Anyone think Gigantopithecus are worth tamng at this point?

[JoshTGW]

With the Therizino and Megatherium in the game, is there really a good reason to tame it since both creatures can outshine it in PvP and PvE, considering how easy it is to tame them, and how reliable their stats are versus the Gigantopithecus? Sure it has some abilities, however, they aren't worth mentioning. I honestly don't think the TLC update for the creature has done it enough justice.

[Puri]

Obviously they have some use. They gather berries, thatch, fibers, can pack a punch and are quite fast.
The question is how useful those traits are compared to other available dinos and how difficult it is to obtain them.
It requires titanoboa kibbles to make it a quick tame, which are hard to come by in the wild and at the moment you can easily tame titanboas you already are past the need for such a dino.
It has no saddle slot. That's a big issue. Even a 2000 durability flak helmet will break after 50 hits. While it adds ridiculous high protection, the issue that it breaks so quickly significantly reduces the explorer and farm abilities of the ape.
It does not eat meat, so you cannot force heal it except with expensive cake.

When you consider those things the lost of reasons to tame an ape gets pretty short.
The only plus is that it can walk zip lines, which in turn only really matters in the early Abberation game. But even there you have the Dire Bear as direct alternative which does everything better than the gigantopithecus, is easier and stronger to tame with honey everywhere, with the only con of not being able to climb zip lines.
That leaves the ape as a niche "dino" for the times for level 30 (where you can tame one) to 45 (where you get the bear saddle). Depending on the server settings it might be faster to level than to mejoberry tame a giganto.

[Shiina]

Originally posted by Elenwei:

Originally posted by Amserauq:

Except that ravagers can wear saddles....lololoool

Armor from a helmet > Armor from a saddle. Combine that with a higher base health stat and you have tanking capabilities vastly superior to a Ravager. So my points still stand.

As for OP, I do agree that they're not as useful as they could be, or even should be. My argument was strictly that they aren't as useless as your posts portrayed them to be. Yes, it is limited to only one map. But on that one map, a lot of dinos that are otherwise "meh" get to shine, due to the mechanics or layout of that map. Megalos are another fantastic example.

Tl;dr: Apes are great in Abberation, meaning they are not completely useless.

There will be a day where people learn to spell Aberration correctly...

[Chaser the Tiny Hippo]

Originally posted by ✭Shiina✭:

Originally posted by Elenwei:

Armor from a helmet > Armor from a saddle. Combine that with a higher base health stat and you have tanking capabilities vastly superior to a Ravager. So my points still stand.

As for OP, I do agree that they're not as useful as they could be, or even should be. My argument was strictly that they aren't as useless as your posts portrayed them to be. Yes, it is limited to only one map. But on that one map, a lot of dinos that are otherwise "meh" get to shine, due to the mechanics or layout of that map. Megalos are another fantastic example.

Tl;dr: Apes are great in Abberation, meaning they are not completely useless.

There will be a day where people learn to spell Aberration correctly...

I wouldn't be so sure about that

[DarkFaceGlow]

I like them on single player games, because I feel kinda like there’s another person with me :)

[Elliebird]

Originally posted by ✭Shiina✭:

Originally posted by Elenwei:

Armor from a helmet > Armor from a saddle. Combine that with a higher base health stat and you have tanking capabilities vastly superior to a Ravager. So my points still stand.

As for OP, I do agree that they're not as useful as they could be, or even should be. My argument was strictly that they aren't as useless as your posts portrayed them to be. Yes, it is limited to only one map. But on that one map, a lot of dinos that are otherwise "meh" get to shine, due to the mechanics or layout of that map. Megalos are another fantastic example.

Tl;dr: Apes are great in Abberation, meaning they are not completely useless.

There will be a day where people learn to spell Aberration correctly...

A small typo doesn't make much of a difference. But just for you, I went back and fixed it.

[Dolomite83]

ape should use tools like the mantis

[Spicy Thyme]

you can paint them like shrek or if you want you can put little top hats on them.