Tikamoon Plains- need more animals

[tidal falcon]

We need a few more animals in tikamoon plains; for example, wild dogs- Africa is nothing without adding these animals in the map we need these animals for a more sense of realism and being able to hunt them would be really cool.
Zebras- first of all you guys making an Africa dlc and didn't even consider adding in zebras for players to hunt??? The plains look so empty without them it would feel more natural if you did add in zebras.
Salt water crocodiles- we need salt water crocs to sun bathe along the river banks and chilling in some watering holes! Would be fun to hunt as well to add in more depth into the map!
Flamingos- more options to hunt flamingos along side the Egyptian geese, I feel we do need more birds to hunt in that whole map in general. I believe I have only seen the Egyptian geese to hunt.
These few animals would bring the map more to life, and would make alot of us happy sense you know this is Africa and these options should be on the map. Well at least wild dogs and zebras anyway.

[light cape]

I think there are better choices such as Sable, Impala, and Eland but I agree that there could be more variety even though I do love the map as it is.

[potent vessel]

i'd rather more horned animals, so that score is actually visibly reflected. zebras are boring, i don't get the love for them

[hazy jewel]

im my personal opinion I think what you propose is good but I feel we need way more Like maby hippos or possibly giraffe but I know that cape buffalo are basicly equals to hippos

[crystal saffron]

Give us endangered animals too, you're already letting us hunt lions...how about rhinos, hippos, cheetah, elephant 🐘

[obtuse jackal]

From a South African and a Dedicated Hunter

The following animals will add a great true african experience that will make people enjoy the map itself more.

1. Eland (Taurotragus oryx)
2. Sable
3. Hartebees (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
4. Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
5. Zebra

A few Animals on the grey line that I would like to see added as well but might cause a bit of a unhappy client base

1. Giraffe
2. Hippos
3. Elephant

A side note, The placement of animals across the map feels a bit unrealistic as the places you find Kudu's is completely not what the habitat of the animal is and the same with the springbuck. Otherwise the DLC itself is wonderful but with the size of the map, expanding the animal list would allow you to be able to also reshuffle the animals on the map to live in the actual habitats it should and not just be random locations.

[dry forum]

I completely agree. Wild dog hunting is illegal, isn't it? And I think that flamingo hunting isn't even a thing. I'd LOVE to hunt for sable, eland and hartebeest. Waterbuck would work nicely as well, as we have some wetlands

[tidal falcon]

Hunting lions is technically illegal as well

[tidal falcon]

Unless you have some perms

[dry forum]

Really? There are many sites to book lion hunting trips online. I didn't find anything related to the dogs tho.

[tidal falcon]

Lions are endangered and people are hunting them? Actually a bit surprised

[obtuse jackal]

Flamingo hunting is not a thing and it is highly looked down, Personally I am aware of protection acts within the Sea Birds and Seals Protection act to put a stop to it.

Wild Dog hunting is also not a real thing.

Lion hunting is a VERY large thing in Africa as well as South Africa, As people are working to try and make it illegal, Lion hunting is very legal itself but if the owner of the lodges/wild reserves have the appropriate permits.

[dry forum]

I think it is about how endangered are they. I quickly searched on google, and it says that there are 23k-39k lions remaining in the wild, while for wild dogs, 6k adults.

[dry forum]

Nice! Thanks for the insight

But, yeah. If they did a redistribution and some tweaks on the animal density, I'd love to have new species roaming around. Sable, eland, nyala, impala, etc. Love 'em!

[dry forum]

Btw, that's another thing that I was thinking too. Kudus prefer brushy, forested habitats, right? It feels off to see herds of them in the mountains. And, about the springbok - where should it be more abundant?

Is the black wildebeest habitat accurate too? Apparently we can only find them in the forested areas on TP. But is it like this irl? I see tons of pictures of them on an arid savannah.

[obtuse jackal]

Kudus are amazing animals, They have smell, hear and see you from a very very very far distance away. They are one of the most secretive animals you will find within Africa. They like being in thickets that provides security and you will rarely find them in any open areas. That is why this animal is a great challenge to hunt on foot. I would however like to see a bit more thick bushy areas on a section or few sections of the map to allow this hunt to be as of a challenge.

Springbuck likes a bit more of a open area itself even though they do enjoy sleeping in bushes or under trees for shade. They do much rather hang around open flat areas as that enables them to view the area around them for any predators as well as hunters of course. Yes you will find them in a area with bushes in certain reserves but that is because not all reserves itself caters for all the animals and sadly certain antelopes needs to adapt to the "caged" reserve.

Black Wildebeest is perfectly fine to be honest, I have not ran into any Wildebeest Black or Blue that is for me personally outside of its natural area within the map. I have found a lot of wildebeest in the open plains and bushy areas and that is normal itself.

[dry forum]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I love kudus, by far my favorite antelope species, and It'd be very cool if they managed to make their hunt very challenging

[fiery canopy]

I agree wholeheartedly, and would even pay more to help make this happen. Zebras especially.

[fiery canopy]

African lions are not listed as 'endangered' animals. People like to assume pretty or beautiful animals are endangered without doing any research. 😉

[obtuse jackal]

True

[crystal saffron]

African Lions are vulnerable species though. And have much lower numbers than many animals that were avoided in the game, such as African elephant and Hippos.
If we are hunting vulnerable species then why not add more enticing fauna?

[obtuse jackal]

Elephants i can assure you are VERY far from being endangered. Lions are a large market for international hunters. So Lion breeding and Lion hunting is huge but it doesnt mean the animal is endangered. Elephants i believe would be a great addition as there is currently to many Elephants and even the national reserves within Africa are allowing hunters to come and shoot them.

[tidal falcon]

Don't show other USA people though I don't mind hunting, but there are others that will make ya want to quit.

[crystal saffron]

It's ridiculous to basically copy and paste COTW African species list with only a few minor changes here and there. You have a huge variety of fauna to choose from in Africa and you chose to use the same animals we've seen already? Compared to other hunting locations they had the biggest amount of options in variety, and they chose to play it safe. I wouldn't doubt they'll try to entice people to by a new "season" pass for the next two DLCs with a better variety of fauna, so they'll wait for people to shell out the cash.

[tidal falcon]

I don't think these devs would be cruel

[fiery canopy]

I can agree with adding more species, for sure.

However, again the lions are not endangered, so they are fully legal to hunt in real life, and I assure you that hunting them in a video game will not affect their population in real life.

[white forum]

I think at least a few countries do allow some lion hunting, though to my understanding South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia seem to be the main ones (there is also Namibia and Cameroon)

[queen lion]

Except the african animals in WOTH don't look like someone tried to model them from memory

[white forum]

If it was a copy and paste of Vurhonga, we would be seeing large herds of Lesser Kudu instead of Greater Kudu

(Note that Lesser Kudu are only hunted in Tanzania & Ethiopia)

[crystal saffron]

Right that and the hyenas are the basic differences in fauna if my memory serves me right.

[crystal saffron]

WOTH always shows out with the models...the best in the business. But that doesn't change OPs point lol

[white forum]

Honey Badgers, Greater Kudu, Black Wildebeest, Egyptian Goose and Guineafowl are all things Vurhonga does not have

[queen lion]

True but I wouldn't be angry if they didn't add more animals to Tikamoon, but it would be nice and there's definitely room for them

[crystal saffron]

Honey badgers are a reskin of other badgers in the game, greater kudu are very similar to lesser kudu (but I appreciate it's at least different) black wildebeest and blue wildebeest again have minor differences in animal behavior and looks, and the birds...who's out there really bird hunting in this game... but the point remains, there isn't a huge variety to COTW selection of fauna. And reskins are nice but would be nicer if they had different animations and animal behavior.

[white forum]

Greater and Lesser Kudu are not that similar
A female Greater Kudu gets bigger then a male Lesser Kudu for one

But to the point of the original post, some unique species (model wise) are needed and Zebra is a good one

Another big game species I’d like to mention are Chacma Baboon

I can’t believe I missed that part (see screenshot image)
@tidal falcon there are no Saltwater Crocodiles in that part of Africa, and the closest they ever got to Africa were the Seychelles (an archipelago in the Indian Ocean)

The Crocodiles that do live in Africa (and can be hunted) are the Nile Crocodile

[compact wadi]

I would like more dangerous game

Rhinoceros, Hippo, Elephant etc

[queen lion]

It's like saying elk and whitetail are the same

[white forum]

Right

[blazing estuary]

The top 5 would all be great additions. I'd like to add Impala, Blesbok, and Dik-Dik for the smaller classes.

[ancient lodge]

Oh so we can have a baboon with his Willy out but we can’t post images of dead deer in a discord for a HUNTING GAME.

Lmao

[full tulip]

The other thing I’ve noticed that I think makes the map feel empty is that the animals in a herd a bunched up really close together. Especially the water buffalo. The animals need to be spaced out some more.

[quiet mulch]

I agree map needs more animals. For such a big map it feels empty in some areas. Would be so much better with more species. Why add a larger map with the same number of species doesn't make sense. But what do I know maybe there's a reason why...