Yeah that's exactly what I meant indeed, I just called them aviaries because I had no other way to name it lol
I belive there would be enough species to choose from. They wouldn't be exclusively European, but I don't that would really matter, as there would still be enough species from Asia and North America.
TBH I think that list proves my point - it would be much better / more accurately labelled as a Eurasian (or even. ‘Boreal’, ‘Laurasian’ or ‘Northern Continents’) pack than as a Europe pack. Without checking, I think the only animal on the main list (until the last dot point, where the endemic ones are pretty meh) that is endemic to Europe is the ibex (other than the Iberian lynx, and i’d much rather the whole species than a subspecies).
I don't disagree with you, but as a point of order the Iberian lynx is a separate species, not a subspecies. It is Lynx pardinus, whereas the Eurasian lynx is Lynx lynx.
I heard about that regarding the marine reptiles, but not the flying ones. Additionally their own AI doesn't necessarily mean "free flying" - the aviaries in JWE2 look potentially modular, but not customisable like the habitats. At the moment it kind of looks like a weird hybrid between what we would consider "habitat" and "exhibit" (for the record, I'd be fine with that for PZ, but I'm not yet expecting more).Yeah that's exactly what I meant indeed, I just called them aviaries because I had no other way to name it lol
Frontier devs did a live-stream about JWE2 where they confirmed that both the aquatic and the flying reptiles in JWE2 would be like regular animals with their own AI, unlike the looped animation system in JWE.
is it? Cool! I thought it was a subspecies.
Does someone have to this every time? There's a small group on this forum which does this every single time.
If Europe got an animal pack, I think a good candidate could be the mute swan too. I've seen some people asking for swans and ducks for ponds and lakes.
Count me in for the mute swan. Beautiful and terrifying animals! They'd make a great addition to a zoo lake or pond, or even as oddball inclusions to a penguin or flamingo habitat or something!
I was responding to a comment that was a direct response to my earlier suggestion. Yes, I ask what animals someone would choose for a animal only Europe DLC because I genuinely can’t think of 8 worthwhile additions that are more European than Eurasian. I will feel free to express my preference for exactly as long as you express yours.
A pack with those species would be a Eurasian pack… whatever it’s label. If you want that pack labelled “Europe” then ok, whatever… but it’ll just leave a large component of people saying that they haven’t been represented yet because there hasn’t been a ‘north & Central Asia’ pack, even though they will have had lots of animals from that region.
I got the same about the Australian one. I would struggle to get 8 appealing/worthwhile animals.
That’s a pretty good mix… I’d swap in the lynx for the red fox for a pretty good 4+1 pack, but I still thinks it’s a bit underwhelming. I’m not suggesting an 8+1 Eurasian or boreal pack because I dislike Europe, I just genuinely think it’d be a better pack, which would include more interesting species and (assuming limited numbers of DLCs overall, would free up space to explore some more interesting alternative packs (threatened species, islands, etc…)
