Deluxe Pack updated to be an animal pack

Just for fun. If they would ever update the deluxe pack to be an animal pack what animals it should contain at this moment of the development of the game?

I always thought that deluxe pack should be at least a regular dlc with some scenery plants theme and 5 species of animals but what would really make me happy would be a new edition of Deluxe pack as the Deluxe animal pack with 7 habitat and 1 exhibit animal.

What are your thoughts on that?
 
I wish this would happen, although I’m almost certain it would never. If it did, though, here’s what I would include:

-Pygmy Hippopotamus
-Komodo Dragon
-Thompson’s Gazelle
-Dromedary Camel
-Red River Hog
-Asiatic Lion
-Wisent
-King Cobra (E)

(No drastically new models, just various reskins that would allow players a bit more choice when creating themed areas)
 
-Pygmy Hippopotamus
-Komodo Dragon
-Thompson’s Gazelle
-Dromedary Camel
-Eastern Black Rhinoceros
-Blackbuck
-Red Deer
-King Cobra (E)
, would be what I'd guess just to cover those signs (where I consider the deer jumping sign as female blackbuck)
 
  • Pygmy Hippopotamus
  • Komodo Dragon
  • Thompson’s Gazelle
  • Black-footed ferret (EN)
  • Tasmanian Devil (EN)
  • Banteng (EN)
  • Giant armadillo (VU)
  • Giant leopard moth [exhibition]
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Its pretty much confirmed that they wont update it, i think it was once said that its much harder and simply a less generous move from frontier side.
If they want to gift us something, it would be basegame.
BUT in an alternative Timeline where it was an animal pack all along, these are the 4 additional basegame semi clones i would like to have seen.

  • Komodo dragon -> Perentie
  • Wisent from the bison
  • Rhea from the ostrich
  • American Flamingo from the greater Flamingo
  • Coyote from the Timber wolf
  • Rhesus Macaque from the Japanese Macaque

These 4 animals would have needed some model changes but no new animations and the like.
They also would add 4 animals to underrepresented continents that are overall seen as less desireable for a normal dlc, as the deluxe pack wasnt really about the animals, but the beta acess so i doubt they would want to put any money makers in there, which is also why the komodo dragon was exchanged for the perentie.
+ i needed australian representation somehow.
Overall id say these animals all would have been really nice to get and i really wouldnt mind if wed be living in that timeline
 
Just for fun. If they would ever update the deluxe pack to be an animal pack what animals it should contain at this moment of the development of the game?
I feel that like the deluxe version of the game should've included animals worth its price but also animals that weren't strong or rare enough to be included in a DLC. So besides the three there are already in there (of which i think the thomson's gazelle should've been in the base game from the start) the ones i will prefer in the deluxe pack would be:

  • Grey crowned crane
  • Blue wildebeest
  • Hamadryas baboon
  • Red deer
  • Exhibit animal: King cobra
 
Red River Hog
African Leopard
Spectacled Bear
Golden Jackal

King Cobra (Exhibit)

All four of the habitat animals are somewhat similar to animals in the base game, in the sense that I wouldn't be asking for something wildly different like a Porcupine or something.

Edit - changed out the bear species.
2nd edit, I don't know I only did three habitat animals, added a fourth.
 
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Deluxe should have had more than the three animals we got, though the komodo dragon was a great pick. I wish they added more rare/ endangered animals to it.
My picks would have been the following along with the original three:
Aye-aye
Shoebill
Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle
Dromedary Camel
Panama Golden Frog (exhibit)
 
American Flamingo
Hamadryas Baboon
Spectacled Bear
African Spurred Tortoise
Emerald Tree Boa (exhibit)

I basicaly picked animals that could reuse the rig from base game animals and while boosting some groups of animals that could use it (birds, primates, reptiles, SA animals).
 
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In my opinion 5 animals more would make a huge difference in the Deluxe pack and would make it much more attractive 🤩

I actually made the same thing as Foxy and choose easy to make animals that could use existing rigs 🤩

  • Komodo Dragon
  • Pygmy Hippopotamus
  • Thomson's Gazelle
  • Striped hyena (another unique carnivore which is not canine or cat, can use the spotted hyena rig and it’s from the desert)
  • Père David’s deer (standard deer with amazing conservation story, extinct in the wild and saved by zoo’s)
  • Somali wild donkey (first donkey, beautifully colored and critically endangered)
  • Addax (amazing desert antelope that is also critically endangered)
  • Ex: Parsons chameleon (largest chameleon and also beautiful one)
 
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I think the deluxe could definitely benefit from more animals. I will choose a couple charismatic animals and some that are already hinted at in game.

  1. Pygmy hippo
  2. Komodo dragon
  3. Thompson' gazelle
  4. Dromedary (signage already there)
  5. Red deer (signage and statue already there)
  6. Black rhino (signage already there)
  7. A wallaby (Australia rep, a staple of zoos)
  8. Rhea (South America rep and a bird)
 
To be honest, I think I'd probably use it to fill out gaps where we have similar species in game already, but with iconic ones still missing - that way it's filling in gaps that probably wouldnt be filled otherwise?

So

4. Dromedary Camel
5. Emu
6. Black Rhino
7. One of the remaining bears
 
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