Expand number of biomes for Bisons and Pronghorn.

[Beirin]

Hey, it might have been discussed before, but the release of the pack is the right time to bring it back on the table.

Add Temperate, Taiga and desert biomes for Bisons and desert for Pronghorn. They're both versatile animals who can, and actually do, live in really diverse landscapes.
Desert for Pronghorns is a no brainer as they're one of the emblematic animal of the american south west and northern Mexico and Bisons tolerate wooded areas and cold temperature really well.

The release of the pack is the right time to add this change that's been sorely needed since launch.

 

[jtwhite5]

Agreed

 

[Aidan635]

Yeah this would definitely make creating a habitat for the Bison much easier!

 

[Firestar97]

Bisons should also tolerate cold Temperatures way better and why is the Limit for the Group Size so small for a Species that roamed around in Herds of hundreds or even thousands in the Past?

 

[yoav_r]

Also, jaguars

 

[DrBurrito]

Desert for pronghorn and taiga for bison is a no brainer, I agree, but I can see them shying away from temperate and desert for bison due to only major biomes for each animal being included in the game's mechanics (with a few exceptions). Reason being, NA temperate foliage in the game is mostly represented by Eastern NA broadleaf forest zone plants and in terms of deserts, bison are restricted to xeric grasslands with good grazing potential, so both can be considered marginal in terms of game mechanics, depending on how you look at it.

On the other hand, we have NA temperate biome foliage (mainly US and Canada) for a SA capuchin, Siberian temperate foliage for the Malayan tapir, grassland foliage for a strictly rainforest animal, the NS babirusa, and taiga trees for a wolf subspecies (Arctic wolf) that spends its entire time hundreds/thousands of miles away from the treeline, so it does get confusing sometimes for the player to understand the logic behind some of the biome selections.

Taking these into consideration, for instance, I would have expected both pronghorn and bison to have the 'Taiga' biome tag and not the 'Temperate' biome tag, since they are found in the western half of the continent, in the "coniferous half" if you will, but since pronghorn already has the 'Temperate' tag, bison might as well get it.

 

[Itzcoatl]

I agree wholeheartedly. Trying to knock up a Yellowstone-esque habitat for the bison is quite a hard job, having to utilise false-habitat edges to "fade" a pine stand into the exhibit for example.

Let's see if this is an under-the-radar change for the pack Monday, along with some expanded foliage options!

 

[Antimony96]

This actually happened, huh?

 

[Beirin]

I doubt this particular post had any influence, but our wish has finally come true !