Those were my thoughts too, if we were to remake the wishlists I wouldn’t be surprised if the top animals were to get completely swapped around. The current top meta list feels like a collection of animals selected from a different time for Planet Zoo. I’m betting if we remade the wishlist it would be a lot more small mammals, monkeys, and non-mammals.
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I don't know...
I think from an objective standpoint the game needs more non mammals (I'm hoping for b i r d s !) and monkeys...
However, there are still so many mammals that would enrich gameplay and/or choice in building zoos!
For example, everyone in the community is fine with the idea of more new world monkeys! So why not another giraffe? I get that taxonomically, giraffes represent a single species as opposed to an almost order of mammals but I'm personally more interested in giraffes than monkeys. IDK why, I think monkeys are like uncanny valley animals in a way... I think at the end ofthe day support, the roster should be representative of diversity irl zoos. That includes more non mammals yes, but also more choices of animals we already have in-game. Even if its just color morphs... I mean I guess color morphs to represent different closely related (sub)species would be fine.
I'd even like way more pattern variations. Give animals already in game more variety please!
I think from an objective standpoint the game needs more non mammals (I'm hoping for b i r d s !) and monkeys...
However, there are still so many mammals that would enrich gameplay and/or choice in building zoos!
For example, everyone in the community is fine with the idea of more new world monkeys! So why not another giraffe? I get that taxonomically, giraffes represent a single species as opposed to an almost order of mammals but I'm personally more interested in giraffes than monkeys. IDK why, I think monkeys are like uncanny valley animals in a way... I think at the end of
I'd even like way more pattern variations. Give animals already in game more variety please!
How I see it:
Likely:
-Mountains/Highlands
-Woodland +Taiga, or Temperature
-Petting Zoo
-Arboreal
-South America revisit (maybe the Andes if we don't get the mountains theme DLC)
Possible
-tundra or polar/subpolar
-India
-Himalayas
-Islands
Unlikely:
-Coastal
-Rainforest
-Desert
Very unlikely
A whole pack dedicated to birds or fully marine animals
Yes, I would LOVE that, hahaha! But I love caprines, so, no wonder!
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Who honestly likes building for antelopes more than goats or caprines?
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Goats are ungulates…
Wait, there's a new meta-wishlist? Who owns that thread so I can look it up? Haha.
Honestly, probably people who want to build more efficiently.
Building for non-caprine ungulates is generally simple in contrast to other species (though the indoor holdings are more complicated).I will say its a lot less stressful because you can generally worry less about hit boxes, climbing isn't an issue, etc.
Your eyes must be fooling you I put antelopes from the beginning
Building natural climbing stuff (rocks) >>> Climbing frames
I assume Suzieskys 2023 Essential habitat animals META-WISHLIST is what is meant here. Which isnt any less official than random goats original one
If I just want to slap down another animal - antelopes especially if in an African area.
If I actually want to use more than 2 braincells to build then definitely caprines. Nothing beats the excitement building a rocky caprine habitat that they use and climb all over the rocks.
As long as i get my flipping baboon this time i really dont care about the rest
But realisticly id say 2 maayybe 3
This is the time for frontier to unleash their craze for ungulates. Give me 4 ungulates, the bear, gelada and Pallas cat and I’ll be fine.
Generally speaking, I'd prefer they cap it out at 2 per pack. But I would be fine with 3 in this case so long as the third was fairly distinct and brought something new to the table. I don't fully trust Frontier to do that after the Arid debacle, though so...
This is the one pack where a swath of ungulates wouldn't completely bum me out... Except that I'd really much prefer we get some of the other critters too. So I'd prefer they cap it at 2-3 so the majority of the pack can be other animals. But if it was the takin, markhor, and another goat? I definitely wouldn't complain. Hah.
But if they do that then I'd want them to be very selective about the other slots. If we got 3 ungulates plus the wolverine, Pallas cat, the (highly unlikely) tree kangaroo, and one of the others (rock hyrax, spectacled bear, baboon)? I would have zero complaints.
It's all weighted for me. Arid pack was a win for me almost explicitly because I got the porcupine and the sand cat. The rest was all gravy. It's still not one of my favorites but... I got the animals I'd want out of a pack like that so I'm fine with whatever. There's just more I'd want out of a highlands pack.
Ah, okay! I was just thrown off by them saying it was the "third" one, hah. I wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something.
...And this isn't directly in response to what you're saying here, so forgive me, but I actually think (for the most part) the meta wishlist would look pretty similar if folks were to do it all over again. Animals might shift a spot or two but I do think the top 10 would look very similar given how unique most of the animals are.
And we’ll probably get our answer soon cus I’m pretty sure Susie said she’d redo the list every year
Whilst loads could work, I’d just like 1 from Asia and then 1 from Europe or North America for balance
None. Give me caprines.