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The next DLC will likely be based around Asia, with the one after probably being a different continent-focused DLC (my best guess is Africa), so I am pretty sure that it will be at least this November/December when aviaries are added (though it very well could be longer).
 
Tricoart said:
New The next DLC will likely be based around Asia
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Almost certain an Asian DLC is next given the Sun Bear leak when the aquatic pack was finishing development.

I really have my fingers crossed for aviaries sooner than later, they are such a big part of zoos it would be a shame to not have them in some form. More birds at the least. Plenty of straightforward ground-dwelling options with cranes, ground hornbills, rhea, emu, waterfowl, other penguins, pheasants, storks, kiwi, etc. Many of those could easily be worked into any number of DLC themes.
 
Might be difficult to happen, but I really hope that they add the aviaries with the asian DLC. It would be already enough if they added some species of flying hornbill, and other asian flying critters, just to give the impulse for the aviaries in the game, wich I hope to come in the free update too...
 
Well IMO, if Frontier's objective is to keep the game's hype for longer, it would release updates slowly, so, in this case, they would take a while to release the aviary pack...
For another side, it would be really awesome if they decided to leverage the game's popularity right now, this way it would make sense to release the aviaries soon.
I even think an asian pack would be nice indeed, but if they wanna add something new for now, it would be great if the aviary stuff came along the next pack or in a free update...
 
David Matos Mendes said:
New Well IMO, if Frontier's objective is to keep the game's hype for longer, it would release updates slowly, so, in this case, they would take a while to release the aviary pack...
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Seems to me they're losing hype because of the slow releases with small numbers of animals and tons of new pieces. I understand the slow release, but the species counts and roster choices are a huge complaint from many. There are still less than half a dozen birds, no Meerkat, sealions, leopard, no deer of any kind, no cobras or geckos, alligators, gibbons, no small cats or dogs, African rhinos... but we can have wandering spiders, Giant burrowing cockroaches, and two kinds of brown bear... :p
 
I don't know if it has been suggested in this site before, but some of the fellows at the Frontier forums had thought of keeping the current DLC model of three packs a year but reserve them for more striking, unique or anticipated animal species, while also doing monthly or bimonthly releases of individual animals as free content.
These free animals could be "clone" species similar to animals that are currently in the roster and relatively easy/cheap to make from pre-existing rigs and models: for example, the black-and-white ruffed lemur, which is popular and common in zoos, but that could feel like wasted space if part of a 4-animal only DLC. This could really escalate the hype and keep the community afloat as the animal-focused players get rewarded and more people look forward to the new releases.


Great Argus said:
There are still less than half a dozen birds, no Meerkat, sealions, leopard, no deer of any kind, no cobras or geckos, alligators, gibbons, no small cats or dogs, African rhinos... but we can have wandering spiders, Giant burrowing cockroaches, and two kinds of brown bear... :p
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I was really baffled they prioritised arthropods over a larger variety of herps, considering the exhibits are way oversized and they're barely visible.
 
TheChukaulorian said:
I was really baffled they prioritised arthropods over a larger variety of herps, considering the exhibits are way oversized and they're barely visible.
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As were most of us. There's too many of them for how tiny they are and the relative interest in having them in game. I think Frontier has realized this since no new invertebrates have appeared in the DLCs. The arthropods were a nice thought, but a lot of people mostly ignore them or only use one or two species out of many.
 
Great Argus said:
As were most of us. There's too many of them for how tiny they are and the relative interest in having them in game. I think Frontier has realized this since no new invertebrates have appeared in the DLCs. The arthropods were a nice thought, but a lot of people mostly ignore them or only use one or two species out of many.
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Tarantula breeding at least guarantees some easy conservation credits :D
 
Great Argus said:
As were most of us. There's too many of them for how tiny they are and the relative interest in having them in game. I think Frontier has realized this since no new invertebrates have appeared in the DLCs. The arthropods were a nice thought, but a lot of people mostly ignore them or only use one or two species out of many.
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I'm glad at least they've brought out some more unusual and interesting animals like the Giant Anteaters and Giant Otters but we need some more cliché if you like to complete the zoo set like the African Rhinos & Meerkats.
 
Great Argus said:
Seems to me they're losing hype because of the slow releases with small numbers of animals and tons of new pieces. I understand the slow release, but the species counts and roster choices are a huge complaint from many. There are still less than half a dozen birds, no Meerkat, sealions, leopard, no deer of any kind, no cobras or geckos, alligators, gibbons, no small cats or dogs, African rhinos... but we can have wandering spiders, Giant burrowing cockroaches, and two kinds of brown bear... :p
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I think the same. Even after the aquatic pack, there are many things missing to build a fairly realistic zoo.
 
TheChukaulorian said:
I don't know if it has been suggested in this site before, but some of the fellows at the Frontier forums had thought of keeping the current DLC model of three packs a year but reserve them for more striking, unique or anticipated animal species, while also doing monthly or bimonthly releases of individual animals as free content.
These free animals could be "clone" species similar to animals that are currently in the roster and relatively easy/cheap to make from pre-existing rigs and models: for example, the black-and-white ruffed lemur, which is popular and common in zoos, but that could feel like wasted space if part of a 4-animal only DLC. This could really escalate the hype and keep the community afloat as the animal-focused players get rewarded and more people look forward to the new releases.
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That would be better than the present situation. Even if it would be, like you said, animals that are quite similar to some we already have. I would be already satisfied to get more caimans, a lesser anteater, maybe even ocelots and south american tapir, for example.

Do you know if Frontier is already considering to do it?
 
Great Argus said:
As were most of us. There's too many of them for how tiny they are and the relative interest in having them in game. I think Frontier has realized this since no new invertebrates have appeared in the DLCs. The arthropods were a nice thought, but a lot of people mostly ignore them or only use one or two species out of many.
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Actually, these non-editable exhibits shouldn't even be in the game, and I'll always say that. It is so disapointing to not be able to build snake, sliders and iguana exhibits...
 
David Matos Mendes said:
I think the same. Even after the aquatic pack, there are many things missing to build a fairly realistic zoo.
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I went to put a top over an exhibit the other day and found there was no good way to do it other than putting a building over it. Very disappointing. Given it is not an uncommon situation for primates and agile cat species in particular, I expected there to be a decent wah to do it.
 
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