Long disclaimer: I play solo pve on a high rate unofficial and my views are skewed towards that. Ideally I would love to have the variety and functionality of tames from Ark combined with the new foliage and building from Atlas.
Bear:
Is in a good place.
Chicken, Cow, Pig:
Would automatically become more useful with a rework of cooking/farming, which we all know it needs. Would love to see (limited) riding added to cow just for parking purposes.
Bull:
Could become a plow, replacing the shovel mini-game.
Crow:
Collecting flotsam and maybe lock picking, although the latter might be a problem.
Shieldhorn and Razortooth:
I'm too much of a wimpy carebear to venture into our pvp zone but maybe the shieldhorn could protect against fire elementals or fire in general. Pvp players probably have better suggestions here.
Elephant:
Is in a good place. Like mentioned above, it could use better stam regen. There's also something about the hitbox around their tusks that gets me stuck on them a bit much.
Horse:
Mostly in a good place. Would prefer passive tame. A real cart, with an inventory and two horses pulling, would also look nice. I remember Wurm had these adorable gypsy wagons.
Giraffe:
I'll join the chorus and ask for thatch.
Lion:
Grab and carry should work in pve also but only on wild animals or your own tames.
Tigers:
Love my tigers.
Ostrich:
Saps harvesting and weight reduction for it.
Rhino:
I still get more metal with higher hand harvesting (might be the server settings) and they tend to get stuck on everything. One rock strewn desert island made me pull my hair out just trying to move.
Monkey:
Many will hate this but I could see them as a kind of ersatz-npc in some very reduced capacity. Maybe they could operate mortar & pestle or forges.
Parrot:
It would be so funny to be able to teach them words or even phrases. They could even act as a kind of mailbox. But yeah, I understand that it may be too difficult to implement.
Penguin:
Some greatly enhanced functionality as a breeding aid. I would go as far as allowing them to remove biome restrictions for breeding.
Seagull:
It's a natural born thief. Maybe the turtle or croc could become tameable and take over the oxygen supply.
Sheep:
Could give wool which adds hypothermic buff to any armor and can be added optionally when making any armor or maybe a new armor.
Vulture:
They can digest the nastiest disease away so maybe they could alleviate symptoms from vitamin deficiency.
Wolf:
Can be domesticated into a guard dog. Maybe howls (loudly) when enemies approach.
Rabbit:
With their big ears they could be the warning call while travelling.
P.S.: Would love to see Fennec Foxes, which could be the weather warning system.
