The never ending battle between wanting subspecies and wanting general species. Doesn't matter what is featured ingame, people want that animal not this animal. I really really hope that we don't get the asiatic black bear since the main argument for it is a general name change, we could get a tree kangaroo, lion tailed macaque or a blackbuck - nah lets get a black bear we already have because the name is more appealing.
Spring 2024 DLC Speculation
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HBB and FBB. Ideally they'd be EBB and ABB
Just another Eurasian bear in general and It’ll be a let down, I need an Americas bear desperately.
Do ABBs even have that golden collar thing?
The HBB doesn't even look like the EBB. I said before in a different thread EBBs are more black.
We literally do not have a single European bear. At least the Americas has one.
I agree Spectacled Bear is most unique, and is the priority for bear species. But Europe is desperately missing it’s most significant land predator. It’s like Africa not having a Lion, Asia not having a Tiger… it’s absurd that we don’t have the European Brown Bear when it would be so easy to implement.
Like, I’m not delusional. I know we will not get the EBB in a DLC. Although it would be a dream for me, I think it’d probably tip the community over the edge.
I just really hope next anniversary or maybe the final pack they add all of the missing subspecies clones. European Brown Bear, Sumatran Tiger, Asiatic or Southeast African Lion, Masai Giraffe etc. Whilst not necessarily being the most popular picks ever, they would really go a long way towards taking this game from great to perfect.
I meant Asian Black Bear, not American Black Bear. And yes, some do, but it depends on the bear. They vary drastically with color variations, one of which being the collar.Do ABBs even have that golden collar thing?
The HBB doesn't even look like the EBB. I said before in a different thread EBBs are more black.
The base game brown bears all look like garbage. But a Eurasian Brown Bear would be way more useful than a Himalayan, but because they chose to put a super niche subspecies instead of the actual thing we probably and I hope we never get a new animal for the EBB. It would be a waste of pack space, but that's just my opinion.
I don’t really see it as that serious, I think there are more iconic staple European animals like the boar, wisent and Badger. But then again I’m not from Europe so..
We missed what's probably our last chance at getting it in the Eurasia pack, so unless we somehow get it for the 5th anniversary, It's basically impossible we'll get it now unless they do the previously mentioned clone dlc.
It's really where from Europe the person wants to build a zoo, for me if I wanted a northern uk zoo, a EBB is pretty much useless. But many central europe or east Europe where the majority of EBB fans are from, need that bear to build a European zoo. Considering how little chance both the wisent and EBB had, getting another clone like animal for Europe is low.
I promise you, the badger is not the ‘staple of Europe’ that people outside of Europe are making it out to be. The badger I have not seen in a single zoo. The badger is as much a staple of Europe as much as the possum is a staple of North America. Sure they live there, but they are far from the first animal that comes to mind.
The three staples of Europe are the Brown Bear, Wisent and Grey Wolf. Followed closely by the Lynx. The European Brown Bear is quite literally an icon of the continent, being so widespread and the largest land carnivore. To say the boar and badger even compare to it as an ‘iconic species’ is wild
The bear is to Europe what the lion is to Africa; a staple. It is absolutely necessary to Europe’s representation. And I’m gutted that it was missed out on multiple occasions.
I don't think most Americans even know there are brown bears in Europe. The Boar and Badger are far more iconic, at least to people outside of Europe. Same goes for the bison. The vast majority of Americans think that we're the only ones with them, but we aren't.The European Brown Bear is quite literally an icon of the continent, being so widespread and the largest land carnivore. To say the boar and badger even compare to it as an ‘iconic species’ is wild
When i think Europe i think at the very basic level in a deer (red or fallow), wild boar, swan and yes wolves, but not really bears. For me (not european) is like what you describe about the badger: yes bears live there but are not what comes to mind when i think about the continent's animal icons. I associate Brown bears more with NA since the first one that i think of is the grizzly.
I didn't even know there was brown bears in Europe until a few years back
I always thought brown bears were just a north american animal. If I had to say iconic animals of Europe, those would be red deer, wild boar, mute swan and wisent.Yeah same
Any animal that would just be a name change of an existing animal is a worthless addition.
Just dont look at the name, its not that hard.
And before anyone comes whining about the wisent and bison, pls look at them next to each other, especally in game.
They look distinguishable at a glance and that is what matters, not their names.
Like really why would anyone want the closest to a literal clone/model remaster we can get instead of an actual new animal?
Id take the white tailed deer 10 times over the european brown bear as a european, because i can actually look at the damn thing and say "oh thats a white tailed deer" without needing to look at the name or refer to model quality.
Fallow, red and white tailed deer next to each other are all easily identifiable, for the HBB, Grizzly and an EBB its literally just model quality that keeps them apart
Just dont look at the name, its not that hard.
And before anyone comes whining about the wisent and bison, pls look at them next to each other, especally in game.
They look distinguishable at a glance and that is what matters, not their names.
Like really why would anyone want the closest to a literal clone/model remaster we can get instead of an actual new animal?
Id take the white tailed deer 10 times over the european brown bear as a european, because i can actually look at the damn thing and say "oh thats a white tailed deer" without needing to look at the name or refer to model quality.
Fallow, red and white tailed deer next to each other are all easily identifiable, for the HBB, Grizzly and an EBB its literally just model quality that keeps them apart
YES, why are we still on the bears
. Let's circle back to birds!