DLC 19 Speculation

This is the part of the conversation that gets me nervous. Everyone mentioning all of my "nightmare scenario" animals as exciting choices lol bobcat, white tailed deer, american black bear, kinkajou lol

The day before the livestream there was some talk about coyotes and then BOoM. So all this talk about the bobcat and white tailed deers is scaring me lol
The feeling is mutual
 
Very controversial opinion: more than ever, I feel like this pack is going to contain an unusual number of animals.
We are currently sitting at 195 animals in-game.
They showed 5 animals in the key art, which would bring the total to 200... Could this mean that the pack is just these five, and nothing more?

Or, on the opposite end of the spectrum, I feel like this large number of animals they hinted at (five - two more than with the usual key arts), along with the amount of "low effort" animals we've seen so far, could potentially mean that we could be getting a larger pack than usual, perhaps with like 8-10 animals. It could accommodate coati and mara, as well as some more clones like the bobcat or the bear.


But most likely than not it will be a regular 7-animals pack. Man, I sure do hope the last two don't end up being bobcat AND bear.
Pretty clear they don't treat Habitat species as differently valued from each other, otherwise Barnyard would be more species, or just more Scenery than Zookeepers, which it isn't, so more Animals on top of scenery would be a higher price point, regardless of picks.

As to just being the 5, the Coyote is missing from the decoration, so it stands to reason others might be missing from it. More scenery can cover the difference I guess, so it is plausible, the boundary between Animal and normal pack is pretty undefined at this point.
 
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Pretty clear they don't treat Habitat species as differently valued from each other, otherwise Barnyard would be more species, or just more Scenery than Zookeepers, which it isn't, so more Animals on top of scenery would be a higher price point, regardless of picks.

As to just being the 5, the Coyote is missing from the decoration, so it stands to reason others might be missing from it. More scenery can cover the difference I guess, so it is plausible, the boundary between Animal and normal pack is pretty undefined at this point.
I’m like 99% this isn’t the case here and we are getting all these animals, but I do wanna remind everyone that for the Africa pack we had scenery with Dromedary and the Dromedary did not come until way later in Arid
 
I’m like 99% this isn’t the case here and we are getting all these animals, but I do wanna remind everyone that for the Africa pack we had scenery with Dromedary and the Dromedary did not come until way later in Arid
I believe CMs openly made a statement regarding that and noted they would stop having non-featured animals in scenery for future DLC packs
 
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I’m like 99% this isn’t the case here and we are getting all these animals, but I do wanna remind everyone that for the Africa pack we had scenery with Dromedary and the Dromedary did not come until way later in Arid
Best case scenario would be that the flamingo is actually in the free update as its little more than the color variations we usually get. Although that seems like wishfull thinking if im honest 😂
 
I believe CMs openly made a statement regarding that and noted they would stop having non-featured animals in scenery for future DLC packs
try as the might that statement is false since conservation has bumble bee + ladybird signs, wetlands had butterfly signs, and europe had squirrels, fish and birds in the stained glass signs.

With exceptions made for known store mascots and the merch here is what the game shows that we dont have in quotes means it a guess otherwise im using the terminology the game uses

still missing
australia
- gecko art work

conservation
  • bumble bee sign
  • ladybird sign

europe
  • "blue bird" in stained glass
  • "squirrel" stained glass
  • "fish" in stained glass

aquatic
  • seagull topper
  • "fish" in signs

base game
  • "koi" lamp
  • king cobra has a statue and sign
  • dodo statue
  • cat weather vane
  • mouse weather vane
  • sperm whale weather vane
  • "bird" wall bracket and topiary
  • rabbit in indian carpet and as a topiary
  • topiary squirrel
  • topiary hedgehog
  • "macaws" in staffroom poster



were absent at time of release
wetlands
- butterfly signs

africa
- dromedary sign

south america
- "butterfly" lights

base game
  • 2 horned rhino signs
  • stag statue and deer signs and topiary
  • "red crowned crane" sign
  • "leopard" in indian carpet
  • one humped camel sign
  • alligator sign
  • jaguar sign
  • monkey with prenhensil tail
  • fox topiary
  • "sloth" in staff room poster


summary
1 complete species mentioned by name in signs and statues
7 animal groups mentioned by name in scenery
1 commissioned art work of an absent group
1 extinct animal
2 very clear images of absent animals
2 ambient animals
 
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For the rest of the rostr I'd be happy for mara and coati overall. Happiest for jackrabbit instead of coati but I see coati as the best option for everybody.
would also be happy for ocelot, quanaco, wood bison, jaguarundi, bobcat, ringtail cat, black bear, kit fox and if birds then roadrunner
or quails in WTE (recently saw them sharing space with butterlfies in a lepidopterarium)

...I am not sure if I match with the region tho (we still don't know the name of the pack too)
 
I'm still hoping, however unlikely, that they bring back Exhibit animals
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The things I would do to get those gorgeous snakes... if (probably not) but IF any of those Snakes in the upcoming Pack, someone needs to check on me (Mainly if It's the Green Anaconda)
 
Outside of a green anaconda I want more venomous snakes. I would love a bushmaster!
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I want more snakes in general- mainly since reptiles r one of the most common animals in every zoo- It's a crime that we barely have any and I mean yh the exhibit system is defo not the best, but I still want my reptiles and mainly my snakes- and yh the bushmaster would be incredible as well
 
If we got an exhibit overhaul update and like 50 new animals for it that would honestly be so good. Obviously that's never happening though.
I know I'm not making friends with this but yeah, I tend to agree.

It's very difficult because I genuinely think there's too few smaller animals in the game and to this day I really wonder if it would have impacted the budget that much to go for like, idk, two exhibit animals per pack; but if we're stuck with oversized boxes then maybe I'm good. Then I'd gladly fill up the roster of scenery pieces that we're still missing (desert props as we seem to be getting now are a good example).
 
I know I'm not making friends with this but yeah, I tend to agree.

It's very difficult because I genuinely think there's too few smaller animals in the game and to this day I really wonder if it would have impacted the budget that much to go for like, idk, two exhibit animals per pack; but if we're stuck with oversized boxes then maybe I'm good. Then I'd gladly fill up the roster of scenery pieces that we're still missing (desert props as we seem to be getting now are a good example).
I love the exhibits, and I still find them untapped potential. A massive exhibit pack has been a dream of mine for so long now.
If the next DLC after this one is an exhibit DLC I will levitate off the ground. All they need to do is make exhibit boxes null so we can customize them how we please I will be happy.

That’s of course not even mentioning the fact we could get fish in them! Exhibit boxes already have aquatic animals! We already have a good aquatic box too. Just throw some freshwater fish in there and it would work out!
 
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