New pack is a suprise! I'm mostly suprised at how much of my initial idea for a not so nocturnal, but clearly quite thematicly relvenet pack, turned out to be
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Autumn DLC Speculation
- Thread starter AlexSea
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For those doomers that think DLC content is ending some time soon…the fact that they added new exhibit type alone means there is still plenty more to come.
100% agree.
I wonder why the Tassie devil not there! but holy crap there is B-A-T!!!! wow can't believe I'm even saying that! so I'm think they did a scenery pack cause for chrismas there was two packs with this theme so I'm think december dlc would be animal pack!! oh my god unbelieveable!!!!!
For anniversary a free bird?
I'm so glad something moved and surprised it's not a pack of animals. (but I'm happy)
The bats look awesome. I'm curious about how they will work ingame. And they open the real possibility that we might be getting flying birds next.
So is the skunk, raccoon, red fox and wombat. Honestly is an overall dissapointing roster for me still, but the bats got me excited (and i do have to admit that the raccoon looks really good, the fur texture is amazing).
So is the skunk, raccoon, red fox and wombat. Honestly is an overall dissapointing roster for me still, but the bats got me excited (and i do have to admit that the raccoon looks really good, the fur texture is amazing).
This is more of a pack for the builders. This could be one of my least favorite packs. I am curious to see how the Bat system will work, That certainly could open the door for aviaries.
The fact that we get the walkthrough exhibit frame as part of the free update definitely means they are setting up for birds.
With all the exhibit changes in the update, we really should have seen it coming lol. Everyone was too busy fussing over piebaldism
That's what I was thinking. The problem is, we aren't in dire need of warm climate animals. Ngl I will never use the raccoon, skunk, or fox, but I'm happy for the people who really wanted them. I think the bats alone make this DLC worth it.
This is Winter DLC speculation, but I think aviaries are likely in December. I wouldn't have my heart set or anything, but these are literally flying animals that live in an aviary basically. Animal Pack too. The Update did seem a bit small, and maybe the emphasis on exhibits should have made us skeptical. 
While I'm very glad to be getting a bat, I have to say the habitat animal choices are really uninspiring to me. Seems baffling that the only animal from the tropics (the one place where night stays the same length year-round) is an exhibit species that may or may not have looped animations.
Figured I would rank the five animals, based on my personal preferences (highest to lowest):
1. Egyptian fruit bat - Looking forward to seeing how they are going to be animated and depending on how they work they bode well for other species; I admit to being a bit puzzled by the exact species choice, when similarly sized, more threatened species like the Rodrigues flying fox were also possible.
2. Common wombat - My favourite of the habitat animals, and wombats have never really featured high on my personal wishlist, which really says something. Still, glad to have at least one new Australian species.
3. Striped skunk - Of the two North American carnivores, this is my preferred option. I see them quite often at smaller zoos and they are an unrepresented taxonomic group.
4. Raccoon - I get that a lot of people wanted it but to me, living in a country where the importing and breeding of raccoons is now banned, it isn't an animal I particularly want to use. But they are of a taxonomic group not represented in-game, so they are good in that manner.
5. Red fox - Of all the model copies that could have been chosen, this is one of the least inspiring - there are many others that would have been much higher on my wishlist such as the springhare (modelled on the kangaroo), kinkajou (modelled on the binturong) or striped hyena (obvious who this would be based on; would also have really fitted the 'spooky' theme.
Perhaps the main positive of this pack for me is that I had worried that if it were a woodlands pack, then my beloved yellow-throated marten would lose its only chance at getting into the game. The hope still lives on for my vivid murderous tree weasels.
Figured I would rank the five animals, based on my personal preferences (highest to lowest):
1. Egyptian fruit bat - Looking forward to seeing how they are going to be animated and depending on how they work they bode well for other species; I admit to being a bit puzzled by the exact species choice, when similarly sized, more threatened species like the Rodrigues flying fox were also possible.
2. Common wombat - My favourite of the habitat animals, and wombats have never really featured high on my personal wishlist, which really says something. Still, glad to have at least one new Australian species.
3. Striped skunk - Of the two North American carnivores, this is my preferred option. I see them quite often at smaller zoos and they are an unrepresented taxonomic group.
4. Raccoon - I get that a lot of people wanted it but to me, living in a country where the importing and breeding of raccoons is now banned, it isn't an animal I particularly want to use. But they are of a taxonomic group not represented in-game, so they are good in that manner.
5. Red fox - Of all the model copies that could have been chosen, this is one of the least inspiring - there are many others that would have been much higher on my wishlist such as the springhare (modelled on the kangaroo), kinkajou (modelled on the binturong) or striped hyena (obvious who this would be based on; would also have really fitted the 'spooky' theme.
Perhaps the main positive of this pack for me is that I had worried that if it were a woodlands pack, then my beloved yellow-throated marten would lose its only chance at getting into the game. The hope still lives on for my vivid murderous tree weasels.
welp. #10, 23, 31 and 81 on the Meta Wishlist was fulfilled this time. I can see why Racoon was chosen as the headliner, but I'm way more interested in the Wombat.