EDIT #1: Waiting for Extinction DLC, there's probably going to be more core-code changes in its wake. I'd rather not repeat ZtH's history in charging headlong at the inevitable locust swarm of bugs.

... and a wiser backup system. (I had one for Zero to Hero but that was still a single point of failure, and boy did it fail.)

So with the advent of TLC Stage 2 and a fair bit of time to cool off from the eternal churning of Zero to Hero, it's time to start shaking off the cobwebs.

What my current plans are:

Possibly joining forces with Better Dinos.

Kraken1 & I share the same goal of providing quality to the quantity of ARK, and our mods have ended up appealing to similar audiences. We're even part of the same chat-rooms! While there are differences in details and style, we both make/made extensive use of abilities and functions to really seal the deal on a reworked creature.

If that doesn't fall through, then the rebalance element will become Zero to Hero: Repreciated, designed to complement Better Dinos as a sister mod.

EDIT #2: With the way life is going, it's pointing away from Zero to Hero: Repreciated. I'm confident in my ability to deliver stand-alone "set & forget" mods (Custom Creatures and Wasted No More), but not anything with significant upkeep.

Custom Creatures: Electric Boogaloo

Fairy Moth, Kryadon, Mavrodon, etc, are worth being standalone. They wont be a 1:1 restoration of their Zero to Hero counterpart but the idea is going to be preserved. Fairy Moth will be an adorable little heal-bot, Buufet will be the drug-themed oxygen tank, Mavrodon will make you nearly lose your prized wild 145 pachy in the western jungles of ISO: Crystal Isles, etc.

EDIT #3: Big Trike, Anky, and Para were probably the most popular vanilla ZtH creatures. I'll throw those in as variants, higher tier versions of their vanilla siblings.

Some may see expansion or revision - Kryadon in particular is slated to become focused as a creature that gets stronger in lower temperatures.

Some of the custom roster wont be returning however, such as Megalolamna (due to it fulfilling a very specific role in Zero to Hero), and Ancient Leech (which ultimately was more of a boss-monster than a traditional tame.)

If there's an outpouring of interest for a missing creature, that could change.

Wasted Stats No More

Zero to Hero basically deleted food & oxygen, and made wild speed be channeled into something, but that was limited to its own roster of creatures.

What's in the works now is a trio of expanded stimulants that give a creature (and player!) something back for sinking points on food and oxygen, together with a way to channel the invisible, normally wasted wild speed levels into something useful without pushing a speed-leveled pet into something ungodly. (This one explicitly wouldn't affect players since speed is so incredibly powerful on them as is and more to the point, never wasted.)