Highland Pack Hot Takes

[FlameWizard492]

If we could get a Highland Pack this winter, do you have any hot takes? Here are mine:

• The Pallas’s Cat is overrated. I’m sorry, but I just don’t see the appeal.
• I wouldn’t mind if we don’t get a wolverine. If anything, that means that there’s still potential that we could get a Woodlands Pack if there’s enough demand for it.
• If we get scenery, I wouldn’t be opposed to it. It depends on how well it’s done.

 

[Captain Callum]

North america deserves highland animals as much as every other region

 

[Angeł]

The Gelada is the better pick for a Mountain/Highlands primate. Second choice is the Barbary Macaque. The Hamadryas does not fit the traditional ‘mountain’ aesthetic.

 

[ScotiaMugdock]

Highlands is an awful name for a mountain pack. It evokes Scotland or Ethiopia specifically as opposed to the environment.

 

[Britches]

So this is "Unpopular opinions" #2? Only to tell people you don't like their favorite animals / preferred animal choices.
What's the use of these threads in the first place? sigh

 

[ScotiaMugdock]

So this is "Unpopular opinions" #2? Only to tell people you don't like their favorite animals / preferred animal choices.
What's the use of these threads in the first place? sigh

It’s specifically for a pack.

They’re useful for people to vent in a constructive way

 

[Marvinb]

Hot take: were all way to certain about the highland pack

 

[Captain Callum]

Hot take: were all way to certain about the highland pack

Exactly like the supposed temperate pack, hard to avoid thinking about such pack ideas when it's nonstop talk about it.

 

[Fallax]

I will say it again but I'd rather have two caprines from different continent's or climates than the same old Himalayan duo everyone always says.

Though really I want them all.

 

[ScotiaMugdock]

I will say it again but I'd rather have two caprines from different continent's or climates than the same old Himalayan duo everyone always says.

Though really I want them all.

Gosh, am I about to make an opinion popular…

The markhor is cool but I don’t want it.

Give me a chamois, Rocky Mountain goat, bighorn, tahr, tur, serow, kri-kri!

 

[NZFanatic]

The Pallas’s Cat is overrated. I’m sorry, but I just don’t see the appeal.

Appeal is neither here nor there. You're looking at it the wrong way. It's not necessarily "I want this animal" but rather "if this theme is used, this animal is a very likely contender for it". Generally speaking people don't fill speculative animal rosters with their own wishes and desires, they put in species they think are going to show up regardless of how they feel about them on a personal level.

Pallas cat is a very obvious contender for a Highlands Pack. It's memetic, it's got cuteness appeal, and the sand cat exists as a perfect framework for it. From Frontier's perspective, the Pallas cat makes perfect sense.

This is also why the gelada keeps appearing instead of the more popular Hamadryas baboon; even though the baboon would technically fit in this theme, the gelada fits it more obviously.

 

[CharlieXGaming]

Excuse me as I comment back to everyone cause I have to defend my dear highlands pack.

I wouldn’t mind if we don’t get a wolverine. If anything, that means that there’s still potential that we could get a Woodlands Pack if there’s enough

True about the woodlands pack but the last 4 packs have taken out an animal of the top 3 meta, it just makes sense to have the Wolverine in here.

North america deserves highland animals as much as every other region

I agree, but NA highland animals are really boring compared to the ones in other parts of the world.

The Gelada is the better pick for a Mountain/Highlands primate.

100% agreed.

were all way to certain about the highland pack

I ain’t changing my mind, I’m locked in and ready to be sad on announce day.

Generally speaking people don't fill speculative animal rosters with their own wishes and desires,

 

[DarthQuell]

Burning hot take: we don't need a dedicated mountains DLC and should instead get something like a Latin America animal pack.


I'm sorry, but I feel like we have a bunch of mountain animals but barely anything iconic or relatable to Latin America. And in a Latin America animal pack, we can still get some nice mountainous animals, if you really stretch it

 

[ScotiaMugdock]

Burning hot take: we don't need a dedicated mountains DLC and should instead get something like a Latin America animal pack.


I'm sorry, but I feel like we have a bunch of mountain animals but barely anything iconic or relatable to Latin America. And in a Latin America animal pack, we can still get some nice mountainous animals, if you really stretch it

We have four mountain animals in the game…

Also, Central America would be a better pack

 

[DarthQuell]

We have four mountain animals in the game…

Also, Central America would be a better pack

Actually, we have a lot more:

1. Himalayan brown bear
2. Snow leopard
3. Llama
4. Dall sheep
5. Grizzly bear
6. Alpine ibex
7. Japanese macaque
8. Giant panda
9. Red panda
10. Amur leopard
11. Puma

I might've missed some, but I think y'all get the point. Some more mountain animals would be nice, but I think that Central & South America should be prioritized

 

[CharlieXGaming]

Burning hot take: we don't need a dedicated mountains DLC and should instead get something like a Latin America animal pack.


I'm sorry, but I feel like we have a bunch of mountain animals but barely anything iconic or relatable to Latin America. And in a Latin America animal pack, we can still get some nice mountainous animals, if you really stretch it

The last 4 packs have been hot animals

 

[DarthQuell]

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The last 4 packs have been hot animals

All the more reason for South America 2, in my opinion

 

[CharlieXGaming]

All the more reason for South America 2, in my opinion

All the more reason to take a break from the heat and head to the mountains in my opinion. I love SA as much as the next guy but it can still happen in spring, this is the only time a mountains pack makes sense.

 

[ScotiaMugdock]

Actually, we have a lot more:

1. Himalayan brown bear
2. Snow leopard
3. Llama
4. Dall sheep
5. Grizzly bear
6. Alpine ibex
7. Japanese macaque
8. Giant panda
9. Red panda
10. Amur leopard
11. Puma

I might've missed some, but I think y'all get the point. Some more mountain animals would be nice, but I think that Central & South America should be prioritized

Sorry 5 - the sheep, ibex, giant panda, snow leopard, Himalayan brown bear. The rest are found in non-mountainous areas or more in foothills so wouldn’t be considered “mountain animals”

 

[DarthQuell]

All the more reason to take a break from the heat and head to the mountains in my opinion. I love SA as much as the next guy but it can still happen in spring, this is the only time a mountains pack makes sense.

Maybe so, but we did get the Grasslands pack in winter...

I dunno, I'm torn on the mountains pack. I don't care for the theme but at the same time the individual animals are fantastic. I guess it's like how the Arid pack roster had great picks, but the theme itself wasn't very good

Sorry 5 - the sheep, ibex, giant panda, snow leopard, Himalayan brown bear. The rest are found in non-mountainous areas or more in foothills so wouldn’t be considered “mountain animals”

They count though, that's kinda the point. And honestly people picture them in mountains. Those animals are far more believable in mountains than a wolverine of all things