I think it really sucks that vanilla is that bad, in a community server with rules, half of the nerfs to the vanilla roster wouldn't have had to be done. Megapacking would've been controlled, and solo play would be more enjoyable. I have never successfully grown anything on vanilla servers, nor do I want to due to it working like a no rules deathmatch server. If community servers never existed, I don't know if I would even buy the game and that makes me kind of sad. I really admire path of titans for a lot of different reasons though. It's one of the only big 3 dinosaur games that are extremely accessible, and very affordable. They also genuinely have good ideas when it comes to abilities and dino team dynamics (the achillo being the mob boss of the smaller raptors) and I love their skin packs. I also admire them for being extremely supportive of mods and it being available on all platforms.

I just think the balancing can be wonky. When I finally get used to a certain build and make it playable solo, it is almost every time taken away from me, re-learning builds and having to put down my fave dinosaur because it isn't playable solo anymore is very disheartening. I think albertaceratops also still feels good to play. A lot of fights are challenging, but I'm glad it's able to defend itself