I know that animals and conservation points can be shared amongst the various zoos in Franchise mode, and I can understand why money cannot be shared amongst the sister zoos. However research I don't quite understand why it cannot be shared. I can perhaps understand scenery research, however animal research is something that is commonly shared amongst zoos in real life. They often work together to tackle unique situations, with various animals, in order to help that species survive. In fact in real life things like, species survival plans, and stud books are real. Zoos come together, come up with a plan on how that species is going to be managed, and actively select which animal will mate with which, and solve issues in feeding, behavior, breeding and overall management of animals within captivity, as well as in the wild.
This being so, I would like to see research flow from one zoo to another within a franchise at least within the animal research side of things, and I think it makes sense. Maybe it would make this easier to achieve, thus speeding up the gameplay, but it could also allow another layer of depth to research that might make it more realistic. Maybe even open it up to things like, creating a species survival plan, so that more conservation points are earned for releases to the wild that are planned, or maybe looking into the state of animals in the wild, and releasing more of a required trait. Or requiring you to have multiple zoos, do various bits of research separately, before a species survival plan can be put in place, and specific high dollar animals have to have these plans, before being able to be release into the wild. Maybe I'm thinking too much about this, however I still believe research should be shared (at least at some level, maybe just the bottom rung?) and think this would be more accurate to how zoos work in real life. However, in the long run there is another level of depth to management, that could be developed to evolve and help game players understand the work that goes into managing these animals, and releasing them into the wild (especially being that releasing an animal into the wild, isn't as easy as the game makes it seem).
Thanks for listening and I love what I've seen so far!
This being so, I would like to see research flow from one zoo to another within a franchise at least within the animal research side of things, and I think it makes sense. Maybe it would make this easier to achieve, thus speeding up the gameplay, but it could also allow another layer of depth to research that might make it more realistic. Maybe even open it up to things like, creating a species survival plan, so that more conservation points are earned for releases to the wild that are planned, or maybe looking into the state of animals in the wild, and releasing more of a required trait. Or requiring you to have multiple zoos, do various bits of research separately, before a species survival plan can be put in place, and specific high dollar animals have to have these plans, before being able to be release into the wild. Maybe I'm thinking too much about this, however I still believe research should be shared (at least at some level, maybe just the bottom rung?) and think this would be more accurate to how zoos work in real life. However, in the long run there is another level of depth to management, that could be developed to evolve and help game players understand the work that goes into managing these animals, and releasing them into the wild (especially being that releasing an animal into the wild, isn't as easy as the game makes it seem).
Thanks for listening and I love what I've seen so far!