So...the Himalayan Tahr?
DLC18 discussion and predictions
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Actually, if you look at them? Most of the DLC key art includes mountains or hills (e.g., NA, Arid, Grasslands, Eurasia, Barnyard, Oceania, Tropical, Africa) though many of these are in the background. They're still significantly more present in the others than this one. Could be a goof, could be the change in style (that, TBH, feels like a hybrid between the 'standard' animal pack styles and the scenery pack style where the animals are more obvious rather than being purely silhouetted).
Granted, it looks like the markhor are on "rolling" hills it's not the same thing. Interesting... You'd think there'd be mountains in the background, etc.
Granted, it looks like the markhor are on "rolling" hills it's not the same thing. Interesting... You'd think there'd be mountains in the background, etc.
From the wording in the leopard post today, that it comes as part of the "Free Anniversary update", I'm also now thinking it will be an Anniversary Pack. The capitalisation of A is a big hint that this is the name of the pack, not just an adjectival description. Then, as everyone is saying, the decorations in the image make sense as celebration scenery.
Which...kind of does sound like a farewell pack
So the big question is...will the pack be regular sized, or are we in for a supersized treat?
Which...kind of does sound like a farewell pack
So the big question is...will the pack be regular sized, or are we in for a supersized treat?
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Eurasia Animal Pack art was way more Mountainous than this one. I showed my family and they think "jungle." Like I said I hope for cloud forests...
Where did you see that??????????From the wording in the leopard post today, that it comes as part of the "Free Anniversary update", I'm also now thinking it will be an Anniversary Pack. The capitalisation of A is a big hint that this is the name of the pack, not just an adjectival description. Then, as everyone is saying, the decorations in the image make sense as celebration scenery.
Which...kind of does sound like a farewell pack
So the big question is...will the pack be regular sized, or are we in for a supersized treat?
Yes! We need to make the Himalayas have the best rep in the game
What really doesn't convince me about the "anniversary pack" theory is the animals shown in the actual picture.
It clearly shows three animals from a similar biome (highlands/mountains); if it truly was a pack with random animals, perhaps the selection of species shown wouldn't be as cohesive.
Plus, this is kind of far-fetched but...
The background colour is a lighter sky blue.
In my opinion, an anniversary pack made to celebrate Planet Zoo and its 5 years of development would have a greenish teal colour... Like Planet Zoo
It clearly shows three animals from a similar biome (highlands/mountains); if it truly was a pack with random animals, perhaps the selection of species shown wouldn't be as cohesive.
Plus, this is kind of far-fetched but...
The background colour is a lighter sky blue.
In my opinion, an anniversary pack made to celebrate Planet Zoo and its 5 years of development would have a greenish teal colour... Like Planet Zoo
FWIW, they have capitalized "Anniversary" in the past. In fact, they capitalize it far more often than not! As far back as the 2nd anniversary when the B&W ruffed lemur entered the chat. So I wouldn't read into that in particular. I do see the point about the tent, etc. that people are raising though. So who knows...From the wording in the leopard post today, that it comes as part of the "Free Anniversary update", I'm also now thinking it will be an Anniversary Pack. The capitalisation of A is a big hint that this is the name of the pack, not just an adjectival description. Then, as everyone is saying, the decorations in the image make sense as celebration scenery.
Which...kind of does sound like a farewell pack
So the big question is...will the pack be regular sized, or are we in for a supersized treat?
Pack size is still very much up in the air, as far as I'm concerned. But I'm at a point where I'm assuming it'll be a regular size. They did make jokes about size ("just a little thing") a few times during the stream, though, so again: I'm just not sure what to expect!
Cloud forests wouldn't really fit with the markhor and/or the baboon, though, right?
Their post on all their socials about an hour ago
You beat me to it. The decor in the picture isn't really all that helpful. The best hint is the animals, and all 3 fit in a Highlands DLC. An argument can be made for a general Asian theme, but Highlands fits best.
Sure it could be a Zookeeper/Farewell/etc DLC, but if so, them putting only this biome of animals on the picture would be a deliberate curveball - particularly since it is highly unlikely that many other animals(if any) in that DLC would fit the theme.
Yeah honestly the animals are what makes me think its highlands/mountains. Like i can very much see the celebrating the farewell of planet zoo with the flags, lanterns and tent.
But deliberately putting 2 of the four main animals that everybody was talking about for a mountain pack back then, aswell as the pallas cat who also can up alot up on the pack art is kinda weird if you do a more grab bag style pack
I'm going to be honest here, if someone asks me to list a bunch of mountain or highlands animals I sure as hell wouldn't name Hamadryas Baboon for a long while. There's plenty more mountain species before getting to that. They live in rocky areas and near cliffs for sure, but also savannahs and other arid areas.
Had it been a clear Gelada, then I'd say mountain. But Hamadryas? Nah. I wouldn't count that as an obvious mountain animal.
Had it been a clear Gelada, then I'd say mountain. But Hamadryas? Nah. I wouldn't count that as an obvious mountain animal.
That really is far-fetched!
For me it would be yellow because that's a happy celebratory colour for me 
This is how conspiracy theories start
They had the Sloth bear in the Eurasia pack and Black rhino in the arid pack.
Could be another situation of just getting another highly requested animal in. Like the porcupine in a very obviously sahara/desert themed pack, even tho they actively avoid desert regions
And to be fair the hamadryas baboon was one of the main animals that came up for a mountain pack last year. Gelada would have been a more natural fit, but hamadryas isnt that out of place here either, especially since pallas cat and markhor arent mountain exlussive animals either
The tent could be a festival tent or something? That would match the triangular flags (vs rectangular preyer flags) in a way. Then maybe we would get a carousel, like one of those vintage ones from PC2...
But I don't know how such theme connects with the revealed animals.
So I was thinking it could be a celebration pack with festival tent or something like that. But then why would they use such toned down and dark color palette? Grey, dark green and greyish blue doesn't scream "let's celebrate" to me?
Those colors are more associated with misty mountains, and maybe wintery landscapes. Not exactly average birthday party colors?
I'm definitely looking too much into it, but now I really want a highlands pack and I must defend this theory at all costs LMAOThat really is far-fetched!
I've just checked key art for all DLCs, and so far we've seen multiple shades of blue:
• Arctic had an ice blue colour
• Aquatic - surprise surprise - was aquamarine
• Europe had a dark midnight blue type colour
• Wetlands, if you wanna count it as green, was teal
• Eurasia was a dark greyish blue
There seems to be a trend here: blue is associated either with water (aquatic, wetlands) or with cold or temperate climates (Arctic, Europe, Eurasia). So, for me this is definitely a kind of highlands pack