Time for me to jump in the line
Sorry for a long post but here’s my opinion/roadmap/future thoughts for PZ 24 and beyond
I could see Americas getting attention sooner then later due to their lack of attention in 23
I was hoping biome dlcs would have continued as I like the worldwide rosters we were getting. That certainly came to a halt this year with Arid really being an African dlc.
With regional dlcs this year, I wonder if that is going to be their new theme in the future or if they will have a different formula for 2024. If that’s the case then I think Central America, India, and Australasia could get an animal dlc.
now for animals that can appear
Primates: If frontier keeps their pattern of 1 primate per year then we should expect one sooner then later. Just hope the one they pick is one that is high demand as the community is losing their minds over which monkey should be prioritized.
Canids: we got 0 in 2023 which upset me. I know many of you don’t want anymore canids but I want more. Golden jackals, coyotes and bush dogs and maybe red wolves would be a nice wrap up for canids (in that order).
Ursine: glad frontier didn’t forget about bears, really want the Andean Bear over sloth bear but Il be patient.
Birds: I’m losing hope on getting aviarys. I’d like to get ground birds such as rheas and Capercailles. The mute swan is a nice surprise, I think this will be the foundation for future waterfowl so I can realistically see Muscovy ducks and others finding their way into the game.
Felines: I’m liking the fact that we are getting new tiger colormorphs. When it comes to big cats, I got all the big cats I want, regardless I will welcome more. I have had more interest in small cats such as the Pallas cat and the fishing cat. We have had a past of getting 2 or 3 per year and this year only got the sand cat.
Exhibits: I really want mini dlcs that give us 4 exhibit animals. I’ve talked about this many times and people continue to misread what I say so I have to reexplain it: a mini dlc that is placed in between the time slots of our recurring seasonal dlcs, they do not take away a big dlc slot so example march, June, September and December remain our dlcs and say April, July, October and January we get these mini dlcs.
WE felt disappointing this year, while the flying foxes are nice, I never had any desire for sloths and hope that’s the only sloth we ever get. I have been hoping we get songbirds, huming birds if frontier will let us have any small birds. A lot of people have said bald eagles and other birds of prey for WEs, as someone who has worked with raptors I can tell you that is an unbelievably dangerous idea. My hope is that WEs will give us ponds such as turtle ponds and koi ponds with sets of 5. Guests can walk on a bridge over these ponds and potentially feed the koi.
Features: After the reveal of souvenir shops, I found hope that we will see some fun attractions in the future. I’d like a gazebo or a small stage for bands to play at our zoos. Splash pads, playgrounds and carousels would be a nice addition. I ultimately don’t know how I feel about petting zoos, like the idea but I don’t want the petting zoo animals to take the place of the many animals we are still hoping for. Maybe if you can customize an area to have chickens, cows, goats etc that you can buy but not in the same way as adopting animals on the market.
Finally when it comes to the other animals on the meta wishlist, after SA I think remaining highly requested animals would have to be in random dlcs rather then region dedicated.
Here’s to a fun 2024
