My expirience with Maia: peaceful good vibes chilling with everyone Capybara style Your expirience: Blood for the blood god, Skull for the skull throne
Haha for sure xD That was the highlight of my Maia experience honestly. I love a friendly sparring match, especially when it ends amiably with no one really the worse for wear and both players feeling good about the interaction
@@dinometta indeed when ya can just learn combat get used to lag and stuff or in your case the maia responce to combat. just lovly interaction i hope to get somepoint.
My cat had a relationship with a local squirrel where she'd try and catch it, but then would let it go. It started coming back almost every day for another game of tag. The raptor fight reminds me of that.
@EeARKky7435 yeah the thing is nobody has that restraint. they meet up with their friends and they ride the high of being the biggest group that nobody can fuck with. it's incessant, unavoidable, and annoying
Meanwhile me, a Pteranodon. Mixpacking with a Carno or Dilo pack in a pseudo Wolf/Raven symbiosis. Or with herbivores as a scavenger to eat the carnivores that failed to kill the herd.
@@oxenfree2279 Same! If we can both come out of a fight feeling like we did our best and had fun with it, even if one side or the other died, then I consider it a win. Especially when it comes to fighting underdogs, I would much rather give them the opportunity to call out and walk away when I can, vs die after their first mistake. Or, in the case that they're an incredible fighter, have a fun duel and kick my butt fair and square haha
it's so rewarding. I wish this game had more to offer than combat, but sometimes the combat is just so entertaining that you make bonds with other players. it's why I keep playing. I'm glad to have other good sports like you to fight with!
I swear the first 8 minutes of this video explains why playing solo can be such an unfun experience. Imagine growing for hours only to get mixpacked by a massive group, or attack randomly by 3 of your own kind. This games player base can be a very special breed.
@@dinomettagood :) was a good fight, I heard dilos F talk so backed off and I was low yellow HP. I was going to help you with Dilos but thought you would turn on me 😽😂
i mean its fun and stuff, but save it for the main branch. As if i am not wanting to do it or have others do i i go into a semi-realism or realism server. and there arent any on hordetest
@@hamleteagle534 the side kick is the funniest attack imo. Getting hit with it as a cerato is hilarious, it hurts like heck (200 damage) but the maia seems to barely care to put any force into it 🤣
the amount of hacking, mixpacking and herbis killing herbis (mostly dibble) took the joy out of the game for me. in the beginning of this month i lost my fg stego to a MASSIVE mixpack. 4 dibbles, 4 carnos, 1 herrera, 5-6 dilos, 2 ceras and god knows how many omnis, like 10 or more. i had manage to let myself fall on a platform on a cliff but the herrera wouldnt let my bleed heal or let me logg out and i was on red hp already. after what felt like 20 minutes bleeding and trying to kill the herra i finally died and saw my body fall into the cliff. at least they didnt got to eat me i thought. after 10 minutes i saw someone write in the official discord that i am a "coward stego for camping the cliff" after that i played the HT for 1 day and was killed 8 times by other mayas because there wasnt enough food. 1 even killed me because and i quote: "your skin looks like my skin i dont like that. i am killing you now." imagen gatekeeping SKINS
@@dinomettabecause they are losers and are probably the same nerds that go "isle has too little players bla bla bla" BECAUSE THEY ARE KILLING EVERYONE'S FUN. i also left for a bit after my teno got ganked by ceras, deinos, dilos and omnis working together a few weeks back
A NALA REFERENCE AND A MACO SHOUTOUT IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES 😍 ive finally found my slice of commuinty. all my online worlds across my phones multiverse are colliding lolol
Honestly not worth- the game is very challenging when played normally but as you can see it’s riddled with kosers and mixpackers that ruin the experience for new players
I want to love this game but can't, partly due to the mix packing and aggro vegetarian stuff this video showcases so well. Thanks for giving me a way to enjoy it vicariously!
@@cargoraygaming9274You make a point but when your entertainment is just killing everyone on sight wasting their game time then it gets annoying. Teaming up and wanting a fight is okay but theres community servers that encourage pvp stuff specifically without you wiping someone’s hours of gameplay. Plus again you can entertain yourself without KILLING your opponent.
@dtbrex08 so it's up for you to tell people how they should enjoy a game?? It's a hardcore survival game if you die you need to re-grow again from scratch that's how it works if someone doesn't like that it's on them.
@cargoraygaming9274 actually its up to the devs because certain playables have certain play styles. You can't just use the "ita a game" excuse for everything. Everything has intention, and if you do things that go against that intention, you're going to be called out and hated for it which im pretty sure you know and you're just pretending you don't to prove a point.
For situations where you're getting chased down by other herbivores with the intention to murder you: - You absolutely need to have tactile endurance equipped. If you don't, you die. There's no ifs or buts, you just die. - If you have tactile, then the strat is to just run away the whole time. DO NOT, under any circumstances, try to turn around and give them a couple of hits. Your damage won't do shit to a whole horde of them, you'll waste stam that you could spend running, and if they have tactile, you'll just give them more stamina to chase you. - The only way for them to catch you is to also equip tactile and hit each other for extra stam to keep chasing you, but they can only do that so many times before they start taking too much damage. Even with all of this, your chances of survival won't be great, but it's better than nothing. It's really the only good strat that doesn't rely on the pure luck factor of running into someone willing to help.
This. If it's a fight you absolutely can't win, tactile endurance and just run. They catch up and deal damage? Don't fight back. You've got stam again, run.
I feel bad to have been a part of both the highland lake dilo group (still a juv, darting in where I could to get a feel for maia movements) and the ambush group from the evening at the end. It was madness, there were around 15 dilos there and this was the point we (myself and the two others I normally play with) opted to go troodon and have been playing it since because they're fun to kill maias with. I loved the friendly sparring with the raptor at the river delta! Those are the best kinds of encounters, while extremely rare. Awesome video as always!~
Just checked back up on this channel after a year and I’m not at all suprised with the growth you’ve achieved. Seeing you consistently get 10s of thousands of views per video really does make me glad that you’re getting the recognition you deserve. Keep going you’ll make it far
WOO, Metta vid dropped ^-^ That spot you started at is one of my fav places to grow Maia. That patrol zone in the forest is perfect for growing to at least sub-adult.
i really loved seeing the extended raptor sparring, then being faced with two in an actual fight in the next cut. really sweet little 'thanks for the practice!' to the first little guy. hopefully they took on a chaos lizard themselves!
Nala Stomps for those who don't understand the reference: ua-cam.com/users/shortsB_41Rf21Gj0 I saw this video in my recommended and was like "AHH! Nala stomps reference!" Of course you know about Nala stomps too because you're cool :) Merry Christmas!
I wish I saw this before looking it up myself 🤣 I originally didn’t get the reference 💀thanks regardless though hopefully people see this. Pretty funny video
i love your videos. you're a skilled player, and also very respectful in your fights. i only wish more of the community could have your attitude. keep up the good work boss
Thank you! I try my best to play in a respectful way. Carnage happens of course, but being able to walk away from an encounter feeling like it was a good fight is what I strive for
Nice video, and yeah I think I'm part of that group that also thinks mixpacking between herbis and carnis is the most bs ever. But I mean hordebranch who cares and still it happens on offical servers, but thank god for semi realism servers lol
Hey there Metta! Through your video "why no one plays herbivores anymore" I stumbled upon The Isle after 4 years again and started playing it for the first time a few days ago💕 Just wanna come here and thank you for your lovely videos, the way you speak and cut these videos is really amazing and it is a lot of fun to watch! Have been obsessed with the game ever since and have been watching a few of your videos💕 I wish you a merry christmas (in case you celebrate it!) and a povely time with friends and family!🌲💕
Was I the only one that I was annoyed when the Maya that went to save you never join you on the edge of the lake? He honestly killed himself staying out there fighting by himself
@@dripwooper exactly my point why is she special so only certain can mix pack but others can't according to you? It's no rules and people can play how they want
Yeah, I was honestly shocked how heavily they nerfed it. I'll have to give new Maia a go now, but based on hunts I've completed, I don't think it'll go well if I don't just flee
I love this game, nice video. Just little things erk me ab this game, mix packers that killing everything on sight, hackers too. That moment with that Omni is how it should be played
@@mysteryman4013 I'm glad you enjoyed! Yeah, the mixpacking and mentality that win=other players dead is unfortunate. For a hungry carnivore, sure, that's important. But I'm all for normalizing friendly sparring matches as a way to both practice fighting but also just for something to do that's not kosing when you're full grown and not hungry
i like maia but i think the nerf they gave it was too harsh , it def needed a nerf but they went too far the other direction where now it feels like the carno they just recently replaced where its too clunky and stiff and way too stamina hungry
The new Mia nerf isn’t as bad as I thought to be honest if you want to face your enemy I stand my ground and use quadrupedal and not run around in bipedal mode. But if I feel overwhelmed or I know I can’t win I go bipedal mode and run even with low stamina cuz Mia doesn’t lose that much stamina while running.
It isn't my favorite, but it's why I'm very slow to trust people in game. Even when the dibbles had been chill for so long, they were happy to turn in an instant. And the Maia they were chasing, you can see me angle my head away and keep my tail to him as he reaches me, just in case.
Hang out and try to look like a target pretty much sums up my Diablo experience. I've even been working on my "pretend i didn't see you and then when I did run away to make you think I'm afraid to fight and easy target" tactics. It works some of the time.
Haha yeah, I honestly would rather yeet and start regrowing after a certain size on dibble and stego. They're both just too strong, people don't want to deal with them
There’s NO WAY the night vision is that bad with increased brightness 🤣its night vision is terrible but with increased brightness I figured it would be better lol
I quite literally could see *just* my eyes and a writhing black mass when the dilos attacked. It was bad haha. Normally I hide in a bush and wait for that epic darkness to pass, but with the Dibbles hunting us, we couldn't stop
@@KittenShocked I figure either I'll die to a deino and that'll be that, or no deinos will exist and I'll be home free. I have escaped alive more often than not
Maybe a debuff if there a two different predator species near each other they get “stress” if they are not damaging each other every so often that slows/stops stamina regeneration?
@@zigzera7757 something like that. I've thought that some kind of illness system that begins to affect players that remain in close proximity for extended periods without one side or the other taking significant damage within x amount of time might be an option. Especially if it's an illness that doesn't kill, but ultimately causes a gross hacking cough, infertility, occasional vomiting, and decreased nutrient intake. With each symptom growing worse over time and only getting better over time if one party moves a significant distance away or dies. There would need to be carefully placed "rules" for the infection to begin and worsen in order to prevent pack animals from simply stalking and swapping around large targets to "cook" them in preparation for attacking them when they're weaker. But it seems like a decently realistic option if implemented very carefully
at 2:30, those types of players are the bane of the isle. would honestly take an anti-care-bear affinity system over new playables. It's wild how many griefers there are in this tiny community. any herbivore that attacks the same species unprovoked is a shit head.
What’s your thoughts on maia currently? Me personally, I’m happy with where it’s at. It’s pretty bad at combat but it’s playstyle is intended to be a flee-er anyways, which I figured you’d enjoy based on your previous video. Though I do think they could’ve left the acceleration alone. Overall though a good player can just use quadrupedal run to avoid the acceleration problem and then into bipedal. A good maia can also quite easily kill a cerato still from my experience on Norden, a lot of my 1v1s with maias on cerato left me at red hp or dead. At least if they used their quadrupedal attacks well. Overall though I think maia is still good, its bad at combat now but thats what its intended to be. And again it can still fight well from what I’ve seen if its good, at least against the average player (or an overagressive player like me haha) TLDR: maia is in a decent spot imo but they could’ve left the acceleration alone. Merry Christmas Metta!
I think it got nerfed a bit harder than was necessary, but I haven't actually played it yet after the nerf. Couldn't be bothered to regrow when I had other things I was recording(raptor duo with Acro and cerato chaos with Arch and Farmer are coming up next)
@@dinomettaoooh okay gonna be looking forward to those haha. No problem! I haven’t really played it much myself I’m mostly going off my experience through a cera’s eyes, though it does seem clanky at combat overall. But I still don’t think maia is “pathetically weak” for not being good at combat. It still destroys carno for the most part, teno too to be honest. Cera being a good fighter though can obviously be a tough match for a maia. And I honestly don’t get why people can’t appreciate fast things as being strong lol. It might not fight well but dang does it have strong running legs 🤣meanwhile cerato a dinosaur that is ONLY bipedal running half it’s speed lol
@dtbrex08 nah, teno whoops Maia in a fight. They don't get stunned or knocked down, their kick deals massive bleed, and they're overall more maneuverable
@ from my experience teno gets stunned/knocked down still. Maybe I need to practice more but I actually died a couple times to maias on Norden just from them stunning me and me not being able to get around to kick without them stomping me 🤣
15:58 Tactile Endurance. I've been looking for the name of the mutation for a while. Thank you for mentioning it. Is it in the base mutations for Maia or one that you have to unlock?
@dinometta Good to know. I'll have to try it out sometime. It seems really tricky but incredibly useful; kinda trading bits of health for stamina. Thank you for the info! :)
I started growing a dibble and was almost killed by a pair. Then im minding my own business and see a couple teno and they thought theyd have to fight me. I just 2 called and walked away. Its wild when you cant even trust dinos who cant eat you.
@@dinometta Can confirm. Myself and 2 friends rolled through SP yesterday on a cull. 6 stegs, 4 ceras, 4 maias collectively we lost 1 fg teno and 1 30% grown teno in exchange. Stegs have been running amok on AU2 so had to take them down a peg. We tried our hand at dibble but that is about the only herbi that stands against teno but between the two I would still rank teno higher.
My expirience with Maia: peaceful good vibes chilling with everyone Capybara style
Your expirience: Blood for the blood god, Skull for the skull throne
Haha pretty much xD but I seek out the chaos
I'm imagining the friendly calls from the raptor during the spar as them going "What ho! Good one, old chap! Got me again!" etc XD
Haha for sure xD That was the highlight of my Maia experience honestly. I love a friendly sparring match, especially when it ends amiably with no one really the worse for wear and both players feeling good about the interaction
@@dinometta indeed when ya can just learn combat get used to lag and stuff or in your case the maia responce to combat. just lovly interaction i hope to get somepoint.
@@dinometta THAT sounds like the dream. Beautiful
My cat had a relationship with a local squirrel where she'd try and catch it, but then would let it go. It started coming back almost every day for another game of tag. The raptor fight reminds me of that.
Lol aw that's actually cute xD
Mix packing is the literal definition of skill issue.
Or wanting to play with your friend who’s a diff species
Imo it’s fine as long as you don’t get into unfair (to the opposite side) fights
It's getting worse and worse as time goes on. Can't seem to have a fair fight anymore
@EeARKky7435 yeah the thing is nobody has that restraint. they meet up with their friends and they ride the high of being the biggest group that nobody can fuck with. it's incessant, unavoidable, and annoying
@@dinomettathe worst part is this issue is unsolvable except for banning people.
Meanwhile me, a Pteranodon. Mixpacking with a Carno or Dilo pack in a pseudo Wolf/Raven symbiosis. Or with herbivores as a scavenger to eat the carnivores that failed to kill the herd.
that fight w/ the solo raptor was so sweet. my favorite moments in this game are genuine fun fights that end in both parties having had a great time!
@@oxenfree2279 Same! If we can both come out of a fight feeling like we did our best and had fun with it, even if one side or the other died, then I consider it a win. Especially when it comes to fighting underdogs, I would much rather give them the opportunity to call out and walk away when I can, vs die after their first mistake. Or, in the case that they're an incredible fighter, have a fun duel and kick my butt fair and square haha
it's so rewarding. I wish this game had more to offer than combat, but sometimes the combat is just so entertaining that you make bonds with other players. it's why I keep playing. I'm glad to have other good sports like you to fight with!
The spar with the raptor was so wholesome ❤
I really genuinely enjoy the little interactions like that one. They're what make the game special
I swear the first 8 minutes of this video explains why playing solo can be such an unfun experience.
Imagine growing for hours only to get mixpacked by a massive group, or attack randomly by 3 of your own kind.
This games player base can be a very special breed.
You're not wrong honestly. Running solo can be a real nightmare
Running solo is ‘nightmare mode’ while mix packing is ‘NO SKILL’ mode
I loved the spar you had with that one raptor. I think it appreciated the fair fight practice xD
Me was raptor
I hope so! That interaction made my day!
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@@dinomettagood :) was a good fight, I heard dilos F talk so backed off and I was low yellow HP. I was going to help you with Dilos but thought you would turn on me 😽😂
The title is just... you just couldnt resist... and i thank you so much for it!
It felt right haha
NALA REFERENCE
its times like these when I actually love being this chronically online
Isn’t that the Lion King character? Or am I trippin
@dtbrex08 It's also a yt channel (nala stomps afaik) 😂
@ 🤣
She's such a cutie!
the fact you ACTUALLY look for smoke is insane. ur a badass, Meta.
😂 Best way to get better is to seek the smoke and face it head on!
the hells is with those players just aggroing for no reasons and so much big mix packing, it's disgusting.
i mean its fun and stuff, but save it for the main branch. As if i am not wanting to do it or have others do i i go into a semi-realism or realism server.
and there arent any on hordetest
Wompiddy wompiddy you big baby
@@DogDigLussthat’s a real knee slapper haha
@dtbrex08 erm what the toilety rizzy huzz are you on sigmaless skibidi?
thats the official server experience
me: "oh boy, an Isle video!"
PTSD from Thevian's stream on the maiasaura horde test server: *Bonjour*
😂
1:14 that side kick from the other Maia was personal, lmfao
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@@hamleteagle534 the side kick is the funniest attack imo. Getting hit with it as a cerato is hilarious, it hurts like heck (200 damage) but the maia seems to barely care to put any force into it 🤣
the amount of hacking, mixpacking and herbis killing herbis (mostly dibble) took the joy out of the game for me. in the beginning of this month i lost my fg stego to a MASSIVE mixpack. 4 dibbles, 4 carnos, 1 herrera, 5-6 dilos, 2 ceras and god knows how many omnis, like 10 or more. i had manage to let myself fall on a platform on a cliff but the herrera wouldnt let my bleed heal or let me logg out and i was on red hp already. after what felt like 20 minutes bleeding and trying to kill the herra i finally died and saw my body fall into the cliff. at least they didnt got to eat me i thought. after 10 minutes i saw someone write in the official discord that i am a "coward stego for camping the cliff"
after that i played the HT for 1 day and was killed 8 times by other mayas because there wasnt enough food. 1 even killed me because and i quote: "your skin looks like my skin i dont like that. i am killing you now." imagen gatekeeping SKINS
Good grief, what a frustrating experience! I dislike when people behave like that. Can't we all just play fair?
@@dinomettabecause they are losers and are probably the same nerds that go "isle has too little players bla bla bla" BECAUSE THEY ARE KILLING EVERYONE'S FUN. i also left for a bit after my teno got ganked by ceras, deinos, dilos and omnis working together a few weeks back
@@Velkhana_The_Myth try unofficials they are so much better
That is why I play on semi-realism servers! That sh!t doesn't happen then
reading all of this im reminded of the open elite dangerous experience.
A NALA REFERENCE AND A MACO SHOUTOUT IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES 😍 ive finally found my slice of commuinty. all my online worlds across my phones multiverse are colliding lolol
As soon as I saw the tenos headed that way, I had to go check his stream. By the time I got there, everyone was already dead and respawned as troos
I've never played this game, and I don't even know where to get it, but my love of dinosaurs and this channel keep me coming back
@@CalvinBloopers you can pick it up on steam for about $20 USD :] It's called The Isle
I'm glad you keep finding yourself here!
Honestly not worth- the game is very challenging when played normally but as you can see it’s riddled with kosers and mixpackers that ruin the experience for new players
@@thrushestrange You can enjoy the game still by just going onto an unofficial server that prevents all of that though
I want to love this game but can't, partly due to the mix packing and aggro vegetarian stuff this video showcases so well. Thanks for giving me a way to enjoy it vicariously!
Yeah, it can be incredibly frustrating sometimes!
Always the meanies and kosers to deal with. At least there's always some sane players somewhere. That raptor interaction was cute
Yup, they're more and more common in the isle lately. But I do my best to be one of the positive interactions people have when possible
Mean because people play a game how they want??
@@cargoraygaming9274You make a point but when your entertainment is just killing everyone on sight wasting their game time then it gets annoying. Teaming up and wanting a fight is okay but theres community servers that encourage pvp stuff specifically without you wiping someone’s hours of gameplay. Plus again you can entertain yourself without KILLING your opponent.
@dtbrex08 so it's up for you to tell people how they should enjoy a game?? It's a hardcore survival game if you die you need to re-grow again from scratch that's how it works if someone doesn't like that it's on them.
@cargoraygaming9274 actually its up to the devs because certain playables have certain play styles. You can't just use the "ita a game" excuse for everything. Everything has intention, and if you do things that go against that intention, you're going to be called out and hated for it which im pretty sure you know and you're just pretending you don't to prove a point.
I was the black and white raptor, ggs :)
Ggs!
For situations where you're getting chased down by other herbivores with the intention to murder you:
- You absolutely need to have tactile endurance equipped. If you don't, you die. There's no ifs or buts, you just die.
- If you have tactile, then the strat is to just run away the whole time. DO NOT, under any circumstances, try to turn around and give them a couple of hits. Your damage won't do shit to a whole horde of them, you'll waste stam that you could spend running, and if they have tactile, you'll just give them more stamina to chase you.
- The only way for them to catch you is to also equip tactile and hit each other for extra stam to keep chasing you, but they can only do that so many times before they start taking too much damage.
Even with all of this, your chances of survival won't be great, but it's better than nothing. It's really the only good strat that doesn't rely on the pure luck factor of running into someone willing to help.
This. If it's a fight you absolutely can't win, tactile endurance and just run. They catch up and deal damage? Don't fight back. You've got stam again, run.
I feel bad to have been a part of both the highland lake dilo group (still a juv, darting in where I could to get a feel for maia movements) and the ambush group from the evening at the end. It was madness, there were around 15 dilos there and this was the point we (myself and the two others I normally play with) opted to go troodon and have been playing it since because they're fun to kill maias with. I loved the friendly sparring with the raptor at the river delta! Those are the best kinds of encounters, while extremely rare. Awesome video as always!~
Just checked back up on this channel after a year and I’m not at all suprised with the growth you’ve achieved. Seeing you consistently get 10s of thousands of views per video really does make me glad that you’re getting the recognition you deserve. Keep going you’ll make it far
Thank you so much
WOO, Metta vid dropped ^-^ That spot you started at is one of my fav places to grow Maia. That patrol zone in the forest is perfect for growing to at least sub-adult.
It's a nice one. Very quiet and relaxed!
i really loved seeing the extended raptor sparring, then being faced with two in an actual fight in the next cut. really sweet little 'thanks for the practice!' to the first little guy. hopefully they took on a chaos lizard themselves!
2:28 is everything wrong with the isle lmao. Giant mixpack of mostly herbivores decides to attack a lone Maia for no reason at all.
Lol I've come to expect it and am always on my guard honestly. Prepared to fight or flee at a moments' notice
8:57 Friendly raptor sparring got me smiling like a goof. Thank you for the laughs.
@@dominicspagnol8765
We need some kind of janitor system for all these giant vegetarians everywhere.
Haha hopefully allo will help
Nala Stomps for those who don't understand the reference: ua-cam.com/users/shortsB_41Rf21Gj0
I saw this video in my recommended and was like "AHH! Nala stomps reference!" Of course you know about Nala stomps too because you're cool :) Merry Christmas!
Nala is the cutest frfr
I wish I saw this before looking it up myself 🤣 I originally didn’t get the reference 💀thanks regardless though hopefully people see this. Pretty funny video
Man the isle evrima fights will never fail to entertain me, ggs Metta!
They're a big part of what really make this game great!
I hate people who mix pack like that, smh.
I love the interaction with that raptor, never found a sparring partner like that
@@funonthebun7662 I've found very few over the years, but the few times it has occurred, I've loved it
the absolute lack of fear including highland lake!? ur this games strongest soldier 😭🙏
@@ixotica5940 I fear no deinos! They can take me to the depths if they dare!
23:43 LMAO LOOK AT THE RAPTOR, IT'S DRIVING XD
Honestly, Maia is my favorite grassbag
They're pretty great
As always I so enjoy your videos, the chill tone and commentary is always spot on. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy!
Your videos are really fun to watch. The chaos you get in to is crazy!!
Thank you! I find myself in the most ridiculous situations sometimes xD
@ wow im surprised you commented on every comment lmao. But yeah its funny watching things try you and get obliterated :)
i love your videos. you're a skilled player, and also very respectful in your fights. i only wish more of the community could have your attitude. keep up the good work boss
Thank you! I try my best to play in a respectful way. Carnage happens of course, but being able to walk away from an encounter feeling like it was a good fight is what I strive for
I'm gonna have to try Maia now... Tried Dibble for the first time today and posted a pic at night hiding in a bush scared AF!
Good luck! Maia is fun, but definitely gotta know your limits!
Nice video, and yeah I think I'm part of that group that also thinks mixpacking between herbis and carnis is the most bs ever. But I mean hordebranch who cares and still it happens on offical servers, but thank god for semi realism servers lol
Yeah, I hate it more on horde test honestly. It's difficult to see how things are balanced when mixpacking occurs
Wow, you’re really good at turning fast when you were sparing with that raptor you basically never let him go behind you.
This was before Maia's turning nerf! Now it's much harder to keep players off your butt on maia
@ ah I see. Still cool tho.
"And their pet dog Raptor after me"
@@StarshadowMelody xD
W maia, you will not be forgotten 20:57
@@fowziairfan4898 indeed, I never knew their name, but they saved my life. All the respect
Thanks for such high quality narration and videos! A pleasure to watch
@@baileykeck1631 Thanks for watching!!
wholesome raptor battle lmao
It bring me great joy to know word of nala and her stomps has spread. Very good doggo
Incredibly good doggo
i love how in both lefacy and evrima f call can mean something like "i could've killed u just now!"
cool video!
It's one of my favorite ways to communicate with those not of my species. Just a simple acknowledgement of the situation on both sides
Merry Christmas to me!!! Metta posted!
Merry Christmas!
Awesome video!!! Once again I think its clear that we need an apex carnivore to balance the ecosystem. At least the Maia is somewhat doable though.
Yeah, Maia is plenty huntable, especially after the nerf!
i love just listening to you tell me a story while i cook dinner XD might just fall asleep to your videos
Haha I'm glad you enjoy!
lol, i love the title reference! thanks for another great video, metta!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I was allready laughing at the title name. thats great!
Haha Nala!
Top content as always! Thank you for the upload and merry Christmas
Thanks! Merry Christmas!
ah gosh how could i forget. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Merry Christmas Thyler! Hope it's a great one
Hey there Metta! Through your video "why no one plays herbivores anymore" I stumbled upon The Isle after 4 years again and started playing it for the first time a few days ago💕 Just wanna come here and thank you for your lovely videos, the way you speak and cut these videos is really amazing and it is a lot of fun to watch! Have been obsessed with the game ever since and have been watching a few of your videos💕 I wish you a merry christmas (in case you celebrate it!) and a povely time with friends and family!🌲💕
I'm glad you found my little corner of UA-cam! And that you've rediscovered the fun in The Isle!
Merry Christmas!
That solo raptor was a chad
@@baniroka9206 very much so
„She stomp, she stomp she do the Maia Stomp“ 😂😂👏🏻
Was I the only one that I was annoyed when the Maya that went to save you never join you on the edge of the lake? He honestly killed himself staying out there fighting by himself
That decision to run into the lake to escape the maias was brilliant, and saved your life. It was worth the risk for you, not for the maias.
That kind of play has saved me more than once. It's a very calculated risk, but one I'll gladly take if it means the possibility of escape!
People who mixpack as herbis and just kos random herbis they see are the worst.
They're certainly something! They looked like an angry mob haha
She protected a gali as a Maia in this video or does that not fit your narrative??
@cargoraygaming9274 you understand I'm not referring to her, right?
@@dripwooper exactly my point why is she special so only certain can mix pack but others can't according to you? It's no rules and people can play how they want
@cargoraygaming9274 i never said it's ok for anyone else. Ur just randomly deciding to @ me and argue.
cant believe how hard they nerfed maia lol
Yeah, I was honestly shocked how heavily they nerfed it. I'll have to give new Maia a go now, but based on hunts I've completed, I don't think it'll go well if I don't just flee
Merry Christmas Metta!
Merry Christmas!
Yeah during the horde test there were tons of bored herbs and mixpacks.
But at least you had some action!
Haha I certainly wasn't complaining, especially since I survived! Might have been more salty about it if I hadn't escaped both groups
Unfair players were the reason why I usually play an unpopulated servers. I like being alone.
That's fair enough!
I love this game, nice video. Just little things erk me ab this game, mix packers that killing everything on sight, hackers too. That moment with that Omni is how it should be played
@@mysteryman4013 I'm glad you enjoyed! Yeah, the mixpacking and mentality that win=other players dead is unfortunate. For a hungry carnivore, sure, that's important. But I'm all for normalizing friendly sparring matches as a way to both practice fighting but also just for something to do that's not kosing when you're full grown and not hungry
Your channel has grown a lot metta good on you 🎉
I appreciate the support!
@@dinometta we all appreciate the videos and I didn't even know Maia was out
ooh i didnt expect to see Maco in ur vid :)
@StarForger0419 I didn't expect to cross paths with him!
@@dinomettau two are my favorite isle content creators, so it was a pleasant surprise
Love the Nala stomps reference
i like maia but i think the nerf they gave it was too harsh , it def needed a nerf but they went too far the other direction where now it feels like the carno they just recently replaced where its too clunky and stiff and way too stamina hungry
Yeah, I agree. They really went "you flee now" haha
@@dinometta big time xD
Mixpacking only Humans can think up to such a wicked things !
The new Mia nerf isn’t as bad as I thought to be honest if you want to face your enemy I stand my ground and use quadrupedal and not run around in bipedal mode. But if I feel overwhelmed or I know I can’t win I go bipedal mode and run even with low stamina cuz Mia doesn’t lose that much stamina while running.
I've got to test it out still, but I've seen a few stand their ground decently well against small animals
@ I killed a group of 3 ceratosaurus in quad back kick and stomp are really strong. In my opinion Mia’s only weakness is dilo
Merry Christmas to everyone i hope you are having a great time and enjoy dinner with your family
Merry Christmas! Wishing you all the best!
That zebra mia was so pretty! Cool video once again!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I love the fandom crossover in just the title.
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I hate when a herbivores attack other herbivores! It only makes sense in the Horde test!!!
It isn't my favorite, but it's why I'm very slow to trust people in game. Even when the dibbles had been chill for so long, they were happy to turn in an instant. And the Maia they were chasing, you can see me angle my head away and keep my tail to him as he reaches me, just in case.
@@dinometta I get it
Oh also 9;33 when ever i sparred like this in Isle after 5-10 pack of mixpackers were coming to kill 😂😂😂
@@overlordttvi2064 oof rip x[ If that was his plan, he failed haha. After he left, a few more Maias showed up and I wandered off
@dinometta ya it classical...it was so i. Legacy too.
I LOVE THE NALA STOMPS REFERENCE!!!
She so cute!
@@dinometta yess X3
Hang out and try to look like a target pretty much sums up my Diablo experience. I've even been working on my "pretend i didn't see you and then when I did run away to make you think I'm afraid to fight and easy target" tactics. It works some of the time.
Haha yeah, I honestly would rather yeet and start regrowing after a certain size on dibble and stego. They're both just too strong, people don't want to deal with them
Imagine when Rex come…and witness a full blown mid/low tier Dino battle royal and then come and claim the countless bodies lol
@@lafosh7234 that would be awesome
There’s NO WAY the night vision is that bad with increased brightness 🤣its night vision is terrible but with increased brightness I figured it would be better lol
I quite literally could see *just* my eyes and a writhing black mass when the dilos attacked. It was bad haha. Normally I hide in a bush and wait for that epic darkness to pass, but with the Dibbles hunting us, we couldn't stop
Nala reference! ❤
Heck yeah!
I can't be the only one that's kinda creeped out by the way Maia runs, seeing that come at me makes me wanna cry everytime
Haha Maia is super scary when it runs at you
i love nala and maia
It's funny how your videos frequently have a fighting game feel. 🤺
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It had to be done haha
As someone who likes playing deino, if I see herbies bullying other herbies I always try to help them
@@KittenShocked I figure either I'll die to a deino and that'll be that, or no deinos will exist and I'll be home free. I have escaped alive more often than not
Maybe a debuff if there a two different predator species near each other they get “stress” if they are not damaging each other every so often that slows/stops stamina regeneration?
@@zigzera7757 something like that. I've thought that some kind of illness system that begins to affect players that remain in close proximity for extended periods without one side or the other taking significant damage within x amount of time might be an option. Especially if it's an illness that doesn't kill, but ultimately causes a gross hacking cough, infertility, occasional vomiting, and decreased nutrient intake. With each symptom growing worse over time and only getting better over time if one party moves a significant distance away or dies.
There would need to be carefully placed "rules" for the infection to begin and worsen in order to prevent pack animals from simply stalking and swapping around large targets to "cook" them in preparation for attacking them when they're weaker. But it seems like a decently realistic option if implemented very carefully
Everytime I get the idea to play the isle I watch some videos on it and quickly remind myself why I don't
Haha fair though
at 2:30, those types of players are the bane of the isle. would honestly take an anti-care-bear affinity system over new playables. It's wild how many griefers there are in this tiny community. any herbivore that attacks the same species unprovoked is a shit head.
What’s your thoughts on maia currently? Me personally, I’m happy with where it’s at. It’s pretty bad at combat but it’s playstyle is intended to be a flee-er anyways, which I figured you’d enjoy based on your previous video. Though I do think they could’ve left the acceleration alone. Overall though a good player can just use quadrupedal run to avoid the acceleration problem and then into bipedal. A good maia can also quite easily kill a cerato still from my experience on Norden, a lot of my 1v1s with maias on cerato left me at red hp or dead. At least if they used their quadrupedal attacks well. Overall though I think maia is still good, its bad at combat now but thats what its intended to be. And again it can still fight well from what I’ve seen if its good, at least against the average player (or an overagressive player like me haha)
TLDR: maia is in a decent spot imo but they could’ve left the acceleration alone.
Merry Christmas Metta!
I think it got nerfed a bit harder than was necessary, but I haven't actually played it yet after the nerf. Couldn't be bothered to regrow when I had other things I was recording(raptor duo with Acro and cerato chaos with Arch and Farmer are coming up next)
@@dinomettaoooh okay gonna be looking forward to those haha. No problem! I haven’t really played it much myself I’m mostly going off my experience through a cera’s eyes, though it does seem clanky at combat overall. But I still don’t think maia is “pathetically weak” for not being good at combat. It still destroys carno for the most part, teno too to be honest. Cera being a good fighter though can obviously be a tough match for a maia. And I honestly don’t get why people can’t appreciate fast things as being strong lol. It might not fight well but dang does it have strong running legs 🤣meanwhile cerato a dinosaur that is ONLY bipedal running half it’s speed lol
@dtbrex08 nah, teno whoops Maia in a fight. They don't get stunned or knocked down, their kick deals massive bleed, and they're overall more maneuverable
@ from my experience teno gets stunned/knocked down still. Maybe I need to practice more but I actually died a couple times to maias on Norden just from them stunning me and me not being able to get around to kick without them stomping me 🤣
Why do Dibbles seem to be such a menace all the time ? they're fellow herbivores...
I honestly despise dibbles almost more than stegos
What an epic title lol
Haha love me some stompies
The title made me smile 😅😊
I'm glad! I hoped it might bring some chuckles from my fellow Nala enjoyers
omg i love the title because i watch nala the golden retriever lol
She's the cutest!
The NALA STOMPPP!
METTA POSTED 💯🗣
Heck yeah!
15:58 Tactile Endurance. I've been looking for the name of the mutation for a while. Thank you for mentioning it.
Is it in the base mutations for Maia or one that you have to unlock?
It's a base mutation, but only available in the second slot!
@dinometta Good to know. I'll have to try it out sometime. It seems really tricky but incredibly useful; kinda trading bits of health for stamina.
Thank you for the info! :)
I started growing a dibble and was almost killed by a pair. Then im minding my own business and see a couple teno and they thought theyd have to fight me. I just 2 called and walked away. Its wild when you cant even trust dinos who cant eat you.
Yup, there's really just no safety out there
Teno is still by far the strongest herbivore if played correctly.
@@vargyr1040 I agree. Teno can even take down stegos if the player knows what they're doing
@@dinometta Can confirm. Myself and 2 friends rolled through SP yesterday on a cull. 6 stegs, 4 ceras, 4 maias collectively we lost 1 fg teno and 1 30% grown teno in exchange. Stegs have been running amok on AU2 so had to take them down a peg. We tried our hand at dibble but that is about the only herbi that stands against teno but between the two I would still rank teno higher.
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And so are you :D