Hey everyone! So I along with others in the forum REALLY REALLY want a land mustelid in PZ. The two best candidates in my eyes and the eyes of most of the community are the Wolverine and the Ratel (aka Honey Badger). I really wish we could have both but with the way dlc is going it might be tricky. So I wanted to lay out pros and cons of each and ask which one would you prefer in the game if you could only have one.
Wolverine: would give more representation to the lacking Holarctic realm in PZ. It’s also bigger than the Ratel and would be something different than our NA animals in the game. Plus it gives us more EU and Arctic options!
Ratel: Slightly smaller more aggressive with fun behaviors. Also a much needed rep for the Middle East and west and Southern Asia while also fleshing out or African sections. Gives us some biome diversity as well as you can potentially spread it to deserts if you’re really liberal about semi arid environments.
As I said earlier I would love and prefer to have both but if I had to choose only one at this point I’d go with the wolverine because of PZ’s need for northern representation. Plus it seems more likely as a NA pack is likely on the way. The Ratel missed out on the Africa pack but still has more opportunities IMO. The Ratel is my slightly more favored animal IRL out of the two however. Which one would you go with? And what other mustelids do you want to see?
Wolverine: would give more representation to the lacking Holarctic realm in PZ. It’s also bigger than the Ratel and would be something different than our NA animals in the game. Plus it gives us more EU and Arctic options!
Ratel: Slightly smaller more aggressive with fun behaviors. Also a much needed rep for the Middle East and west and Southern Asia while also fleshing out or African sections. Gives us some biome diversity as well as you can potentially spread it to deserts if you’re really liberal about semi arid environments.
As I said earlier I would love and prefer to have both but if I had to choose only one at this point I’d go with the wolverine because of PZ’s need for northern representation. Plus it seems more likely as a NA pack is likely on the way. The Ratel missed out on the Africa pack but still has more opportunities IMO. The Ratel is my slightly more favored animal IRL out of the two however. Which one would you go with? And what other mustelids do you want to see?
I get that I’ve gotten pretty lucky. The babirusa, giant otter, anteater, koala, dhole all felt pretty unlikely at some point or another and I got them! Still hoping for my beaver, black rhino, mustelid, and sea turtle one day!
