I feel the current selection of Vistas (backdrops) is pretty limited, as we can only choose from barren mountains. It's weird to see an area covered in dense jungle surrounded by empty mountains in every direction. It makes you realize that you're not in a real place.
I would love it if we got a couple forested vistas (pine forest, snow forest, and dense jungle) as well as maybe an outer-space background (ie large planet rising on the horizon, or an asteroid field). I'm sure a city background could be useful as well, but I don't know how well that would work in vista form. Either way, these backgrounds add so much to a map; it would be nice to see more than just 4 textured mountain/hillsides to choose from.
Another feature I would recommend is the ability to use half of a background (just give us half of one or let us pick the angle). It would be great to have a map coming from the ocean on one side, to sprawling mountains on the other without looking like some weird misshapen island. This would allow for so much more creativity, and could lead to some really deep/immense looking maps.
Going off the same note, I would also love to see new skins for animals and enemies in the game (mainly animals). It would be nice to have a reskinned cougar turned leopard or at least a black one to pass as a black panther (leopard/jaguar with melanism - idk how to spell it). The deers, wolves, and bears are great cause they can already work for most regional themes, maybe just add a polar bear skin (as we already have so many northern megafauna to work with). A brown eagle would be nice too since it isn't obviously American, and while we're at it I'd like cows/bulls without any tags (obvious human ownership markings).
I would ask for enemy skins as well, but my main complaint for now is the animals, as I really feel limited to North and South America. Hopefully you at least add more skins to allow for wider range of map locations, or even better add animals in the DLC's (I really want the Elephant, Monkey, and Tiger) because the one thing we still definitely need is a dangerous water animal (croc, shark, tigerfish, anything).
If anyone here has the knowledge I would like to know if Ubisoft plans to expand the animal options with the DLCs??? I might actually renew my PS plus if I hear the elephant is coming back, or I have a leopard to work with. Is this something Ubisoft is planning on doing or are they fine with the strictly North American theme (even in the editor)?
Anyone that has any info help me...