Mythic Animal/Creature DLC

[plush prawn]

I believe adding a DLC to include multiple mythic animals would be a good idea. to be more exact I mean for bigfoot, mothman, Chupacabra, ETC. now with that I say only 1 mythic species per map at a max population of 1-4, and why a DLC? cause i know allot of people don't want to hunt or experience these, so making it a DLC will give people the option to purchase it and add it to their maps while letting those who don't want them the ability to not have them.

For behaviors, zones and interactions I would say make them similar to Tigers, as in they have zones, vocalizations but barely give them, they don't make any noise while traveling, have high senses and will hunt the player. they could also do enough damage to 1 hit the player no matter how high the health, but will not wonder outside their home range. they could even be given a 250yrd-300yrd spook radius and in the spook radius all other sounds like bugs, birds etc are gone.

Now the reason i say to add at most 4 for the population is to encourage trophy hunting, there could be 2 males and 2 females of class 9 with a difficulty ranging from 6-9 with the super rare 10 fabled. this will not only encourage hunting but give a added risk of a apex predator and will spice up the older maps for veteran players who get the DLC. and will also add a danger factor to the maps that don't have predators that will go after the player like Layton Lake where the biggest worry is fall damage or an aggressive moose.

Do you all think something like this would be a good addition?

[serene river]

id like that

[daring abyss]

let me have a g1 bigfoot in my lodge cotw

[merry wind]

people that dont like this idea are haters

[plush prawn]

Be funny if they also made them able to brake equipment like "beavers" do when the item just gets sent back to your inventory, so you would have to worry about a mythic creature tearing down your stuff during a G1 grind lol

[severe briar]

This could be cool actually, imagine seeing Bigfoot in Alberta or the Yukon but he has a very rare opportunity to be shot but you can see him sometimes

[merry wind]

imagine hunting moose and you hear a growl behind you

[severe briar]

Feels like Sasquatch would just yell at you, or like scream like a monkey but in a lower tone with more base

[merry wind]

are leucistic plains bison rare

[severe briar]

yes

[merry wind]

ok thx

[grim crater]

While I like the idea, I feel like they’d have to put in lots of effort to make sure they’re not being disrespectful to the cultures some of these creatures come from. I’ve seen some suggestions before for certain “cryptids” or “mythical beasts” to be introduced but some folks forget it’s not just a simple story to others. It’s definitely a bit of a tricky topic.

Could be really neat to see some Sasquatch or something though, either way.

[merry wind]

isnt culture something we should all share in our own way

[grim crater]

Sure, but there’s a difference between respecting the history behind it and sharing the story from an open community versus when those stories are part of closed cultures. Or, the people those “stories” belong to have kindly asked people to not treat them lightly or speak the names, use them in their own stories, etc.

[plush prawn]

I agree and in that aspect they could bring in or talk to someone from that region/culture like they have before for their stories and maps, but for the lessor ones it would be easier.

[grim crater]

For the ones that aren’t closed off, for sure! The team tends to do pretty well when it comes to being historically accurate, that I’ve noticed. There’s lots of species from folklore and urban legends to choose from that are free to talk about freely. It could definitely be done :)

[merry wind]

allthough i agree but couldnt that be the same for every animal
its more of a matter where do we draw the line

[grim crater]

No? It’s definitely not the same for every animal. Everyday animals don’t belong to specific cultures. This is more of a “do your due diligence: do the research, be respectful” situation

[plush prawn]

It all depends on which culture you look at too, some view them as gods/spirits while others see them as enemies or neighbors

[merry wind]

i could argue that alot of the animals in cotw are a part of some culture small or big

i could also argue were all nitpicking

[plush prawn]

One potential option would be to add them but make them invalid targets and only add 1 per map with the entire map as it's home range with multiple of each zone it can go to. So you can still encounter it but rarely and it can't be hunted.

[plush prawn]

😂😂 maybe a little, it's a controversial topic so I was expecting it lol

[merry wind]

he did say its a dpc

this is like politics if one side won the otherside might not be happy but if the otherside wins one side isnt gonna be happy and some people are going to be neutral

[serene river]

I could like this in Rancho instead of the chupacabras I'd like some native Cryptid, like the mexican Grizzly and if not the Grizzly then some Folklore monster like the Huay Chivo or the sinsimito which aren't cryptids but are legends if not maybe a crying woman ghost, the owl witches or dog shamans

[grim crater]

I don’t think expanding the conversation to touch on a pretty important aspect of it counts as nitpicking 😅 it’s a pretty controversial topic for a reason

[grim crater]

There is definitely a way to make everyone happy without stepping on anyone’s toes or offending anyone, here. It’s just going to take some serious work from the creative team if it were to be implemented, due to how difficult of a topic it is. My intention was not to nitpick, argue, or shoot the idea down- I’d love to see it too, it just needs to be done the right way

[plush prawn]

One of the reasons I said it should be a DLC instead of just being added to the game like most ppl suggests. That way those who want it can have and those who don't can just not buy it. It would satisfy both parties

[jagged cloud]

No

Just no. Period

This isn’t monster hunter

[jagged cloud]

People who want this don’t know what they’re talking about

You do not want this

If you want this play something else

It would be like asking to add Godzilla to red dead redemption

[lilac mulch]

A. Morgan could take em.

[plush prawn]

No need to repeat yourself 😂 we got that you don't like the idea from the first comment lol.

I brought this topic up cause they have already heavily implied that there are some creatures out there with some of their story missions so at this point why not just add it lol

[burnt vale]

I think it works better as the running gag it has been. It started out as a little Easter egg, became a running joke between the devs and community and now it’s been mentioned in a few missions. It’s kinda like the Baden’s at this point, you hear about em, never see em (aside from tracks and staging) chuckle and move on. Feel like if they full on added it that it would kill the joke but that’s just the way I see it.