Vurhonga Savannah: Hippo

[spring token]

I would like to have hippos in the savannah of Vurhonga because the hippos would suit the savannah really well and because hippos are my favorite animals.
I would also like that the hippos are class 9 and maximum difficulty goes up to 9 because the animals can be very dangerous, I think there are many people with me that hippos should be added to the game.
Thanks for reading this far, I would love for the hippos to be added!

[terse ivy]

Nice idea

[spring token]

Hippos are very cool

[keen cairn]

Think this would fit best on a africa 2.0

[narrow smelt]

Like this one https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1070109503447646350

[keen cairn]

Something like that

[merry creek]

Hipoponamus

[cold lagoon]

exactly

[spring token]

Maybe they won't add a 2nd Africa map, so I decided to suggest an animal for the Vurhonga Savannah Map.

[narrow smelt]

There is a lot of demand for a second African map

[cold lagoon]

sooner or later they will add a second African map

and i hope it's gonna be Zambia 😎

[spring token]

I hope there will be atleast 2 Class 9

[magic cairn]

Africa 2.0 is coming there is just too muc land unused on that continent ... And too much demand .... riots would ensue ....

Now whether 2.0 will have hippos is another question ....

[spring token]

Hopefully

[narrow smelt]

You say Zambia, I gotcha https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1099469747323670729

[cold lagoon]

i saw it, great concept

[misty fossil]

Nice idea! Similar mechanics to a alligator, would love to see it in the game

[fading dragon]

I feel like if they were add hippos to Vruhonga they would instead just do another Africa map. This is a species that I think they will add into the game. I just highly doubt it will be on Vruhonga

[shell stirrup]

I think it should go on Tomdogs Africa because other than the barrier river there aren’t many big bodies of water

[magic cairn]

If they add Hippos I would really like to see them as super aggressive .... Like a Cape on Steroids kind of aggressive ..... An animal that hits like a Mac truck. So one hit from a hippo and you have to re spawn ....

[merry creek]

hipopipo

[spring token]

Hippo Great One would be nice too

[terse ivy]

Thank you for this suggestion.

[fading dragon]

How would they do a hippo great one?

[cold lagoon]

bigger, some scars around his body, maybe darker skin, bigger canines

🤷‍♂️

[fading dragon]

Idk about that

[magic cairn]

GO Hippo probably wont happen especially if it's only on one reserve ....

[fading dragon]

It’s not the worst GO idea I’ve heard but it don’t think that’s a great idea

[cold lagoon]

I doubt they will add Great One hippo, but either way it is an interesting idea

[spring token]

Yes

[wet rose]

The thread for Africa 2.0 from Tomdog has been discussing hippos fro a long while. lots of people in favor of them along with a .416 bolt action

[spring token]

Yes i know

Hopefully it will work

[proud cypress]

great idea but one massive problem, they are pseudo bulletproof. even a .50 BMG would be hard pressed to do any vital damage to a adult hippo and they have been known to shrug off even elephant guns they would be great as a hazard but with even the nitro there are no weapons in the current game that could effectively hunt one.

[spring token]

We can kill Hippos with the Bow or the Nitro

[narrow smelt]

People have successfully hunted hippos with bows and rifle (the minimum calibre is the 375)

[spring token]

Exactly

[ember perch]

I understand it's a game but Why kill a hippo? Go hunt a deer, I'm not a tree hugger in any way, I am a true believer in Hunting, but I don't understand when people wanna go hunt a rhino or elephant or hippo. Unless they were a big danger or problem in the area

[shell stirrup]

Hippos are huge dangers in the area

[ember perch]

Then it might make since to, but not as an enjoyable hunting experience, just solving a issue. One I don't think I need to deal with in a game

[shell stirrup]

I enjoy using my imagination/playing missions where I need to cull invasive species/harmful species

[wet rose]

hippos kill more people every year than the predators in africa do, some of the worst incidents are children travelling to and from remote villages/schools. Also, they provide thousands of pounds of meat to feed villages where meat is often scarce, they also attack people on land and often chase villagers out of their own crops. there are many more hippos than elephants and hippos would fit in existing lodges

[ember perch]

That makes more since but, I still don't understand rhino or elephant hunting, I know there dangerous but there's ways to move them

[wet rose]

That's why we're choosing hippos

[ember perch]

There's way more species that are more fun/ethical to shoot rather than Hippos, there territorial. Plus they don't really move, seem to be a easy kill compared to a deer or elk

[wet rose]

then don't hunt them in game and let us enjoy the challenge

[ember perch]

Greater kudu, Doves, chucker, more types of grouse. Would make the game more realistic, but I know COTW is trying to be as unrealistic as possible as of recently, and I think it fits in that category IMO, that's simply just what I think

[brave lotus]

Some places hippos need to be regulated. Because when there’s not much water and there’s too many hippos in one area, that disturbs the ground a lot and can cause anthrax to break out and almost wipe out the entire population of hippos in that area. I’d love to hunt hippos in this game.

I also don’t think they would be too easy to hunt. The shot to go for is a target roughly the size of a tennis ball if i remember correctly.

[spring token]

Deer's got very boring

[spring token]

Then just go play other maps if you don't like to hunt big animals in Africa

[shell stirrup]

They also cull elephants when the old bulls who can’t breed anymore block the young males from breeding or eating too much crops

[merry creek]

Himpopanus

[glacial oak]

It’ll be a class 10 animal

And kills you in one hit