DLC18 discussion and predictions

PlanetSoyJak

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I don't think the dictionary animal leak's aren't bad at all, we have been theorizing about a "Zoo keeper pack" for months now. Sifaka and Dik-dik are both really good candidates as one brings a unique animal with animation's we haven't seen before and the other is a small ungulate fulfilling the niche. Markhor and Hamadrya's have already been added, Echidna, Tree Kangaroo, Secretary, African Spurred can speak for themselves and have been a staple needed for Planet Zoo.

Palla's cat is obviously needed too, I'm thinking the last two slots should be Pacific Walrus and South Coatimundi. Walrus has been a generic pinniped and has been asked for since the Aquatic Pack and this Pack really lacks Aquatic Animals. South Coatimundi brings atleast some LATMA Representatives and is a really good pick.
 

Markiz

Markiz
Fallax said:
If the African spurred tortoise is added... It will 100% be a habitat animal, and honestly it would be a reason to FIX the issues we have with the current tortoises. I really doubt they would put it in a walkthrough exhibit just to avoid that.
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Yeah I don't think that is as much of a problem as it is presented, surely not enough that much of a problem for them to put AS Tortoise in WE
 

Mjmannella

Mjmannella
Fallax said:
If the African spurred tortoise is added... It will 100% be a habitat animal, and honestly it would be a reason to FIX the issues we have with the current tortoises. I really doubt they would put it in a walkthrough exhibit just to avoid that.
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The problem is that there's nothing that could really be done because the problem is just the nature of tortoise movement. Unless you're okay with them walking abnormally fast, then you're stuck with a lot of dead tortoises.
 

Markiz

Markiz
Mjmannella said:
The problem is that there's nothing that could really be done because the problem is just the nature of tortoise movement. Unless you're okay with them walking abnormally fast, then you're stuck with a lot of dead tortoises.
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I wouldn't say that that doesn't happen to my parks, it surely does, but really, really not that often.

On top of that, there are many issues community clamors for free updates, and again haven't seen that issue mentioned as frequently as it should if it was that big of an issue.

I am not saying it's not happening, but that it's not that big of a deal, to now lock new tortoises in WE
 

Utahraptor Arcanus

Utahraptor Arcanus
Mjmannella said:
There is a method to my maddness
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I haven't seen it untill now, but there's still very little sense on them considering:
Mjmannella said:
  • Although third-largest tortoise, the difference in size between sulcatas and Aldabras is quite significant (80-100cm vs. 120cm respectively for males), this puts them at a "pseduo-intermediate" in size
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Size isn't a factor when it comes to the WE, considering that the sloth for example is bigger than the meerkat and prairie dog. The main factor is lifestyle, with the galapagos and aldabra tortoise proving that the slow and grounded lifestyle is perfect for habitat.
Mjmannella said:
  • Many people have complained about the island tortoises breeding too fast and dying before they reach food/water, a walkthrough exhibit helps resolve this issue
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The breeding problem can be ignored if you simply put contraceptive on the animals or avoid breeding entirelly, and the reaching food/water problem has been solven for 4 years by now.
Mjmannella said:
  • The Hermann's tortoise from the Eurasian Pack may have acted as a litmus test for how people would respond to exhibit tortoises
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And considering it got some negative criticism i wonder if frontier would go ahead.
Mjmannella said:
  • Walthrough exhibits are quite roomy, it's plenty big enough to act as a lawn for a few sulcatas (their small average is roughly the same size as a large brown-throated sloth, believe it or not!)
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It's for sure roomy enough, but does it matter though? If the tortoise is habitat than i could control if i want the tortoises to be in a small or big habitat, in a non walkabout habitat, or even mixed with meerkats, zebras and many other animals, meanwhile in the box none of this is possible and creativity is extremelly limited.

I always wonder if any time people suggest for a animal being WE they acknowledge they are suggesting for a worse version of the animal compared to habitat.
Fallax said:
This was actually a real thing at one point at the South Lakes Safari Zoo in England which is well-known for all the wrong reasons.
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This is the same place where spec bears and Brazilian tapirs were mixed, definetelly one of the worst idea that any modern zoo come up.
 

RightWhale

RightWhale
Baboons, markhor, and Pallas cats can all climb and use in game structures. Clearly we are all wrong, this is actually gonna be a Climbing pack!

And what pairs well with climbing? Flying!

Clearly birds are coming. I am very intelligent 🤓
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oca2074

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Iben said:
Planet Zoo being about animals, the obvious thing to celebrate would be well... animals! And then, any animal can honestly fit the theme, but you'd probably go for some animals that have unique traits or have other "weird and wonderful" things about them. A baboon with a very special looking male, a cat that looks grumpy all the time, a goat species with a big beard and very curly horns. And if we venture further and take a look at the dictionary animals that were removed, a lemur species that runs unlike any other we have in the game, a dik-dik that has a unique way of walking.
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But why is only the "unique traits" of a Pallas Cat featured prominently while both the markhor and baboon are in the shadows? And the Pallas Cat doesn't even look grumpy in the cover art. It looks like an oversized house cat, its unique features are NOT emphasized.
Iben said:
Plenty of things you can use to unify the theme, and a pack celebrating the weird and wonderful animals of the world is just as marketable as something like the World Fair Pack or a concept like conservation in the Conservation Pack. Names for the pack are in abundance. Wild and Wonderful Animal Pack, Animal Celebration Pack; heck even Anniversary Pack could just work as well. Plenty to choose from, and plenty less marketable names have been used for packs in the past for both Planet games.
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So a pack "celebrating the weird and wonderful animals of the world"-
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And honestly, again, a Pallas Cat could literally be the headliner of any pack it is in. It's a grumpy cat. Why are we even discussing this; of course it's a super marketable animal. Are we really going to ignore how many grumpy but cute animals have gone viral over the past decade? I'd say it's one of the most obvious picks for a headliner animal in a long while. 😅
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-choses to highlight the Pallas Cat with the baboon and markhor blacked out in the background so no one except zoo nerds can see it. No other animal shown. This is supposed to be the animal diversity pack, highlighting a grumpy cat. Okay, great marketing over at Frontier, pure genius to throw off the fanbase like that.
 
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