaver stripped down of its most interesting features, that is swimming and building dams.)

What do you actually want? At this point we have almost every category of terrestrial animal

 

[Captain Callum]

Not gonna lie, I do want a huge ball, like the pursuit ball from ZT2. I don't want bouncy ball #5 unless it's a giant

Game physics would turn a huge ball into a cannonball towards the innocent guests (serves them right for refusing to find a bench to rest)