Should I use a Megasloth as an attack animal?

[Woodkid]

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I literally just got one just now with a 1% chance. Pretty stoked. Anyways, is it worth risking them as an attack animal when you draft?

[Mito]

Why not, it's dps is pretty high

[Inquisitioner]

Congrats ! They're excellent attack pets. But their wool is the real price. I personally never any animals as attack animals because I'd require tons of micromanagement to avoid friendly fire assuming you've got 9 out of 10 colonists with assault rifles like me. Train them in hauling and watch them earn their keep that way :)

I suppose you could effectively use it in some cases, such as tribes or chasing fleeing enemies. Or once (and big if) they've made it inside your base. I have to refer you to someone else for best ways to go about using them.

[Ashardalon]

if you can get it into melee it can do a lot of damage
but its a big animal so its 200% chanse to get hit will mean it rarely gets close enough and will catch most of your bullets, providing more benefit for your enemy then you

[Dukiedushie]

They are good attack animals but i usually support them with another animal. I tend to boar spam, and have megasloths/rhinos/bears/elephants as heavy artilery with the animal front. i noticed that the pros of using bigger animals on attack is they usually only sustain temp injuries, even from heavy firepower such as frags and rockets. a good pack of animals helps with manhunter packs too, i usually dont completely lock off my base, and smaller manhunter animals wont catch the traps, so definitely keep them on the attack. I find animals are best with infestations and tribes, so so with pirates, but if you get a mech hive attack or ship be sure to turn them off on follow into combat. I tend to frag out the Mechs, so animals usually get ground up, plus mechs tear things up in close quarters

[ambi]

IMO, only use expendable and breedable animals for defence, like boars or wargs. A megasloth is highly valuable as it produces wool.

[Ex Septentrio Lux]

Good animals, because he eat only grass, wargs only meat !
But, dont saacrifice your only one, find the other genders and make alots !
Dont know the growing/reproduction cycling, got one long time ago, never find the other gender to trade/adopt

To avoid friendly fire, i got only one guys handling all the animals, and find another way to attack (backstab or flank)
Better use to chase those who left...