So the idear for this thread is simple. If we will get any free basegame animals, i would say it would be when the aviary mechanics would be introduced (if they hopefully will be) with maybe 1 or 2 free animals released with it. It would make sense to have for every mechanic basegame animals and none of our current birdy population would really fit that feel.
Also it would stretch out the raster of flying birds beyond the likely 4 animals that would come with a normal size dlc, similar to the diving mechanic.
My first idear was picking something cool and standard, like the baldeagle, but more then likely they would be in the pack as a dlc seller (because im really not doubting the inclusion of the baldeagle if we ever should get aviarys).
I would guess, that the most logical picks for free animals would be a parrot and an owl, as they are both popular, but also not milkable enough to be a must include in the dlc.
My personal picks would be the eagle owl and either the african grey parrot or even a species of macaw, depending on how generous frontier would be giving us the most standard pretty bird for free.
For an overall line up of now theorized 6 birds i would expect something along the lines of:
-1 eagle
-1 owl
-2 parrots
-1 waterbird
-1 miceleanoeus pick
I could totally see the later 2 being skipped for more eagles, parrots or owls, but they would offer a nice variety.
I would suspect that macaws (hopefully red and blue, with them being practical reskins to bump up the species count over 6) and bald eagle are practically a given and that the owl spot would proppably either go to the eagle owl or the snowy owl, maybe both.
For more parrots i would suspect the most logical decisions would be greyparrots, cockatoos or the rainbow lorikeet.
The waterbird would be most likely a scarlet ibis or a pelican, both as far as i know strongly requested with the scarlet ibis making more sense for an aviary system and in my opinion for that reason the better inclusion (i mean we do want most if not all the birds to actually fly, we dont know if we would get anymore).
And the last one could be everything, from more groundwelling species like the secretary bird or some kind of crane, to maybe something smaller like a zebra finch or a toucan or hornbill.
My personal final bird raster upon thouse assumption would look something like baldeagle, red and blue macaw, eurasian eagle owl, scarlet ibis, grey parrot and either the cockatoo or the lorikeet.
This would include a bird from each continent, but still have enough variety to please every kind of player in atleast some way. The only bigger point of criticsm i could see would be that its 3/4 parrot species , but as some of the most colourfull and most frequently keeped birds in captivity it would be in my opinion justified, especally as each of the threespecies would be very diffrent from each other and the rest of the pack.
But what are your idears? I would love to hear what you would like to see and what you think about my little speculation of whats proppably most likely to join us in planet zoo ^^
Also it would stretch out the raster of flying birds beyond the likely 4 animals that would come with a normal size dlc, similar to the diving mechanic.
My first idear was picking something cool and standard, like the baldeagle, but more then likely they would be in the pack as a dlc seller (because im really not doubting the inclusion of the baldeagle if we ever should get aviarys).
I would guess, that the most logical picks for free animals would be a parrot and an owl, as they are both popular, but also not milkable enough to be a must include in the dlc.
My personal picks would be the eagle owl and either the african grey parrot or even a species of macaw, depending on how generous frontier would be giving us the most standard pretty bird for free.
For an overall line up of now theorized 6 birds i would expect something along the lines of:
-1 eagle
-1 owl
-2 parrots
-1 waterbird
-1 miceleanoeus pick
I could totally see the later 2 being skipped for more eagles, parrots or owls, but they would offer a nice variety.
I would suspect that macaws (hopefully red and blue, with them being practical reskins to bump up the species count over 6) and bald eagle are practically a given and that the owl spot would proppably either go to the eagle owl or the snowy owl, maybe both.
For more parrots i would suspect the most logical decisions would be greyparrots, cockatoos or the rainbow lorikeet.
The waterbird would be most likely a scarlet ibis or a pelican, both as far as i know strongly requested with the scarlet ibis making more sense for an aviary system and in my opinion for that reason the better inclusion (i mean we do want most if not all the birds to actually fly, we dont know if we would get anymore).
And the last one could be everything, from more groundwelling species like the secretary bird or some kind of crane, to maybe something smaller like a zebra finch or a toucan or hornbill.
My personal final bird raster upon thouse assumption would look something like baldeagle, red and blue macaw, eurasian eagle owl, scarlet ibis, grey parrot and either the cockatoo or the lorikeet.
This would include a bird from each continent, but still have enough variety to please every kind of player in atleast some way. The only bigger point of criticsm i could see would be that its 3/4 parrot species , but as some of the most colourfull and most frequently keeped birds in captivity it would be in my opinion justified, especally as each of the threespecies would be very diffrent from each other and the rest of the pack.
But what are your idears? I would love to hear what you would like to see and what you think about my little speculation of whats proppably most likely to join us in planet zoo ^^
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