Medium sized Carnivores forming packs?

[impcaeaug]

Would you guys like to see Medium sized carnivores and maybe even large carnivores form packs? Some believe that some carnivores
did hunt in packs in order to hunt and work together. Some others don't believe that but it would be interesting to see carnivores
like Allosaurus and Metriacanthosaurus trying to work together. I believe that some of these medium sized carnivores at least did
hunt in packs although there might be disputes that lead into fights. Please discuss because I like reading people's thoughts on topics.

 

[DarkAnubis]

It would be incredible. As you said, it would be spectacular to see them battling to see who the leader was, it reminded me of Blue and Echo battling to see who would lead the group. Imagine the alpha all marked with scars of battles fought with the same ones of the species that defied it? Imagine that these fights ended even in the death of the opponent? It would be cool doomed battles, for example, one T-Rex distracts the Triceratops, and another T-Rex arrives and attacks him from behind.

Tyrannosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Carnotaurus and Majungasaurus could live in pairs, already Giganotosaurus Allosaurus in large groups, hunting sauropods.

Metriacanthosaurus can live in groups of up to three.

I really wanted to see a synergy of Suchomimus with Baryonyx, I can not see one of them being an alpha of a pack, I see them as independent dinosaurs, but they can coexist with each other, they could protect each other.

Spinosaurus and Indominus I see as independent beings (Even because Indominus killed his sister), and may very well take care of themselves.

I do not know how a group of Dilophosaurus would work, honestly.

But obviously the dinosaurs I most want to see working together are Velociraptor and Deinonychus, I do not see a synergy between the two species as I see of Suchomimus and Baryonyx, but they working with the same species as that in question. Imagine them running after a Duck's Beak, and he's cornered by another Velociraptor? or Are they fighting together to face a Tyrannosaurus? It would be awesome.

 

[PCMR4Life]

It probably does happen. But I would expect anything more than 2 and 3 might be pushing it.

 

[impcaeaug]

I agree, it would be awesome and immersive to see dinosaurs such as Allosaurus to socialize and form packs although they might not
be able to hunt herbivore dinosaurs since this is a dinosaur theme park management game. Unless if you mix herbivores and carnivores
together.

For the Indominus, I don't know if the Indominus is a independent/solitary dinosaur that doesn't socialize since we haven't actually
seen a wild one that roams freely unlike the I-Rex in JW. Since the one we saw was mentally ill or simply going on a rampage since she
was angry at her creators and decided to lash out in rage. Although we did see her convincing the raptors to make her their Alpha for
a short time.

For the Baryonyx and Suchomimus, I would like them to be able to coexist together and maybe even try to socialize sometimes
since those two species were able to live in the same attraction called the Cretaceous Cruise since they aren't ''truly wild'' yet and
they were fed by their handlers in some unknown way. Meaning that they didn't really have to fight for food probably.

It would be interesting to see the interactions of Deinonychus and Velociraptors if you decided to let them live in the same paddock.
The interactions I could see would be a rivalry between the two that could lead to fights or the two packs (if the species made packs in
the enclosure) simply trying to leave each other alone.

 

[JoshG]

Its going to be interesting, as mentioned above, Id like to make an enclosure with the Suchomimus and Baryonyx, but I have no idea how they will get on. I don't really want to risk paying loads of money for a dinosaur, for it to be then killed instantly by another species.

 

[AngrySaltire]

Its going to be interesting, as mentioned above, Id like to make an enclosure with the Suchomimus and Baryonyx, but I have no idea how they will get on. I don't really want to risk paying loads of money for a dinosaur, for it to be then killed instantly by another species.

I guess thats what we could use Nublar for with the unlimited money. Test out what combinations of dinos get along and if it goes pear shaped no need to worry about the waste of money.

 

[Grimnir]

It would be incredible. As you said, it would be spectacular to see them battling to see who the leader was, it reminded me of Blue and Echo battling to see who would lead the group. Imagine the alpha all marked with scars of battles fought with the same ones of the species that defied it? Imagine that these fights ended even in the death of the opponent? It would be cool doomed battles, for example, one T-Rex distracts the Triceratops, and another T-Rex arrives and attacks him from behind.

Tyrannosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Carnotaurus and Majungasaurus could live in pairs, already Giganotosaurus Allosaurus in large groups, hunting sauropods.

Metriacanthosaurus can live in groups of up to three.

I really wanted to see a synergy of Suchomimus with Baryonyx, I can not see one of them being an alpha of a pack, I see them as independent dinosaurs, but they can coexist with each other, they could protect each other.

Majungasaurus was more likely to eat its kin rather than go into pack with them. There isnt many large carnivores that fall under the whole "pack-hunter" ordeal. Tyrannosaurus has evidence of them having small families of 2-3. Giganotosaurus has no evidence of being pack hunters.

I'd rather see variation in the animals.

- Allosaurus could form packs.
- Majungasaurus has zero tolerance as fossil evidence says (munch munch).
- T-rex in families of 2.
- Carnotaurus in groups of 2-3
- Giganotosaurus prefers being alone
- Ceratosaurus being somewhat tolerant of kin.
- Metriacanthosaurus has alot of freedom since all they've found is a few bones.
- All spinosaurids could probably get along as long as they show who's the boss

There are however 2 large predators that i could really enjoy seeing having large packs and have evidence of being several individuals in groups.

- Acrocanthosaurus
- Mapusaurus (7 individuals in a fossil group)

Good arguments for adding both of them. Despite Mapusaurus being identical to Giganotosaurus (Although its way way shorter)

 

[dLimith]

Its going to be interesting, as mentioned above, Id like to make an enclosure with the Suchomimus and Baryonyx, but I have no idea how they will get on. I don't really want to risk paying loads of money for a dinosaur, for it to be then killed instantly by another species.

I think exactly this will go cost me a lot of money. I would start slow with these tests and have an ACU building close by to just tranq if needed. Might even build a "social test enviroment"

 

[impcaeaug]

Well we don't know why the Majungasaurus actually cannibalized it's own kin. Just because it's a cannibal doesn't
mean it wasn't social. Also we don't exactly know what events caused the cannabalism. Maybe it was scavenging
it's own kind, two got into a dispute over something and one died or maybe one was actually hunting the other.
Cannibalism does not mean that they couldn't tolerate each other at least.

But some differences in pack behavior and numbers in a pack for different species would be nice and interesting.

 

[Fluffy_Flippers]

I think exactly this will go cost me a lot of money. I would start slow with these tests and have an ACU building close by to just tranq if needed. Might even build a "social test enviroment"

That is why sandbox mode on Isla Nublar is going to be handy for these things.

 

[dLimith]

That is why sandbox mode on Isla Nublar is going to be handy for these things.

yet I won't be using the sandbox mode for that. that would be too easy in my opinion

 

[impcaeaug]

I would try the test without the sandbox.

 

[Fluffy_Flippers]

yet I won't be using the sandbox mode for that. that would be too easy in my opinion

While I agree that we should be able to disable unlimited cash on Isla Nublar, this is the perfect opportunity to test out which dinosaur is friendly towards other dinosaurs. Otherwise you might just be wasting a lot of cash!

 

[dLimith]

I would try the test without the sandbox.

Exactly! This gives me more of a challenge

 

[impcaeaug]

For Giganotosaurus, I don't think every member preferred to be alone. Since the species was related to Allosaurus iirc.
I would like members of the species Giganotosaurus to either prefer living alone or living in packs. The chances of
one liking a pack life or the other would probably be fifty/fifty I suppose.

 

[Captain Kiwi]

I'm curious to find out the results of all this lol.

 

[dailyvagabond]

Yes please! There's a little hope for this yet, as I notice in some screencaps that some of the bigger carnivores have just a big enough white area on their social bar that they might tolerate one or two others of their kind. I'd love to see a couple of rexes buddying up to run the paddock.

 

[Grimnir]

Well we don't know why the Majungasaurus actually cannibalized it's own kin. Just because it's a cannibal doesn't
mean it wasn't social. Also we don't exactly know what events caused the cannabalism. Maybe it was scavenging
it's own kind, two got into a dispute over something and one died or maybe one was actually hunting the other.
Cannibalism does not mean that they couldn't tolerate each other at least.

But some differences in pack behavior and numbers in a pack for different species would be nice and interesting.

The majungasaurus is just a example on how they can diversify the pack-mentality in JWE. All of them were examples.

My main point was that if they diversify the game to this extent and let us figure out each dinosaur too. Let us trial and fail instead of having everything laid out for us.

Some dinosaurs made small families, others made packs.

 

[pavlosmelas]

Would be great to have a pack of Mapusaurus trying to take down a Diplodocus, but I guess that is a bit far-fetched for a game [big grin]

 

[Grimnir]

Would be great to have a pack of Mapusaurus trying to take down a Diplodocus, but I guess that is a bit far-fetched for a game [big grin]

that depends on Frontier. They will continuously update the game and expand upon it. Adding Mapusaurus is not far fetched. But i think in the first case we'll see Acrocanthosaurus as a large pack-hunting carnivore.

I can tell you however that Mapusaurus, despite being in the same tribe as Giganotosaurus, looks very different. Physically its smaller than the Giga. The individual found was estimated to be 10.2m long. Bones were found that indicated a individual that could be around 12m. Check the wikipedia page because it goes extremely well in detail on Mapusaurus's differences to the Giganotosaurus.

I thought it wouldnt be the best addition to the game, but im confident that all the details mentioned, it would be different enough to warrant addition to JWE.