False, just tested it. One lion costs 2.5k per feed, the price changes instantly, not updated yearly. So my 9 lions costing 22k is fine (which financially for my zoo it is fine), 20 of them should cost 50k and I never had more than 20 and at my highest, my costs per feed were almost 90k which would feed 36 lions.
Are you talking about the cost on the drop down or what you are actually paying per year because i think the tabs are still broken. The only thing that counts is the actual increase in your yearly feed cost
Can't test that yet, right now it's bug free and I'm letting it run to stack up more cash before it hits again.
Ahhh ok, I think the numbers on the dropdowns within the animal info are complete rubbish, I dont pay attention to them at all, just work on the yearly figures. i havent seen anything that weird year on year.
Hate to tell you this.. but you might want to check facts on lions..
The Organization of a Pride
The size of a lion pride can vary widely, and the structure differs between African and Asian subspecies. On average, a lion pride consists of about three males and a dozen females, along with their young (although prides with as many as 40 animals have been observed). In the rarer Asian subspecies, however, lions divide themselves in gender-specific prides in which males and females remain in separate groups except for mating time.
In the typical African pride, the females form the core of the group and generally remain in the same pride from birth until death—although females are occasionally expelled from the pride. As a result of remaining in the same pride throughout their lifetimes, female lions are generally related to one another. Due to this permanence, lion prides are considered to be matriarchal in their social structure.
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What Is a Lion Pride?
Gain an intimate view of the social lives of lions, the only species of cat that organizes in groups called prides.www.thoughtco.com
That's fine but as I said in the original post I made, I like the challenge of having to think about balancing the finances, what that means for maintaining group sizes and therefore not being able to stack my park with loads of massive groups of big ticket animals breeding like crazy. I'm not really hung up on the realism but I do think they need to find some way of making it challenging.
Yes, that's my experience too. The displayed "costs per feed" on the animal tab in the habitat info screen are - almost - useless. I posted some screenshots in another thread some days ago. Based on that, 6 juvenile Indian elephants are 10x (or 2x) more expensive than 3 adults / 3 juveniles?! Ohm, okay...
In my understanding, even the annual running costs which are displayed on the Animal / Habitat screen in the main menu are quite inconsistent. Just an example, which can also be noticed on my previous posted link:
It should not be that expensive to feed a tiger, a lion, or a bear.. (oh my) I do however believe that the cost is different around the world.. It also depends on where the zoo sources it's animal food from.. You also have to take in to consideration that some zoos get food donated as well.. There are a lot of aspect to take into consideration.
This is a game though, what is charged in the real world is irrelevant to a certain extent. The food in Planet Zoo scales with the value of the animals, and the gameplay / other finances are geared around that.
Not really just what i say, you cant argue for 'real' food pricing if it doesnt fit into the financial model within the game. Loads of the costs are not realistic, but they are designed to work together, you cant change one without overhauling the others. Dont get me wrong, the animal food pricing on the animal dialogue needs fixing but the actually food prices are designed to scale with the 'difficulty / level' of the species.
It's bad when paired with unexplained "escapes" and it is a bit unrealistic. When did anyone ever get a refund from a zoo? Then again animals never escape.
