tbh i think the entirety of elite dangerous is on the forums.
DLC18 discussion and predictions
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When everyone got excited about the different keeper hut, that's what I thought. Was too lazy to check though. It just confirms my feeling of it being a rushed last minute tweet the moment it finally clicked with someone that we got World Zookeeper day.Well no I'm sorry but the mats are from the previous version of the zookeeper hut, the one from before the releaseThey just used a very old picture, which is a bit of a misstep
I'm not a fan of substitution of real jobs, but at this point they should ask the volunteer moderators if they can give them a weekly summary of what people are talking about in the forums if there is no staff at Frontier left to do so. This could have been so easily avoided by just realising earlier what day i s comming up. It's embarrassing, in my opinion. That's what you get from saving money for community management positions...Guess there is no one left to actually monitor what the community (aka paying customers) are talking about your game.
On a side note: I hope they at least got the memo of a lot of people not liking the new UI of Planco 2
The fact nothing relevant happened with Zookeeper/Animal Day is a pretty good indication it's something else. Last year it was called Zookeeper's day over Animal day too, so that's not special either.
Here's the Facebook posts from previous World Animal/Zookeeper days, they seemingly skipped every second year apart from this one, so I guess there's that (though there were still regular posts on the day):
2023
2.1K views · 129 reactions | Happy International Zookeeper Day! 🐾 We wanted to celebrate the amazing work Zookeepers do everyday with our friends at @chesterzoo ✨ We've also... | By Planet Zoo | Facebook
Happy International Zookeeper Day! 🐾 We wanted to celebrate the amazing work Zookeepers do everyday with our friends at @chesterzoo ✨ We've also...
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2021
11K views · 630 reactions | Planet Zoo: North America Animal Pack | Launch Trailer | Happy World Animal Day! 🐾 What better way to celebrate than with more Planet Zoo? The Planet Zoo: North America Animal Pack is out now for £7.99 on... | By Planet Z
Happy World Animal Day! 🐾 What better way to celebrate than with more Planet Zoo? The Planet Zoo: North America Animal Pack is out now for £7.99 on...
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2019
2.7K views · 199 reactions | Planet Zoo World Animal Day | Happy #WorldAnimalDay! Animal welfare and conservation is imperative to the message of Planet Zoo, and extremely rewarding for all! Thanks for... | By Planet Zoo | Facebook
Happy #WorldAnimalDay! Animal welfare and conservation is imperative to the message of Planet Zoo, and extremely rewarding for all! Thanks for...
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Yikes. That’s a big goof on Frontier’s part… I get wanting to be efficient but this is such a bad look. Curious to see if this creates confusion at release.
Neither are requirements. Just makes it a bit less likely, but definitely doesn’t rule it out IMHO.
I think it’s still possible. Remember that people didn’t really even realize that it was World Zookeeper Day until like, a week ago. And the different “key art” thing was purely speculation on our part.
Neither are requirements. Just makes it a bit less likely, but definitely doesn’t rule it out IMHO.
To be honest, I've had far worse experiences, so this isn't anything more than an inconvenience for myself. It's not like they promised anything and then lied, they just had a mix-up or goof.
I can't tell you the experiences I've had. One example was a game called Natural Instincts. It was early access, but it was making regular progress. Then, outta the blue the project was dropped. A lotta people lost money, including me. Now it wasn't even that much, but still it felt like it was a scam in the end.
So, to make a long story short, this pack of communication is something we should be used to by now, but it feels like people are expecting things that weren't always guaranteed either, so when things don't go as expected there's a sour taste
I can't tell you the experiences I've had. One example was a game called Natural Instincts. It was early access, but it was making regular progress. Then, outta the blue the project was dropped. A lotta people lost money, including me. Now it wasn't even that much, but still it felt like it was a scam in the end.
So, to make a long story short, this pack of communication is something we should be used to by now, but it feels like people are expecting things that weren't always guaranteed either, so when things don't go as expected there's a sour taste
We are about to get GTA VI before this DLC
Not sure if you meant me, but if you do, I recommend re-reading. The lazy part was ME being too lazy to check on my own if my assumption was right.
I keep calling out Frontiers financial management when it comes to CMs, very much blaming corporate and cutting staff.
I also saw no one suggesting otherwise. Most of us do have actual jobs and know what cut resources can do - but also what's not a good job done.
I don’t actually care about them recognising world animal/zookeeper’s day but in the context of us all awaiting news it was a particularly clumsy mistake.
My current feeling is that in the last livestream they should have just revealed - or teased - the anniversary animal and left it there.
They clearly stated that the update and animal pack were coming in a couple of weeks - a couple of weeks would be next Wednesday and unless it is suddenly released without any advance announcement I can’t see that happening.
Once again I just feel we are being ignored and messed about despite the consistent support many of us have given since well before the game even launched.
My current feeling is that in the last livestream they should have just revealed - or teased - the anniversary animal and left it there.
They clearly stated that the update and animal pack were coming in a couple of weeks - a couple of weeks would be next Wednesday and unless it is suddenly released without any advance announcement I can’t see that happening.
Once again I just feel we are being ignored and messed about despite the consistent support many of us have given since well before the game even launched.
I’d expect announcement next week but let’s face it yesterday was the perfect opportunity!
I mean I knew the pack is coming in the next couple weeks, I just expected more news, announcements, or teasers. Just something!
The haven’t talked about the new pack in over a week, but they did show off one of the PC2 mascots today.
They only ever said to keep an eye on the socials over the next couple of weeks, which means we should hear something by next Wednesday, in terms of a release date all we know is it will be before the anniversary
My interpretation was that the content itself was coming. Just shows how important clarity of communication is because you interpreted it one way and I interpreted it another way.
i just woke up and dreamed the animal pack with the roster being:
hamadryas
markhor
palla's
a non-existant swan species
a random deer
spectacled bear lookalike
hamadryas
markhor
palla's
a non-existant swan species
a random deer
spectacled bear lookalike
In addition to the wording, they just urually don't tease something that much in advance unless a propper DLC anouncement is imminent.
THEN forgetting International Zookeeper day after the community openly talked about the day is what bugs me. They are having a blind eye on us and are tone deaf (nothing new on the last part).
We certainly put expectations on them all by our own, but on THAT one day expectation management from their side was just called for.
This reminds me very much of the first anniversary problematic communication, even though there we knew before the date that we won't receive a major update - other than Planet Coaster on its first year.
Imagine being customer of their most succesful own IP game (afaik) and being brushed aside twice.
I really hope they get their c together soon with community management and communication. Then again, the laid offs CMs deserve to watch what happens when corporate thinks their positions are disposable...
Were ducks ever in any major zoo game? (I'm not including shițty mobile or flash games)
Only One I Can Think Of Is Let's Build A Zoo.
WP2 has mallard.
Who even is Tommy Boggs he’s posting such clickbait videos and lies on yt