Stegos value?

[n[1]k*]

Talking from an PvE experience, I'd like to know if they have particular use, and what, if any, in PvP as well. Because I find them underwhelming. Pity because they are iconic, and for me are very fun to ride, but they are one of the slowest dinos in the game, swim very slow too, their stamina depletes rather quickly, no secondary attack, no special abilities (just the rider protection from the sides, far as I know), they eat a lot and tame slow for their size. Take the Trikes for example, another iconic dino, they are easier to tame and are supposedly a tier below. They got their stats adjusted, got speed upgrade, charge attack, reduced HS damage and rivalry buff...

[Liralen]

I dunno, but have been breeding them (Tek Stegos) for awhile for my tribe, in preparation for the Rockwell boss fight. Google it.

[Lordbufu]

Originally posted by n1k*:

Take the Trikes for example, another iconic dino, they are easier to tame and are supposedly a tier below. They got their stats adjusted, got speed upgrade, charge attack, reduced HS damage and rivalry buff...

Ironicly enough, that Trike TLC was a nerf to trike, because before that they where beasts.
The trike i had easily tanked the first releases of the dodorex for a rather long period of time.

As for the Stego, its the AOE that makes it strong imo, i has a rather large hitpoint pool (was used for turret soaking when people dint have many other options). It has rather decent dmg reduction unless you expose its head, and can when bred actually do rather well against certain bosses.

[zerassar]

Early level Berry and veg seed harvester. Before say a mammoth, therizino or bronto

[Charcharodonto]

They are your upsided berry farmer.

They also can carry quite some weight, so while slow they are nice for local transport of stuff.

While not really great for attacking, for defense they are actually quite nice due to their large hp pool, decent damage and Large AoE. A high lvl mateboosted pair can defend your base vs anything short of alfa carnos and up.

[Syd Khaos]

Stego's are amazing berry/seed farmers, good at getting thatch (till ya build a grinder at least).

They are also decent as turret soaks if ya know how to possition them and have leveled them up to do such a task.

[Nokim]

stegos are kinda forgotten because there are better choices. there are better berry farmers and they are just crazy slow and burn up stamina very fast.

For berrys personally Prodoptocon>anky>beaver>mammoth>parasaur.
reason is when pvp or even pve, i think of usability and easy of taming.

the kagaroo is easy to tame, its got crazy high mobility and carry weight and can farm berrys insanely fast.
my second choice is anky, easy to find easy to tame, easy to find, faster than stego and great for narco farming aside from metal/stone/flint
3rd is beaver, while easy to find, its much much more annoying to tame than 1 and 2 but fast berry gatherer and decent carry weight.

mammoth behind beaver only because its at more annoying locations to reach (killer cold areas) even though its easier to tame.

parasaur..well its garbage for berry collecting but better than by hand.just dumb easy to tame.

i don't list trike because it just takes long to tame and crazy slow..but i guess its at the same lvl as a mammoth or slightly under due to speed differences.

pvp wise id probably take a kentro over a stego.

[n[1]k*]

Originally posted by 123:

stegos are kinda forgotten because there are better choices. there are better berry farmers and they are just crazy slow and burn up stamina very fast.

That is exactly my point, I love the Stegos that's why I kinda wished they had some upgrade as how some of the OG dinos did. They are mainly mentioned as berry farmers, but personally I'd rather use pretty much anything else instead.

[Captpickles]

Originally posted by n1k*:

Originally posted by 123:

stegos are kinda forgotten because there are better choices. there are better berry farmers and they are just crazy slow and burn up stamina very fast.

That is exactly my point, I love the Stegos that's why I kinda wished they had some upgrade as how some of the OG dinos did. They are mainly mentioned as berry farmers, but personally I'd rather use pretty much anything else instead.

Agreed, we'd all take a direbear or theri over a stego. They're so slow and inefficient.

[ZorTheCruel]

Except on abberation where it is a viable boss-fight dino, Stegos are pretty useless for PVE or solo. On a standard map i usually just pickup an easy parasaur for berries, have some backup paras just in case, then jump straight to mammoth at level 31. They are worth travelling to the snow for, especially since they are so common, you can easily find some near the border of the snow. King of tree harvesting and crazy good weight capacity allows it to excel at the berry gathering role too. And a good level mammoth can defend itself from anything short of a wild giga. Later i replace mammoth berry gathering for ones that give fiber too, (direbear / therizino / Megatherium) Though mammoths continue to be my wood gatherer of choice for the duration of the game.

If my start is too heavy with wild carnivores for paras to cut it, then ill just tame a trike or stego once i unlock their saddle, and not care about taming effectiveness at all, as it is a throwaway berry gatherer dino in the progression.

[Nokim]

you should try a thorny for wood. they blow away beavers in how much wood they can carry, id say even with a mammoth. but they are wicked on melee combat. mammoths do ok damage but a thorny can really destroy stuff and being carnivores they are super easy to heal up.

[zerassar]

Originally posted by 123:

you should try a thorny for wood. they blow away beavers in how much wood they can carry, id say even with a mammoth. but they are wicked on melee combat. mammoths do ok damage but a thorny can really destroy stuff and being carnivores they are super easy to heal up.

My recent play through was a pack of ravagers and a chain saw. Copious amounts of wood

[retsam1]

Originally posted by n1k*:

Talking from an PvE experience, I'd like to know if they have particular use, and what, if any, in PvP as well. Because I find them underwhelming. Pity because they are iconic, and for me are very fun to ride, but they are one of the slowest dinos in the game, swim very slow too, their stamina depletes rather quickly, no secondary attack, no special abilities (just the rider protection from the sides, far as I know), they eat a lot and tame slow for their size. Take the Trikes for example, another iconic dino, they are easier to tame and are supposedly a tier below. They got their stats adjusted, got speed upgrade, charge attack, reduced HS damage and rivalry buff...

1. Regular stegos are a source of meat(small amount of prime even), hide and a small amount of keratin. They can be used by some as a starting berry harvester but wood and thatch are minimal. They're ok for killing some creature but not more challenging ones.

Tek stego can do more damage (and thus better harvesting) but they're mainly a small source of scrap metal, element dust and such.

Outside of that, eggs are their only other point of interest and that was made less important after the changes to the kibble system.

2. Your expectation that every dino should have an extremely important role is the primary source for your frustrations. That's simply not the case. Just because you believe something is iconic and should be more meaningful doesnt mean that it should be.

3. Remember this is -not- a dinosaur game. It is a Science Fiction game set far in the distant future with dinosaur-like creatures(as you and all things on the arks are replicated creatures including the fanciful ones). Suspend and couch your thinking accordingly.

This isnt all to say that there might.... might be a tlc for them and other dinos in the future but it is more to say that desiring some sort of more "realism" centric or ones own bias centric changes to occur is unlikely.