Hello everyone. I've been doing some searches but can't seem to find a thread to discuss the community challenges in Franchise mode, so after a couple of years of wanting one I'm finally starting one myself. 
You can see the current or upcoming community challenge here:
www.planetzoogame.com
I would like this thread to be used for general discussion of all community challenges such as; sharing your progress, your personal goals, your strategies, tips and tricks, sharing/trading animals, and just cheering each other on!
I personally play almost exclusively Franchise, and a lot of my play-style revolve around the community challenges - not so much for the rewards, but because of the actual community aspect of the whole project (I love that, working together with other players). So it would be fun to group together a little with other forum visitors that take part in the challenges or are just generally interested in talking about them.
First I would like to congratulate everyone on the last challenge! I was doubting for a little while if we would make it, but everyone seemed to pull together at the end and we reached the goal during those last hours before the challenge was ended. It was very impressive! So thank you everyone for some awesome efforts!
Next week we're releasing 3 star temperate animals and I would love to know what animals everyone is planning to use? What temperate animals do you think are the easiest to get to 3 stars quickly and/or consistently? What animals might be better to avoid?
For example; I find red foxes to be a good choice. You can have quite a few together and they breed well so you can easily get more, I usually find it easy enough to get a good star rating on them fairly quickly - I just have to keep an eye on them and remember to actually release them before they go sterile and can't get released anymore.
Pronghorn is another animal I generally can get a good star rating on fairly quickly. And I don't have to worry about sterility ruining being able to release them so that a bonus.
Capuchin on the other hand are usually reaaally slow at gaining stars in my zoos for some reason. Quite often they don't even reach 3 stars until just after they've hit their sterility age so I'm not as likely to use them during this challenge...
Please feel free to share your own thoughts! Are you already preparing for the next challenge or do you wait until it's actually started? Any tips on good animals to use?
You can see the current or upcoming community challenge here:
Connected Community - Planet Zoo
Meet the Planet Zoo community and share your creativity with the world.
I would like this thread to be used for general discussion of all community challenges such as; sharing your progress, your personal goals, your strategies, tips and tricks, sharing/trading animals, and just cheering each other on!
I personally play almost exclusively Franchise, and a lot of my play-style revolve around the community challenges - not so much for the rewards, but because of the actual community aspect of the whole project (I love that, working together with other players). So it would be fun to group together a little with other forum visitors that take part in the challenges or are just generally interested in talking about them.
First I would like to congratulate everyone on the last challenge! I was doubting for a little while if we would make it, but everyone seemed to pull together at the end and we reached the goal during those last hours before the challenge was ended. It was very impressive! So thank you everyone for some awesome efforts!
Next week we're releasing 3 star temperate animals and I would love to know what animals everyone is planning to use? What temperate animals do you think are the easiest to get to 3 stars quickly and/or consistently? What animals might be better to avoid?
For example; I find red foxes to be a good choice. You can have quite a few together and they breed well so you can easily get more, I usually find it easy enough to get a good star rating on them fairly quickly - I just have to keep an eye on them and remember to actually release them before they go sterile and can't get released anymore.
Pronghorn is another animal I generally can get a good star rating on fairly quickly. And I don't have to worry about sterility ruining being able to release them so that a bonus.
Capuchin on the other hand are usually reaaally slow at gaining stars in my zoos for some reason. Quite often they don't even reach 3 stars until just after they've hit their sterility age so I'm not as likely to use them during this challenge...
Please feel free to share your own thoughts! Are you already preparing for the next challenge or do you wait until it's actually started? Any tips on good animals to use?
And I should take the chance to improve my stock of giant anteaters (I have too many mediocre anteaters in my zoos at the moment I think...).
I suppose people think I sell mine too cheap haha)