Ok, the animals I'm really missing in the game are as follows, in no particular order)
1. Crowned crane (great for combination habitats)
2. Ground hornbill
3. Prairie dogs
4. Lady Amherst's pheasant (or Golden or any of the other really colorful ones really)
5. Arctic Fox (or red fox, but really just fox is ok)
6. Maned wolf
7. Wild turkey
8. Any pelican
9. Moose
10. Any European animal (I'm not picky just give me something!!! to represent our continent)
11. Brown bear
12. Fallow deer
13. Eurasian lynx
14. Wolverine
15. Badger
16. Honeybadger
17. Asian small-clawed otter
18. Cougar
19. Fossa
20. Amur leopard
All of these (the birds included) I mean to be habitat animals
1. Capybara
2. North American Porcupine
3. Brazilian Porcupine
4. Patagonian Mara
5. Wombat
6. Walrus
7. Tree Kangaroo
8. Platypus
9. Bennett's wallaby
10. Two-Toed Sloth
11. Cape Porcupine
12. Sand Cat
13. Arctic Fox
14. Asian Small Clawed Otter
15. American Beavers
16. Harbor Seal
17. American Black Bear
18. Rock Hyrax
19. Elk
20. Alpine marmot
1. Ocelot
2. Capybara
3. Asian small-clawed otter
4. Goodfellow's tree kangaroo
5. Red fox
6. African crested porcupine
7. North American river otter
8. Maned wolf
9. Wolvering
10. American alligator
11. Fossa
12. Red river hog
13. Golden lion tamarin
14. White-nosed coati
15. Bobcat
16. Ringtail
17. Silver langur
18. Tasmanian devil
19. Reeve's muntjac
20. Black-tailed prairie dog
I was just thinking that myself. The votes and lists would dramatically change. But balance that by someone who has voluntarily opted to undertake this project, tabulate numbers and update lists. I absolutely appreciate what @random goat has done with both this and the first list, and know it's definitely something of interest, but it's still work. The intent seems to be there to do another list in the future, after 2 packs, but I wouldn't want them to feel like they were being forced to do one after this.
But I do agree, votes and lists would definitely change. It's quite possible half the top 10 is taken out as opposed to just 2 of the top 3 and 2 other animals down the list, like last time.
I was just thinking that myself. The votes and lists would dramatically change. But balance that by someone who has voluntarily opted to undertake this project, tabulate numbers and update lists. I absolutely appreciate what @random goat has done with both this and the first list, and know it's definitely something of interest, but it's still work. The intent seems to be there to do another list in the future, after 2 packs, but I wouldn't want them to feel like they were being forced to do one after this.
But I do agree, votes and lists would definitely change. It's quite possible half the top 10 is taken out as opposed to just 2 of the top 3 and 2 other animals down the list, like last time.
Had a new list been started, I'd expect European and Desert animals to rise to the top, because people would give them more thought as the "empty" niches.
In a similar way, I think the NA animals have been articially boosted in the votes due to being expected as an empty niche that has yet to recieve a dlc.
I would also expect alpine animals, as i doubt that we will get a lot of them this pack besides the mountain lion and its arguable next to desert the biome with the least animals dedicated to it.
+ we dont even have an Ibex or Takin, expect those, especally the Ibex, to gain some extra foodhold
After roughly half a year, and following the requests made by numerous forum users, I'm setting up this thread in order to start another 'Essential animals meta-wishlist' where I record users' animals wishlists and put them all together on a meta-wishlist. Given that we've gotten 3 DLCs since I started the previous thread; this time around I ask you all to please post a list of just 20 habitat animals.
The more people participating, the bigger the sample size will be so better conclusions can be drawn. I’m writting down every user who posts their list in order to avoid having repetitions. I intend to keep this updated as much as I can. Last update: 22nd September, 2021
The spirit and basic rules of the thread will be similar to those of the first one. Which means:
For the sake of keeping the same wishlist structure, I ask you to post your 20 essential habitat animals that you’d like to see in the game. Lists with anything above 20 animals will be discarded.
Exhibit animals will be omitted from the main meta-wishlist. Exhibit animals include arthropods, amphibians, small reptiles (< iguanas), small fish and mouse-size mammals.
Flying birds and bats usually housed in aviaries will be omitted from the main meta-wishlist. Flying aviary birds include birds of prey, parrots, Columbiformes (pigeons), Passeriformes (small birds), Charadriiformes (gulls) and so on. Mainly ground-dwelling or semi-aquatic birds (mainly Waterfowl, Galliformes, Ratites, Pelecaniformes, Penguins, etc.) will be added to the list.
As a general rule of thumb, animal species is the preferred category for animal submissions. Subspecies from already in-game animals are also accepted. Subspecies from animals that are not in-game will automatically be allocated to the superior species category. Specific domestic animals breeds are also accepted.
To simplify data collection, those answers that include several species in one slot (eg.: 1. Any species of sloth) will be automatically treated as a single animal and added to the most requested species inside that generic animal group (eg. in this case: Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth). This obviously leads to an underestimation of the total key requested animals.
As you can see, a total of 319 animals have been considered 'essential' by at least one forum user.
TL;DR: Post your 20 essential habitat animals wishlist here. I will record each wishlist and add it to the Meta-list. Aviary and exhibit animals won’t be taken into consideration.
heres my list
1) Capybara
2) Takin
3) Lars Gibbon
4) Cape Porcupine
5) Leopard
6) Elephant Seal
7) Preswalskis Horse
8) West Indian Manatee
9) Alligator Snapping Turtle
10) Northern Tamandua
11) Emu
12) Platypus
13) Common Wombat
14) Hamadrayas Baboon
15) Wolverine
16) Red Fox
17) Tasmanian Devil
18) Gaur
19) Black Buck
20) Rock Wallaby
heres my list
1) Capybara
2) Takin
3) Lars Gibbon
4) Cape Porcupine
5) Leopard
6) Elephant Seal
7) Preswalskis Horse
8) West Indian Manatee
9) Alligator Snapping Turtle
10) Northern Tamandua
11) Emu
12) Platypus
13) Common Wombat
14) Hamadrayas Baboon
15) Wolverine
16) Red Fox
17) Tasmanian Devil
18) Gaur
19) Black Buck
20) Rock Wallaby