Why are there no elephants in the Africa DLC?

[4hy8b8dk70fxk]

Is it because they are so smart and caring? Is it because they're too easy to hunt?

I know that they can be hunted in eight African countries: Cameroon, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

[CONDOR V]

I agree. however there is a 12th species that is yet to be named (all others have been) but I doubt it will be elephants. It was mentioned on the discord channel that it was confirmed no elephants but not sure hoe reliable that is. But the 12th has not been announced so let's its something good.

[Bjørn]

I notice there are mentioned 'blue and black wildebeests' as animals to expect. If these count as one species, maybe there are 2 unknowns? Probably wishful thinking, but...

[Lanani]

Black and blue wildebeest are separate species, not just in-game, but also in real life. :)

[Mauserich]

That would certainly be a highlight among current hunting games. As far as I know, only Hunting unlimited (a long time ago) and Cabela's African Safari have done it. But you can't compare it with today's standards. We don't know for sure yet that there will be no elephants, but I don't expect it.

There can be several reasons why. The most plausible, I think, is that it would be a big challenge to incorporate elephants authentically into a hunting game. And I think it's better than trying something that doesn't turn out well in the end.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by Lanani:

Black and blue wildebeest are separate species, not just in-game, but also in real life. :)

Ah lol thanks

[Snail Rancher]

Originally posted by Mauserich:

We don't know for sure yet that there will be no elephants, but I don't expect it.

The devs have stated several times on their Discord that there will not be elephants, so we do know for sure.

[Czar]

Originally posted by Gospel -l- Ghost:

Originally posted by Snail Rancher:

The devs have stated several times on their Discord that there will not be elephants, so we do know for sure.

Did they say why? Doubt I would even hunt the elephants, but I would have respected the devs for doing what others are possibly too afraid of doing. So I think I would have preferred they be in the game for that reason alone

Too afraid? You can't count the ethical/moral part of coding a game for killing an animal that does not flee from a single human?

Easy to hunt, peaceful creatures, unethical, endangered.

Same goes for Giraffes for most items.

Outside getting near one Elephant, pointing a 700 Nitro Express into their heart and clicking... It would be, from the start, an exercise of sadism rather than 'hunting' in this setting.

Truly would be disturbing.

[Mauserich]

Originally posted by Snail Rancher:

Originally posted by Mauserich:

We don't know for sure yet that there will be no elephants, but I don't expect it.

The devs have stated several times on their Discord that there will not be elephants, so we do know for sure.

Am not on Discord, but I expected it.

[Truth Bringer]

Originally posted by Felip | Czar:

Originally posted by Gospel -l- Ghost:

Did they say why? Doubt I would even hunt the elephants, but I would have respected the devs for doing what others are possibly too afraid of doing. So I think I would have preferred they be in the game for that reason alone

Too afraid? You can't count the ethical/moral part of coding a game for killing an animal that does not flee from a single human?

Easy to hunt, peaceful creatures, unethical, endangered.

Same goes for Giraffes for most items.

Outside getting near one Elephant, pointing a 700 Nitro Express into their heart and clicking... It would be, from the start, an exercise of sadism rather than 'hunting' in this setting.

Truly would be disturbing.

They are not peacful lol. The males when they go into rut will kill everything it is why the females throw males out of the pack when they hit a certain age because they are a danger to the babies, the herd, humans and everything else. If we are going on this why have wolves in here? The number of wolf attacks out of self defense or proctecting their mate is basically 0. They literally just avoid humans and don't do anything to them. They are also endangered in many places. The whole point IS to hit that heart shot reguardless of whatever animal you are shooting at so what is the difference here? Also you could take out its lungs as well.

[kubanskiloewe]

i would like to see Elephants in the game but when aiming at them the rifle can be blocked like pointing on a hunter in Multiplayer too.
Their huge size, slow movements and social behaviour is very nice to watch even if you cant shoot them !
Perhaps include an elephant in a story where you have to search and shoot a wounded ?

But Africa without elephants is just , meeh

[CONDOR V]

Originally posted by heavensarewild:

Originally posted by kubanskiloewe:

Perhaps include an elephant in a story where you have to search and shoot a wounded ?

This is a fantastic idea ! And would be a good compromise for those disappointed they`re not on the map to shoot all the time. If the game could randomly generate a message to let the guide know, there`s a rogue Elephant on the map, that needs taking out, I`d probably sleep next to the TV waiting for the message to come in !

+1

[FenrisMau]

Originally posted by Felip | Czar:

Originally posted by Gospel -l- Ghost:

Did they say why? Doubt I would even hunt the elephants, but I would have respected the devs for doing what others are possibly too afraid of doing. So I think I would have preferred they be in the game for that reason alone

Too afraid? You can't count the ethical/moral part of coding a game for killing an animal that does not flee from a single human?

Easy to hunt, peaceful creatures, unethical, endangered.

Same goes for Giraffes for most items.

Outside getting near one Elephant, pointing a 700 Nitro Express into their heart and clicking... It would be, from the start, an exercise of sadism rather than 'hunting' in this setting.

Truly would be disturbing.

500 on Vegetarian?

[FenrisMau]

Plains zebras would be a great choice for the mystery animal :)

[Mauserich]

Originally posted by FenrisMau:

Plains zebras would be a great choice for the mystery animal :)

Not a bad choice either. ,-)

[Truth Bringer]

Originally posted by FenrisMau:

Plains zebras would be a great choice for the mystery animal :)

I would like that as well. I would like many heard animals on the Savannah i feel like that is always alot of fun to watch the entire heard run.