I think it's a bit dead for Gray Fox^^ But I'm pretty confident we'll have more animals for SA. I don' tsee why Frontier would please almost all of our other requested themes and just throw away the most wanted.
DLC18 discussion and predictions
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It’s more likely to be highlands but the Chinese and Tibetan decoration on the cover art may suggest Asia just a little bit. Just as all Asian animals shown there.
Also there was no dlc dedicated entirely to the whole Asia or Asia only but still its more probable to be highlands.
If it will also contain tree kangaroo I would never understand why did they used Pallas cat for the cover art and not Roo.
Actually, DLC completely ended by Summer 2019 with the Ghostbusters Pack (which was ironically delisted this month during to the license expiring). That only bodes more reason for this Pack to be the last one.
All I can think about is Eurasia.
Cover art is the wisent, the first looks for the pack seemed to just be the wisent, takin, sloth bear, and Wolverine. Then boom they add the mute swan which had its own rig. Maybe the tree kangaroo is in this pack and will be the same thing? Not cover art animal, but there regardless? Likewise, maybe we could get another bird. Could be the same thing?
Adjusted flamingo rig buddy
It has a few new animations, but it's for 90% the flamingo.
Dang, I thought it came after PlanZo release. Oh well, whatever. We'll see then
I could've sworn the swan was a capuchin rig, but hey, you learn something new every dayAdjusted flamingo rig buddy
Lol, I was mostly referring to what people think are "new rigs" are more often than not existing rigs that were adjusted and got a few new animations. Once you make the click and are able to spot those the whole "x amount of new rigs per DLC" makes absolutely zero sense.
I'd say "new shape" is an even worse way to describe it hahaha. But yes, at this point in time, bar some very specific animals or some very specific types of animals (flying birds/fish); Frontier has all the behaviour sets and rigs to basically make any kind of animal.
The formula has been "Adjusted rig, reused + new behaviours, new animations for existing/adjusted behaviours" for years now, people just can't seem to shake the idea of seeing something that moves slightly different as something that is completely brand new and "requiring loads of effort". When in reality, they just work smart.
Well I’ll be darned!Adjusted flamingo rig buddy
Maybe if I’m lucky Frontier will keep using the rig in this pack too
Duck - adjusted Swan rigWell I’ll be darned!
Maybe if I’m lucky Frontier will keep using the rig in this pack too
Pelican - adjusted Duck/Swan rig
Sea Otter - adjusted swan rig
Walrus - adjusted swan rig
Hamadryas Baboon - adjusted swan rig
Coati - adjusted swan rig
Markhor - adjusted swan rig
Pallas Cat - adjusted swan rig.
Truly Planet Zoo's Swan Song.
Now hold on. It's 8 am for me, so we still could get one. Once I got the trailer at 9. So we have at least 1 more hour
Given the wording used in the livestream, I wouldn't expect a trailer for another week or 2
I was quite surprised to be honest. The baboon is the most demanded and most common zoo animal in my perspective. The markhor is more representative for mountains. The cat is cute however, and may draw in young players.
At this point you need to convince casual players to buy the dlc, not the players dedicated like us and buying dlc whatsoever they give to us.
Silly funky cat looks better in this way that a monkey.
Yeah, I'm not expecting a trailer this week. But I think next week is reasonable. The week after could work too given how much shorter the gap between announcement and release was for Barnyard.
I think the pack is likely to release on the 15th or the 22nd.
It's not always the most demanded animal that serves as the headliner. It's usually a species that (a) most people are familiar with; (b) represents the pack theme well; and (c) is visually appealing. The lynx, raccoon, wisent, camel, chicken, beaver, and gibbon are all excellent examples of this. They weren't the most requested in their packs by a longshot but wound up representing said-pack in the key art. There's other species in each pack that are fully cuter and in much higher demand. But they went for the ones that holistically represent the theme, look cute, etc.
So from that context? The Pallas's cat makes a lot of sense as the main focus of the key art. The baboons are fun but, let's face it, they look a li'l creepy and intense up close. And if the theme is highlands? They aren't closely associated with that. The markhor isn't commonly known. And if the tree 'roo, spectacled bear, and/or rock hyrax are in the mix? They're super adorable... But your average person might not be familiar with them and/or associate them with the theme.
If on the very slim chance it’s a zookeepers finale pack containing several themes at 3 animals per theme, they could tease each theme a week. But I agree, no trailer for a few weeks. Suspecting the comes out oct 15 at earliest, 29th at latest so not to interfere with PC2 release
To me the only other flagship animal could be a rodent if it's a marmot or a chinchilla cause they are quite popular on social network. Other mountain animals are not so much appealing for most people.