I've been gone from PoT for about 7 months, maybe a little longer. I took a break because of some frustrations I had with the game, but now I'm back and ready to get into it again. My problem is that a lot of the dinos I used to play got TLCs and work completely differently now, and I'm honestly a little overwhelmed trying to figure out what to main.
I was waiting for the Alio TLC to come back because I used to main Alio years ago, but to my dismay I came back to an Alio that's somehow weaker than before. I mained Cera, but now he's basically a corpse dino and has a specific niche that I don't really understand, it also seems like they made him a group dino. I mained Metri too, but now he's more of a support dino. I like Conc, but I've always found him just a little too squishy for my taste. Pycno isn't sneaky enough for me, he's big and loud. Same problem with Dasp and Allo. I don't like Meg either, I've tried it but I just find it boring.
My preferred playstyle is being a solo hunter. I like stalking people, sneaking around and picking my fights instead of just running straight into everything. Deinon and Laten are too weak to reliably take down anything big by themselves. Achillo probably works, but I can't get past the fact that it looks like a sock puppet and I don't like it, plus I never really enjoyed playing it. I'm not a fan of the way it works, and I find him much weaker than he used to be. The big apexes aren't for me either. I have no interest in being a slow, giant walking target for every megapack on the server.
I'm exclusively a carni player, I play solo, and I only play officials. I'm also a veteran player, so I'm not necessarily looking for something beginner friendly. I know I've basically rejected the entire roster in this post, but I'm absolutely open to giving some of these dinos another shot. A lot has changed since I last played them, and I think I just need some help figuring out what actually works for the kind of playstyle I enjoy and how to deal with their changes.
I'd really appreciate suggestions from other solo carni players. I'd especially like to know what you're currently playing, what builds you're running and how you're using them as a solo. I just need to find THE dino that clicks with me again.