The new Trophy Lodge customisation pack…

[sterile sedge]

Look, before anybody comments that: “I’m not grateful” or “Be happy we’re getting a trophy lodge rework.” I am. I am incredibly happy with this announcement, there’s just one thing bugging me a bit, and it’s the Premium log-and-rock mounts.

Obviously, they’re awesome and I love them. But the species that can go on them have kinda upset me. European Bison can go on the Rock mounts, why not the other Bison or Bovids? Canada Goose can go on the Tree branch, why not the other geese species? Same applies for turkeys and all the other tier 2 predators except for Coyotes and Red Fox. Also, why not any Multimounts? The Alpha Wolf mount would look so good on the rock mount but it’s not possible.

All in all, I like what I’m seeing but I’m just a little disappointed on how the Premium mounts were executed. I’ll add a photo on the bottom of the post from steam showing all the species that can go on these plaques.

Have a nice day EW, hope you can consider maybe adding more species to these Premium mounts.

[craggy falcon]

Please EW, add more animals to that rooster 😭

[bold mango]

If you look closely at the list, all of the animals included are from the base game. I imagine that adapting those animals to work with these special mounts takes quite a bit of time, possibly comparable to creating a multimount. Doing that for every animal currently in the game would be a pretty big undertaking!

[true raven]

I just home this means new lodges in future to with the mounting and all tlc

[winged lichen]

I am also not against the idea for DLC for special platforms as such (even thought I thought some extra will be for free for participating in a comunity challenge)
but I think this one got terribly bad timing and rush.

The platforms didn't even get the update yet. People didn't even tried them out.
And the DLC has quite little-to-impress add-ons.
As people say, not just european bison but all bison or bovids. All geese. All turkies. All foxes. All small deer and such. Also rock would be rather perfect platform for sheep and goat species or cougars.

The idea is great but it needed more time to add more stuff for the "WOW" and "insta buy" effect.

[valid yew]

Ngl this pack's special mounts have the same issue all current multimounts have. The species restrictions.

Why can't I have Elk in Flee State?
Or Gray Wolves in Fangs Out?
They are essentially the same rigs/similar enough to work yet it's just, not allowed.

[acoustic schooner]

The new special mounts are a baby step in the right direction but it does feel very rushed at this point. Also looks like there still isn’t an option to switch between the habitats in game for the stands, or if there is they didn’t show it off in the trailer for some reason.

I wonder what the price point will be as I only care about the special plaques and stands and not the fancy wood ones with the medals. But I doubt 2 stands for 10 animals will be worth it for me.

[alpine holly]

Yeah the whole thing needs a lot more QoL features

Like this is the reason so many PC players use the taxidermy mod

EW should just let us remove most of these restrictions and let us have more flexibility with trophies

[craggy falcon]

You should check this one out then https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1250173155016704051

Man multimounts clould be so much better if there were more options

[sterile sedge]

I believe the DL will be 3.99 and have 40 total plaques and 16 total full body mounts, as well as the 2 premium plaques.

[craggy falcon]

Oppisite actually. 40 body mounts and 16 plaques

[sterile sedge]

Eh I was close lol

[sterile sedge]

This DLC feels rushed imo, it could’ve been a lot better. I don’t like it when there’s species restrictions for certain mounts, like the Layton lodge for example.

[craggy falcon]

I get why this is the case for the layton lodge, they still want you to buy a better lodge. But this ? Whats the purpose of terra mounts when not even 10% can use them ? I think they would have been better realeasing in 3 or 6 months alongside an another dlc with more species options for the terra mounts

[sterile sedge]

I would honestly be incredibly happy if this release gets delayed so that they can add more of these mounts and let all animals be able to use them. And the ability for multimounts to be on them.

[craggy falcon]

Yeah exacatly. But i doubt thats gonna happen. I really hope for more options in the near future and not in 3 years

[agile river]

…. I’m seeing that coyotes are on the Tree Mount and it makes me wonder if we’re gonna get a Coyote and Turkey Rework Soon?!

[craggy falcon]

Doubt it

[acoustic schooner]

Seems more like they just put the base game species on the special mounts

[sterile sedge]

Doubt it since Euro Bison would need a rework too then, which would also mean Plains bison should get one too. And if Merriam Turkey gets a rework, the other two should too, and it would probably just be too much for EW.

[sterile sedge]

I wish some waterfowl could’ve been on the premium special mounts..

[thin pawn]

I think the species we have for the Premium Mounts is a good start. It likely takes a while to make all new poses for these species, and I can only assume that eventually EW will put more on there, especially after how many people have been talking about how few species there are for them.

[minor pawn]

I think if they put more animals up tho they’d have to make an entirely new dlc or am I wrong?

[sterile sedge]

Why would they have to make an entirely new dlc?

[minor pawn]

Can they just add stuff to dlcs? I’m stupid and don’t know how the process works.

[sterile sedge]

I don’t know how to explain it, but we can look at it like this. They wouldn’t be directly adding to the dlc, just adding something towards one of the DLC’s contents if that makes sense at all. But it’s entirely possible for them to add this kind of stuff.

[minor pawn]

Ah I see, maybe just like backfilling to some reserves? Adding to a preexisting dlc?