Summer DLC Discussion? Summer DLC Discussion!

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
I mean, why not? We did it for Spring, and we did it for Christmas. Obviously it's not my summer but I figured I'd confuse everyone if I said "Winter DLC Discussion".

So, what do people think? What's coming next?

I'm certain it will be a scenery pack, and history tells us it's likely to be something desert/heat-related. A Middle East Pack seems like a viable option (Dromedary, Hamadryas baboon, Caracal, possibly the Indian crested porcupine rather than the superior African one), even though the Africa Pack already gave us a decent Arabesque building set. I know a lot of people are convinced we're moving onto "biome packs" now but I don't see why; the Aquatic Pack didn't lead to similar packs and there are still plenty of regions that could be potentially covered.

If we get a Middle East Pack, I think the building set is likely to be based on Persian architecture rather than Arabian, and it will act as a semi-expansion on the existing Indian theme, kind of like how the North Africa theme build upon the existing plaster set.

If I'm wrong and it is biomes, what sort of building set could we get for a "Desert Pack"?
 

FoxyDee

FoxyDee
I am personaly not sure if the next pack will be a scenery or animal pack. I am thinking that perhaps if this would be a last year of the DLCs (I hope not), they might take the path of only biome animal packs. Though of course, this is just my theory and it could make alot of builders unhappy, so It is probably not true, but I am considering it an option.

For the theme, I was also thinking of some kind of desert/drylands kind of thing.
For the carnivore of the pack, I would personaly pick a Striped Hyena, as we only have one Hyena species currently, another option that seems nice to me would be a sand cat, as it would be really small, unlike other small cats in game which are still pretty big. Hamadryas Baboon would be awesome though, we need more primates. I would also choose either Scimitar-horned oryx or Addax as an ungulate species of the pack. The last spot could be something surprising like an armadillo maybe?
 

becks474

B
I think we are still in the phase that we get scenery Packs (I must say I am optimistic that we could get Packs in year 2023, too). I think that it is possible that we get biome based animal Packs and Region based scenery packs.
In case of regions India could be a good bet in my Option. Others are the middle east or perhaps oceania. If the pack ist biome based desert could be a good summer topic.
 

KönigDerKaffeebohnen

K
Islands would also be a good bet, with animals like the fossa, hawaian geese, something from oceania like a tree kangaroo and something from indonesia like the anoa or the Celebes crested macaque. All these options would be nice, giving us the much requested fossa, a goose, something from oceania and either an ungulate or monkey. Sounds pretty perfect to me
 

Swjosdotschka

Swjosdotschka
Thank you for having mercy with us on the other heimisphere :D That really made me giggle a bit.

Hmm... For a while I agreed that it's probably something heat related. But now... I don't know. There were still asian bulding pieces in the game files, weren't there? And asia can still get very heated.
So what if we are not done with regions yet? Or what if biomes don't have to match what northern hemisphere people think should match? I mean, I definately do not see a Tundra pack comming in summer, don't get me wrong. But unless the remaining data mines aren't scraps, I see Asia as a whole as a possibility.

And by the way: I'm not believing it is the last year before we have no clue for it. Maybe someone knows when we can put our noses into the next report? That might help a little.
 

Andrew Norman

Andrew Norman
I'm thinking that the summer DLC will be either a rainforest pack or a desert pack. I could also see it being a grasslands pack, but I think deserts or rainforests would be the two most likely candidates for a summer DLC. :)
 

ElectricMonk

ElectricMonk
UKZooFan said:
I'm thinking that the summer DLC will be either a rainforest pack or a desert pack. I could also see it being a grasslands pack, but I think deserts or rainforests would be the two most likely candidates for a summer DLC. :)
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Assuming biome(ish) DLCs continue through this year, I’d put tropical (Rainforest) and temperate (forest) into a ‘forests’ (or similar) DLC. Grasslands in-game represents hot (tropical and subtropical) grasslands (and scrub) so the grasslands biome is at least as relevant to summer as the tropical biome.
 

jcp011c

jcp011c
Middle East/West Asia or Oceania as regional packs, or desert/grasslands for biome. I suspect it will not be tropical or rainforests at that seems too similar to Wetlands.

I forgot to note, if it's a biome grassland pack what I'd like to see is:

Emu
Prz. Horse
Maned Wolf
Crested Porcupine

Not sure on scenery, but something Middle Eastern perhaps.
 
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jcp011c

jcp011c
Hugo98 said:
If it's a desert pack something like a Wild West theme could also work and would be something totally different. Actually it would be pretty cool to have a prairie dog or cougar habitat within such a themed area.
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I thought about that theme as well, but I'm not sure how well that would mesh to likely animal picks from other parts of the world. Not that this stopped them with the Africa pack but at least that was on the same continent.
 

TheYeti

TheYeti
The fact that we got some unpopular animals in the last DLC makes me think we will get at least one more year of DLCs after 2022. I'm personally hoping they will continue the trend of interchanging one animal and one scenery pack. Since we got one biome DLC now, there's a good chance new animal DLCs will be biome packs too, but I don't see them making biome packs with scenery as I can't think of anything to include there (I've been wrong about these things before though).

With the Summer season in the northern hemisphere coming, I think a Middle East pack would be the most likely. It could include Persian or Arabian pieces as well as modern building pieces since the Middle East has many very modern cities like Dubai. Animals could include the caracal, striped hyena, dromedary camel, addax, Arabian oryx, Indian porcupine, honey badger and Persian or Arabian leopard.

Another option which I would personally love is a Caribbean pack or a Central American pack with a Caribbean theme including some colourful murals, a weathered wood building set and some new tropical plants. I also made suggestions before that a pack like that should include sand or gravel patches for coastal habitats as well as smooth edges for artificial islands. Animals could include the West Indian manatee (wishful thinking), American flamingo, brown pelican (more wishful thinking), green sea turtle (even more wishful thinking), Cuban crocodile and for Central America also the Geoffroy's spider monkey, collared peccary, white-tailed deer and northern tamandua.
 

SpookDoc

SpookDoc
Hugo98 said:
If it's a desert pack something like a Wild West theme could also work and would be something totally different. Actually it would be pretty cool to have a prairie dog or cougar habitat within such a themed area.
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Honestly, I’d quite like this. At first glance, the concept of “Wild West” seems overly-themed, but if Frontier handled it right we could get a lot of multi-functional building elements out of it. Plus this could fill in the obvious gap in NA architecture currently not in PZ (yes we have the “modern” style set but that isn’t truly tied to any of the continent’s regions and arguably is a style used throughout the world).

Also like the Africa pack of last summer, the DLC wouldn’t have to only focus on fauna that is native to the scenery’s region. The Africa Pack’s North African architecture only had regional-overlap with the Fennec Fox. And that pack still turned out wonderful. Frontier could keep the DLC incredibly general with a name like the “Desert Pack” and bring in species from the planet’s various desert regions, while still introducing themed scenery from a specific region of the world.

The North American Southwest, or “Wild West” as Hugo called it, is home to some really interesting architecture. Frontier could introduce an Adobe-inspired building set that could also easily be used for other building styles. Visually there is overlap in Adobe architecture with South and Central American architecture, as well as the Mediterranean Coast and post-colonial Australian architecture. Frontier could also finally introduce a Log Cabin building set (something I’ve seen often requested) as these types of wooden structures can still be found in the American Southwest.

As for NA-native desert species that could accompany a Southwestern building theme, there is a number of interesting choices that are unique from anything currently in PZ. Some iconic options that would make use of the new digging/burrowing mechanic include the Black-footed Ferret, Striped or Spotted Skunk, Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Burrowing Owl, and Desert Tortoise. Frontier seems to have made it clear they want to keep introducing new species that make use of the new burrows so I think we need to keep that in mind when speculating the rosters for future DLC. Every DLC since the digging mechanic’s introduction (almost a year ago now) has featured a burrowing species.

Other popular NA desert species that’d make interesting inclusions include the Common Raccoon, Collared Peccary, and Greater Roadrunner.

As previously stated, an American Southwest scenery set could easily be introduced in a DLC that has a species roster focusing more so on the generalized idea of Earth’s deserts. With that in mind, Frontier could still bring in iconic desert species found on other continents. So inclusions like the Emu, African Crested Porcupine, or Hamadryas Baboon could be imagined. It’d also be great if Frontier took a more global approach to their flora selections (as scenery packs have historically always been the ones to receive more plants).
 
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The_Riot22

The_Riot22
I think a scenery pack is likely, since Frontier has been alternating. They seem to like doing a summer-themed DLC, so here are few regional ones:
  • Mediterranean/North African/Middle East - Bedouin Theme(tents!!!)
  • Central American - Mexico Theme

I agree the Desert theme would be the most likely for a biome pick. As for theme, I would love to see an American Wild West theme. It would be an absolute game changer for North American-themed sections.
 

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
Hugo98 said:
If it's a desert pack something like a Wild West theme could also work and would be something totally different. Actually it would be pretty cool to have a prairie dog or cougar habitat within such a themed area.
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I'd actually like a Wild West theme, because it would likely come with clapboard/weatherboard walls which is one building style we don't have that is absolutely common.
 
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