Gender dimorphism / size differences between animal levels

[cerulean orbit]

They say an image is worth 1000 words, so here's a (9 Legendary, probs) male laying down next to a (level 1) female tiger. These are both adult tigers.

I can't imagine it would be so hard as to implement a slight model shift that simply enlarges the animal based on level? It might be difficult, but the outcome would be absolutely amazing and completely worth the effort. With antler'd species you can visually immediately tell the difference in levels between two side by side animals, not so for non-antlered species. This single disparity greatly diminishes the fun of hunting non-antler'd species. When you see those enormous racks there's a huge dopamine hit as you anticipate getting a diamond. The tiger/lion/etc. hunts do not have this at all, or it is greatly diminished.

[opaque grove]

It would really make the game more realistic and I would really celebrate it.

[cerulean orbit]

I totally agree. Just look at how massive that bro is.

[craggy heron]

If they did do this the model changes probably can’t be to grand. The main reason is rigging and clipping in the trophy lodges

[marble temple]

It would make sense to do this with black bears since there’s not really any defining features between males and females

[tacit hamlet]

No kidding. It's really frustrating that there is no visible size difference between your average female Black Bear and a 9-Legendary in the same zone. 🤦‍♂️

[faint estuary]

In the case of black bears, It’s unlikely Expansive Worlds would do this but diamond black bears hobble and prance around like young bears that are low on the pecking order. Big bears in this game don’t feel or act big. I’d love to see this implemented.

[junior wraith]

I concur. It should'nt be too difficult to set visible size differences between the Game Lvl/Tier 1-10 mechanic let alone behavior & animations to pair with them. It would defn. add to the QOL features to the gameplay. I love getting new content to play on/with but I feel more QOL in-game features is needed to add to gameplay even if its minor. AR added new features I really liked & I would like to see more added moving fwd.

[cerulean orbit]

Buuuump

[hidden stump]

Bump and especially for the carnivores. I like the black bear model but the male should be far more robust

[mint dew]

Definitely for any carnivore species in the game

[hidden stump]

Like look at the big head on this lad This is a proper gold or diamond bear