African Wild Dog Social System is Incorrect

[Katj813]

Having worked with African wild dogs/African painted dogs (APD), I feel the socialness of the species is not correct in game. Packs are made up when a band of brothers dispersed from one pack join with sisters of another. From there an alpha pair forms who produce offspring. They then have pups. The family pack raises the pups. They key part is that when those pups are old enough to hunt on their own, new pups are born. The young adults stay with their parents and actually learn and help raise the next litter before dispersing. Also, hierarchies occur generationally, IE: the adults have a hierarchy with the alpha pair, the young adults have their own hierarchy but they are subservient to the adults, and so on. Young adults don't challenge their fathers to mate with their mothers. That doesn't mean they don't have spats but they don't challenge for alpha. (I highly recommend finding talks by Dr. Greg Rasmussen).

My APD puppy immediately challenged his father once he became an adult and this isn't realistic. It's also limited me to having a pack of only the alpha pair which isn't terribly fun. I know you increased the pack numbers but please look into the alpha system for this species so that we are able to have more realistic pack sizes. Thanks!

 

[Indoraptor27]

As @Charmmy Colour said in a different thread, the animals all have lion-like group structures (as in one male for a whole bunch of females). Zebra, wildebeest, ring-tailed lemurs, elephants, ect. Or, there are animals like AWD that can only handle one pair. Honesty, I would rather Frontier just fixed group sizes, bugs, and added more coat varieties instead of adding new animals

 

[Tishw]

I had to rethink my wild dog habitat and get rid of some animals I'd purchased because of this. I guess they think most people don't know how the APD social system works.

 

[Magenpie]

Hyenas also have matriarchal heirarchies too, with the females being bigger and more aggressive, and groups have alpha females rather than an alpha pair.

 

[Magenpie]

As @Charmmy Colour said in a different thread, the animals all have lion-like group structures (as in one male for a whole bunch of females). Zebra, wildebeest, ring-tailed lemurs, elephants, ect. Or, there are animals like AWD that can only handle one pair. Honesty, I would rather Frontier just fixed group sizes, bugs, and added more coat varieties instead of adding new animals

It's interesting tho because in reality, elephants and ring-tailed lemurs are matriarchal, as in the groups are led by female alpha animals.