Part hot take, part curiosity for discussion....mammals are very well represented in the game in comparison fish (not even possible at the moment), birds (either with or without flying capabilities), Reptiles, Amphibians and the various invertebrates. I'm feeling like Frontier should start including less mammals in upcoming packs, even though they're almost always the "star" of the packs...it just seems too heavily skewed to them right now. And I realize, zoos and zoo games have largely depended on mammals for their core inclusions, but we largely have enough animals to make that happen in our own zoos now.
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be any more mammals introduced. Far from it. But looking over the post-base game support (including bonus and anniversary animals) we've gotten a total of 57 mammals and 22 combined of Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Invertebrates - including all 5 butterflies separately. Even without discussing fish at this point since it's possible that it's impossible the would work with current game mechanics (I hope that makes sense!)...it just seems unrealistically balanced.
Curious though at this point, looking at your own list, how many mammals make up the point where you're satisfied if no more mammals were included? I'm hovering at about 15-20 total myself...and if it really came down to it I could probably take it all the way down to 7 core mammals that I "really" want in the game.
I realize too that we're likely to end up with much less exhibit type animals in future content compared to habitat animals, that's the way it's been and it's likely that's the way it will continue to be, in general terms. Also realizing that invertebrates and amphibians would have very few habitat options (none for invertebrates honestly.) So we're mostly talking about more reptiles and more birds. Birds would be great if they have flying animations, either as walkthrough/non walkthrough or habitat animals, but I'm to the point that I feel like they don't have to, many of us just want to see them represented.
Just interested in people's thoughts in this mammal-skewed game. which...my own wants and favorite animals also represent this. I'm just feeling like we're at the point that should change a little. Even just adding an extra non-mammal to each pack...would be great.
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be any more mammals introduced. Far from it. But looking over the post-base game support (including bonus and anniversary animals) we've gotten a total of 57 mammals and 22 combined of Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Invertebrates - including all 5 butterflies separately. Even without discussing fish at this point since it's possible that it's impossible the would work with current game mechanics (I hope that makes sense!)...it just seems unrealistically balanced.
Curious though at this point, looking at your own list, how many mammals make up the point where you're satisfied if no more mammals were included? I'm hovering at about 15-20 total myself...and if it really came down to it I could probably take it all the way down to 7 core mammals that I "really" want in the game.
I realize too that we're likely to end up with much less exhibit type animals in future content compared to habitat animals, that's the way it's been and it's likely that's the way it will continue to be, in general terms. Also realizing that invertebrates and amphibians would have very few habitat options (none for invertebrates honestly.) So we're mostly talking about more reptiles and more birds. Birds would be great if they have flying animations, either as walkthrough/non walkthrough or habitat animals, but I'm to the point that I feel like they don't have to, many of us just want to see them represented.
Just interested in people's thoughts in this mammal-skewed game. which...my own wants and favorite animals also represent this. I'm just feeling like we're at the point that should change a little. Even just adding an extra non-mammal to each pack...would be great.
