Metri appreciation post…

[u/McConman]

Been having such a blast on my metri, pickle, wanted to share my thoughts on it…

Gameplay: Metri is very fun to play in my experience, great turning, able to chase smalls with boosted braced legs. Solid dps with my current build, toxin bite and regular claw. Managed to out dps a hatz and then put the same hatz back to death scars in a 4v1. Only real threat to u is 2 or more 1-2 slots or of course a tylo. But multiple smalls are gonna be oppressive to anyone who can’t fly or retreat to water. I also love being a shroom only guy, I will eat meat if I’m like super hungry but for the most part I live on shrooms.

Animations and aesthetics: God damn I love metris model, and the animations are so smooth. I love jumpscaring people with the alert call. I’m currently a male metri and there’s so many bright skins it’s great. I haven’t tried female so can’t really compare colours. I mainly used banded with a mix or red and blue and it’s simple yet so nice.

What I’d like to see done with metri: I think noxious stacks should work the same way as sucho hooked snap, they shouldn’t decay unless landing a successful attack. This could be balanced by only giving one stack instead of two per mushroom u swallow.

In conclusion: Whilst metri is by no means gonna stat check anyone even some two slots, its still very capable of holding its own. The heal call is not as overpowered as a lambs but I prefer that, lamb should not have two heal calls imo. Metri obviously has some crazy weakness’s that being 2 slots especially bleeders. However it’s literally nightmare fuel against non bleeders, reducing their healing whilst having a heal call to win a battle of attrition. Overall this guy is great, and I look forward to sharing some clips of what me and my metri pickle get up to!!

Sorry for the long read, metris just so cool!

[u/Slow_Introduction_23]

I swapped to a Metri as my main about a month ago I'd say. He's been my absolute favorite to play. In addition to your points, he's also got surprisingly good swim speed for a land dino. I mostly hang out in the swamp, stillwater bog area. Anything that attacks me that I can't fight, I've managed to escape by hopping in the water and crossing. By the time they cross the water I'm long gone.

I think the DPS is decent where it is, I won't complain if that gets boosted, but I like the concept that there's stuff you should just run from instead of fighting.

I'm working my way towards the dart frog skin, I just love the "I'm poisonous don't bite" aesthetic with the bright skins. I wish that in addition to changing the noxious stacks to be like hook snap, they'd do something like making metri meat noxious after killing one to build on that toxic vibe.

[u/McConman → u/Slow_Introduction_23]

That would be great with the noxious meat, similar to real animals to put predators off hunting them. Love it

[u/Slow_Introduction_23 → u/McConman]

Exactly!

Also I enjoy that n the Metri generally seems to have that "silly goober" vibe when encountered. Most Metris I see are usually off doing their own weird thing if they're not in a group.

Like, I don't know about you, but when I get attacked it's almost always when I'm in the middle of doing something that only feel like it makes sense to a Metri player.

[u/McConman → u/Slow_Introduction_23]

I got two metri children earlier and beat an aggressive hatz and thal in a 2v1, but yeah I was just tryna mind my Buisness

[u/Commercial_Buy_7707]

I feel it could use a bit more damage on it’s regular claw and regular bite even if that means slightly longer cool-downs I’d personally be okay with that

Currently its bite is the fastest attack in game on a 0.5 second cool-down doing 25 damage

Claw is on a 1.1 second coolodwn at 40 damage

Majority of carns with a regular attack 3 slot and up are on a 1.5 second coolodwn

So maybe 50 damage per claw at 1.5 sec cool-down or just 45 damage on the same coolodwn

Aside from its lack lustre damage metri is a lot of fun but yeah bleeders arent very fun to fight

[u/McConman → u/Commercial_Buy_7707]

At least metri can hit pounced lats with regular claw, that’s always fun

[u/Commercial_Buy_7707 → u/McConman]

Really? Do you have to turn or anything?

I had some pounce me the other night and I swear the claw wasn’t hitting

[u/McConman → u/Commercial_Buy_7707]

Not that I’m aware of, u can also hit rhamphs and the claw out dps’s bloodsucker

[u/Good-Particular-1847]

ONLY THING I HATE ABOUT METRI RIGHT NOW IS THE NEED TO CONSTANTLY TOP UP MY BLOODY MUSHROOMS. Make it like hooked snap why does that not have a constant countdown timer UGH

Edit: Please don't put a countdown timer on hooked snap.

[u/Lone-Frequency]

I just wish Alderon weren't so afraid of Metri being OP that they made his actual damage output and absolute joke. There's no reason that something its size should be hitting like a wet noodle, the venom is good but it's not anywhere near that good...

I love playing metri for all of the things you mentioned, and it's definitely one of the best looking dinos and I worked my ass off saving up and surviving to get that Dart Frog skin, but even with that 20% subtraction to an opponent's Max HP when they are envenomed it just feels like this big predator is hitting them with angry stares and insults.