Winter 2023 DLC Speculation

I can’t figure out why I want this animal. We already have a wallaby, we just got a marsupial, but somehow this is one of my favourites.
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I can’t figure out why I want this animal. We already have a wallaby, we just got a marsupial, but somehow this is one of my favourites.View attachment 370904
Well they’re entirely different in niche from the wallabies we have (if the red-necked wallaby is a deer, the rock-wallaby is a caprine, plus they live in different climates), and they’re super pretty to boot! Definitely one of my most wanted animals, especially given how many of them there are in my local zoos*.

*my state is home to the vast majority of the wild population and so the zoos here have been instrumental in its recovery from historic hunting and invasive species. Adelaide Zoo has them mixed with red kangaroos and western greys while Cleland Wildlife Park and Monarto Safari Park both have big rocky walkthrough habitats for them.
 
Rock-wallaby is an underrated pick. Not sure if we'd get it just after quokka but certainly not impossible.

Here is a challenge, make a mountain animal pack but every habitat animal has to be from a different continent (with one repeat of your choice, since Antarctica isn't really doable) Here's mine:

01. Barbary Sheep (Africa)
02. Alpine Marmot (Europe)
03. Hamadryas Baboon (Africa)
04. Spectacled Bear (South America)
05. Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (Australia)
06. Wapiti (North America)
07. Himalayan Monal (Asia)
 
Rock-wallaby is an underrated pick. Not sure if we'd get it just after quokka but certainly not impossible.

Here is a challenge, make a mountain animal pack but every habitat animal has to be from a different continent (with one repeat of your choice, since Antarctica isn't really doable) Here's mine:

01. Barbary Sheep (Africa)
02. Alpine Marmot (Europe)
03. Hamadryas Baboon (Africa)
04. Spectacled Bear (South America)
05. Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (Australia)
06. Wapiti (North America)
07. Himalayan Monal (Asia)
Dang this is hard. Alright:
  • Markhor (Asia)
  • Spectacled Bear (SA)
  • Gelada (Africa)
  • Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby (Australia)
  • Wapiti (NA)
  • Wolverine (Europe)
  • Chamois (why not)
 
Here is a challenge, make a mountain animal pack but every habitat animal has to be from a different continent (with one repeat of your choice, since Antarctica isn't really doable) Here's mine:
Mine’s pretty similar, but with different species for the Americas (plus the gelada instead of a baboon):
  1. Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby (Australia)
  2. Alpine Marmot (Europe)
  3. Gelada (Africa)
  4. Ringtail (North America)
  5. Aoudad (Africa)
  6. Lesser Rhea (South America)
  7. Himalayan Monal (Asia)
(this is actually pretty close to my dream pack lol)
 
Rock-wallaby is an underrated pick. Not sure if we'd get it just after quokka but certainly not impossible.

Here is a challenge, make a mountain animal pack but every habitat animal has to be from a different continent (with one repeat of your choice, since Antarctica isn't really doable) Here's mine:

01. Barbary Sheep (Africa)
02. Alpine Marmot (Europe)
03. Hamadryas Baboon (Africa)
04. Spectacled Bear (South America)
05. Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (Australia)
06. Wapiti (North America)
07. Himalayan Monal (Asia)
. Spectacled Bear (SA)
. Bighorn Sheep (NA)
. Takin (Asia)
. Yellow-throated Marten (EU)
. Hamadryas Baboon (Africa)
. YFRW (Oceania)
. Markhor (Asia repeat)
 
Here is a challenge, make a mountain animal pack but every habitat animal has to be from a different continent (with one repeat of your choice, since Antarctica isn't really doable) Here's mine:
1. Spectacled bear (SA)
2. Rocky mountain goat (NA)
3. Markhor (AS)
4. Sichuan takin (AS)
5. Gelada (AF)
6. Yellow footed rock wallaby (AU)
7. Idk Wolverine or Alpine marmot just for the sake of not another ungulates lol do cappercaillie live in mountains?
 
Here is a challenge, make a mountain animal pack but every habitat animal has to be from a different continent (with one repeat of your choice, since Antarctica isn't really doable) Here's mine:
  1. Europe: Wolverine
  2. North America: Bighorn Sheep
  3. Africa: Hamadryas Baboon
  4. South America: Spectacled Bear
  5. Asia: Markhor
  6. Oceania: Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo
  7. South America (repeat): Darwin's Rhea
 
1. Spectacled bear (SA)
2. Rocky mountain goat (NA)
3. Markhor (AS)
4. Sichuan takin (AS)
5. Gelada (AF)
6. Yellow footed rock wallaby (AU)
7. Idk Wolverine or Alpine marmot just for the sake of not another ungulates lol do cappercaillie live in mountains?
They do and in some places, like in my country, they exclusively live in mountains
 
@CharlieXGaming just out of curiosity with all the hype drawn in surrounding the highlands pack in this thread what if the next pack isn’t a highlands pack? I ask this because during the life of PZ I don’t think I’ve ever successfully predicted a single dlc right. Every time I suspected one thing it turned out to be totally different. Of course there were packs we all knew were coming but never actually when I expected them. I like the idea of a highlands pack as none of the animal choices are particularly bad but you might be setting yourself up for disappointment. But I do see us getting a highlands pack but I think it will be a mountains pack or taiga for the name personally.
 
but you might be setting yourself up for disappointment.
Oh I know, the chances of getting a highlands pack (or mountains based) are like 50%, but the chances of getting the exact roster I've been set on is unlikely. I do however think that my roster is the same amount of work as the Grasslands Animal Pack. 2 unique rigs, 2 that would be based off rigs but a bit more work, and the remaining 3 are direct clones.
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It could be something totally different though, Latin America, India, Asia in general, etc. I'm just sticking to one consecutive roster to hopefully push frontier in the right direction. I know its unlikely but they do read these forums, so the best chance at making a mark in the roster is to keep the same roster throughout, and maybe at the 0.0001% chance they take it into account- but probably not since they've probably already had this in the works for a few months.
 
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@CharlieXGaming just out of curiosity with all the hype drawn in surrounding the highlands pack in this thread what if the next pack isn’t a highlands pack? I ask this because during the life of PZ I don’t think I’ve ever successfully predicted a single dlc right. Every time I suspected one thing it turned out to be totally different. Of course there were packs we all knew were coming but never actually when I expected them. I like the idea of a highlands pack as none of the animal choices are particularly bad but you might be setting yourself up for disappointment. But I do see us getting a highlands pack but I think it will be a mountains pack or taiga for the name personally.
Well i'll be fine with a Mountains or taiga pack and i'm expecting it, but honestly i would love if they really give us the Latín America pack instead. A full year of warm climate packs and next year would compensate.
 
Yeah axolotl are another prime example. Despite being almost extinct in the wild, its basicly impossible that they will vanish entirely.
Due to their history in science and now their popularity as pets its likely that there are probaly like 1000 times more axolotl on the planet that the original number that was in their original habitat
Syrian hamsters are another example. They're extremely common pets, but they're endangered and so difficult to find that they were thought to be extinct in the wild during the 90s.
Let’s do something different, still related to highlands. Instead of making a separate thread for this, compare your dream Highlands Animal Pack to what you think the actual pack will be.

My Dream (that I actually think could happen):
Spectacled Bear
Markhor
Gelada
Wolverine
Sichuan Takin
Pallas Cat
Rock Hyrax
Titicaca Water Frog (E)

Realistically:
Spectacled Bear
Markhor
Wolverine
Pallas Cat
Gelada
Alpaca or Himalayan Tahr
Rocky Mountain Elk
Titicaca Water Frog or Giant Salamder (E)
Dream:
Pallas cat
Markhor
Golden takin
Silver pheasant
Gelada
Hyrax
Spectacled bear
Exhibit: WE with Kea parrot

Realistic:
Wolverine
Rocky Mountain goat
Markhor
Takin
Pallas cat
Spectacled bear
Alpine marmot
Exhibit: Himalayan pit viper

...honestly, I wouldn't be sad at either, but I'm hoping for a bird and the hyrax.
 
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