DLC 19 Speculation

RightWhale · Monday at 4:12 PM

Honestly I think the idea if a Rainforest pack could be super cool, and while not realistic in the slightest, we could cross off a lot of wanted animals this way.

Rainforest Pack

Black Howler Monkey
Black and white colobus
Tree Kangaroo
Grey crowned crane
Roseate Spoonbill
White faced Whistling duck
Lowland Anoa

For a rainforest pack I would love multiple exhibit animals, but I will happily take good scenery too. Also as if it isn’t obvious the WFWD really just is that duck. Adding it into the game we could get an amazing mixed habitat species for tropical Africa and South America. In this pack alone I made sure you could get those inter species enrichments right away. Likewise the WFWD is also Madagascar rep! I also wanted the lowland anoa to pair with the tree kangaroo for South East Asia rep, and I think it’s a cool ungulate.

RightWhale · Monday at 4:13 PM

Mjmannella said:
New 2025 DLC featuring helmeted guineafowl and geladas

You act like that also wouldn’t hype me up. Truly being a bird fan (or monkey fan) is being desperate and taking whatever crumbs Frontier can give me.

NachoB · Monday at 5:00 PM

RightWhale said:
You act like that also wouldn’t hype me up. Truly being a bird fan (or monkey fan) is being desperate and taking whatever crumbs Frontier can give me.

Helmeted guineafowls would be cool. Not my most wanted bird, not even my most wanted african "land" bird even, but would be useful and different. I would not complain.

BiologicalHorror · Monday at 5:25 PM

NachoB said:
Helmeted guineafowls would be cool. Not my most wanted bird, not even my most wanted african "land" bird even, but would be useful and different. I would not complain.

They would work as another petting zoo animal too, they are really common as domestic animals at least in my area.

USzoofan42 · Monday at 5:39 PM

BiologicalHorror said:
They would work as another petting zoo animal too, they are really common as domestic animals at least in my area.

They are found in both domestic and african sections like my beloved watusi!! One of my friends owns 3 of them.

The_Riot22 · Monday at 6:56 PM

Guineafowls were quite popular on many people's pack ideas in years past, so they in no way would be an unwelcome addition.

Just as with most "controversial" picks in the past year, they would be weighed against the roster by what we assume are only a limited number of remaining animal slots.

NachoB · Monday at 7:03 PM

The_Riot22 said:
Guineafowls were quite popular on many people's pack ideas in years past, so they in no way would be an unwelcome addition.

Just as with most "controversial" picks in the past year, they would be weighed against the roster by what we assume are only a limited number of remaining animal slots.

And even more limited bird slots.

RightWhale · Monday at 7:04 PM

NachoB said:
Helmeted guineafowls would be cool. Not my most wanted bird, not even my most wanted african "land" bird even, but would be useful and different. I would not complain.

Honestly I think Frontier really fumbled the bag when it comes to mixed habitat African birds. I mean we could have got:

Grey crowned cranes
Helmeted guineafowl
Marabou storks
Great white pelicans

Just to name a few, and so far all we have is the ostrich and flamingo.

Marvinb · Monday at 7:13 PM

Guineafowl definetly is in my top 3 most wanted african animals together with the pelican and smaller tropical monkey.

Very pretty and imo also very versatile species

Mr-Hyrax 2 · Monday at 7:24 PM

Love to see some love for Guinea Fowls, there easily a top 5 most wanted bird

Marvinb · Monday at 7:27 PM

RightWhale said:
Honestly I think Frontier really fumbled the bag when it comes to mixed habitat African birds. I mean we could have got:

Grey crowned cranes

Helmeted guineafowl

Marabou storks

Great white pelicans

Just to name a few, and so far all we have is the ostrich and flamingo.

I mean they kinda fumbled the bag for mixed habitat birds for every continent.

Utahraptor Arcanus · Monday at 8:05 PM

I don't think we adress enough how Cassowary+Emu is the most realistic bird mixed habitat after mute swan+chicken and how much stupid that is.

Mjmannella · Monday at 8:46 PM

Utahraptor Arcanus said:
I don't think we adress enough how Cassowary+Emu is the most realistic bird mixed habitat after mute swan+chicken and how much stupid that is.

There is another...

The_Riot22 · Monday at 8:52 PM

RightWhale said:
Honestly I think Frontier really fumbled the bag when it comes to mixed habitat African birds. I mean we could have got:

Grey crowned cranes

Helmeted guineafowl

Marabou storks

Great white pelicans

Just to name a few, and so far all we have is the ostrich and flamingo.

Now that you say it, a nice DLC idea would be a DLC featuring animals that frequently kept with other species. It would allow to fill in that neglected genre.
Not saying it's too realistic, or an urgent need at this point of the game. But it would have been a decent idea, say, 1-2 years ago. Capybara would have been a great flagship animal for this pack.

Marvinb · Monday at 8:59 PM

Utahraptor Arcanus said:
I don't think we adress enough how Cassowary+Emu is the most realistic bird mixed habitat after mute swan+chicken and how much stupid that is.

To be fair flamingo and penguin is a pretty decent one

Spiderhawk · Monday at 9:18 PM

Something I thought of today: India animal dlc. But then I did some thinking.
India has a good selection of animals, we have gotten a lot from base game as well as every now and then from other dlc. I found it odd that the sloth bear was added in Eurasia despite the theme. Caracals and others found their way in via biome dlcs.
Other Indian animals I can think of are
Honey badger
Indian leopard
Golden jackal
Guar
Onager
Gray langur
Great Indian bustard
Indian cobra
Now majority of those are not all that popular on wishlists, some of them are. Do you think frontier would consider an India dlc or squeeze them in with miscellaneous dlc?

Topaz Star · Monday at 9:24 PM

Utahraptor Arcanus said:
I don't think we adress enough how Cassowary+Emu is the most realistic bird mixed habitat after mute swan+chicken and how much stupid that is.

Swan + Flamingo works in my head better than Cassowary + Emu. I generaly can't see a cassowary in any mixed habitat with it being so solitairy.

Swan + Chicken is also solid indeed.

NachoB · Monday at 9:45 PM

Spiderhawk said:
Something I thought of today: India animal dlc. But then I did some thinking.
India has a good selection of animals, we have gotten a lot from base game as well as every now and then from other dlc. I found it odd that the sloth bear was added in Eurasia despite the theme. Caracals and others found their way in via biome dlcs.
Other Indian animals I can think of are
Honey badger
Indian leopard
Golden jackal
Guar
Onager
Gray langur
Great Indian bustard
Indian cobra
Now majority of those are not all that popular on wishlists, some of them are. Do you think frontier would consider an India dlc or squeeze them in with miscellaneous dlc?

Blackbuck
Gaur
Honey badger
Lion tailed macaque
Grey langur
Painted stork / Damoiselle crane
Indian grey mongoose
Indian cobra (Ex)

Utahraptor Arcanus · Monday at 9:49 PM

Mjmannella said:
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Marvinb said:
To be fair flamingo and penguin is a pretty decent one

Oh yeah, i just forgot we can mix penguins with animals that aren't other penguins or giraffes, definetelly gonna keep ostrich+penguin in mind.

Topaz Star said:
Swan + Flamingo works in my head better than Cassowary + Emu. I generaly can't see a cassowary in any mixed habitat with it being so solitairy.

Swan + Chicken is also solid indeed.

i've actually seen emu + Cassowary on zoochat once, Granted, it was the northern cassowary instead of southern.

However, i've also witness rhea+ostrich once and even photographed it:

so ratites mixed with other ratites don't see so far off.

Stygi · Monday at 9:54 PM

RightWhale said:
Honestly I think Frontier really fumbled the bag when it comes to mixed habitat African birds. I mean we could have got:

Grey crowned cranes

Helmeted guineafowl

Marabou storks

Great white pelicans

Just to name a few, and so far all we have is the ostrich and flamingo.

The total lack of an African crane, stork or pelican is pretty devastating honestly, an African shelduck would also be a pretty good edition as well

Spiderhawk said:
Something I thought of today: India animal dlc. But then I did some thinking.
India has a good selection of animals, we have gotten a lot from base game as well as every now and then from other dlc. I found it odd that the sloth bear was added in Eurasia despite the theme. Caracals and others found their way in via biome dlcs.
Other Indian animals I can think of are
Honey badger
Indian leopard
Golden jackal
Guar
Onager
Gray langur
Great Indian bustard
Indian cobra
Now majority of those are not all that popular on wishlists, some of them are. Do you think frontier would consider an India dlc or squeeze them in with miscellaneous dlc?

An India pack would be pretty solid but I think it should be mainly birds and primates and under absolutely no circumstances should we get the Indian Leopard
1. Hanuman Langur
2. Lion Tailed Macaque
3. Himalayan Monal
4. Sarus Crane
5. Blackbuck
6. Nilgai
7. Indian Mongoose

Milurian said:
based on my records here is a pack of the most commonly seen south american animals
6 of which are in the top 10 and contains the number one pick the rhea

greater rhea

american flamingo

cotton top tamarin

patagnonian mara

scarlet ibis

south american coati

black howler monkey

side note the black bear is 13th above the howler monkey

This would be an absolute banger pack, we can only dream, hopefully we end up getting at least 2 birds and monkeys if we finally get a South American pack