Rmmc1203 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 So I managed to knock out a lvl 56 Tapejara on my SP Island save, and when it finished taming it was level 87. I'd never tamed one before, so that's a goal I have now met. Overall, they're nice. You don't need one that's super high level for it to be useful. They can carry quite a lot more than a Pteranodon, and the extra mobility is a good QoL thing. Whilst I don't particularly care for being able to go up, down, backwards, left, and right more easily than any other flyer, if that's something you want, the Tapejara's a good tame. With the somewhat recent tame to Rare Flowers it's a piece of cake. How I Tamed Mine: My taming cage is on the western side of the swamp near West 1, as the swamp contains all sorts of nifty creatures. As you travel west there's the Redwoods, I nice big mountain, and the best of all, a river where you can find many species of the ARK. Every now and then I go up and down this river killing stuff and looking around. Occasionally I see a Tapejara or two, so I decided to tame one. My wooden taming cage wasn't too far away, and my 188 Pteranodon has a good bit of stamina. So, I grabbed my stash of Rare Flowers and went out searching on my Pteranodon. I found a good candidate, at least for my first one. I didn't want to get one that was too high level, as I didn't want it to cost a million narcotics or to take three hours. I am so grateful that Tapejaras aggro when you eat a rare flower. Not only that, but they'll attack you for quite a while even after the effect ends. I just ate a Rare Flower, flew up to it, checked that it was chasing me, turned, and flew. These things are fast, maybe just a touch faster than Pteras. If it ever stopped chasing/attacking, I just ate another Rare Flower before it got too far. Within a few minutes we were at near my taming cage. It was too fast to fly through the cage and close the gate behind me, so after realizing this, I concocted a plan. I'd fly up to it, eat a Rare Flower, fly close to my cage, hop off of my Ptera, have the Tapejara chase me into the cage, close the gate behind it, and escape through one of the smaller side doors. It attacked the cage, doing a whole 12 damage per hit. I was worried it'd break through before long, so time was of the essence. I zoomed back to base, grabbed some food for it, a crossbow, tranq arrows, and narcotics, then zoomed right back. By the time I got back it was trying to escape just by flying around. Within less than a minute the thing was on the ground, ready to tame. So I just flew around getting prime meat from Diplos and Paracers with my Argentavis and keeping it's torpor topped up. When the taming process was nearly complete I flew back to base yet again again to craft a saddle, flew back, gave it some more prime meat, and when I came back from my last hunting mission, it was tamed. HYPE! Pros: 1. They're about the same speed as Pteranodons. 2. They can carry quite a bit more than a Pteranodon and still fly just as fast. 3. Extra maneuverability is a good QoL addition. 4. Latching onto walls is cool. 5. Carrying other people sounds fun. Cons: 1. They're stamina gain is horrific when latched onto a wall, about 5 per second compared to standing still on the ground's 30. 2. When I first knocked mine out, it had around 580 Weight. When it finished taming, it had around 330. WHY??? 3. Tapejaras are rather noisy creatures. They make a whole lot of strange sounds, even in their sleep. So how come it doesn't have some sort of trumpeting call? How To Fix These: 1. Increase they're stamina gain on walls to 15 or 20. Shouldn't be too OP. 2. Decrease the amount of the Weight statistic removed after taming. If it went from 580 to 400-450, I wouldn't be all that disappointed, but 330? GG WildCard. 3. Add a trumpeting call. On a PvP Server, I'd rate these 9/10, having tribemates ride with you is pretty neat, and the fact that their Weight stat isn't horrific is cool too. For PvE, 8/10, see PvP. And for SP, 7/10. The reason I rate it this low is because I don't see it being very useful currently, but it is cool to mess around with. Would probably recommend for exploration and light cargo transport, however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baton Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 They r not even about pteras speed lol, bit faster than arg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfSlabBacon Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Personally, never cared for them until I got some good mutations... They're just too darn weak, lack Stam, and weight until you get some good mutations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthaNyan Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Glaring con on Tapejaras: you cant stop its inertial movement. Other flyers have brakes (default "x") to completely halt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaro Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 imo pretty impressive with someone with an asc longneck in passenger seat. Very funny to raid with, because of the extreme manoeuvrability you can dodge, hide and troll very nicely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngrySaltire Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 41 minutes ago, DarthaNyan said: Glaring con on Tapejaras: you cant stop its inertial movement. Other flyers have brakes (default "x") to completely halt. Console peasant here, we don't have an airbrake button I keep dreaming of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaypak Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Tapas are great, like any Dino. If it's a high lvl then you have what you need... also the ability to go backwards and actually turn wins hands down over argy n ptero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salba Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 As someone who mainly plays Single Player I consider a Tapy an essential tame as I use one to tame a Quetz. You just need to hop in the front seat and whistle it to attack something so it takes off. Then you whistle move here to chase down the quetz and shoot it from your tapy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowletAlex Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Wait, tappies agro with rare flowers? Even after they added that thing with the rare flowers, I was still just doing ghillie+bola taming. Good to know! Also, I would love if the tapejara got a trumpeting war call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodaboy Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Makes an excellent base golf cart, similar to lymantria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaypak Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 2 hours ago, Salba said: As someone who mainly plays Single Player I consider a Tapy an essential tame as I use one to tame a Quetz. You just need to hop in the front seat and whistle it to attack something so it takes off. Then you whistle move here to chase down the quetz and shoot it from your tapy. lol, that would be something to watch... I guess you need to point to the quetzto make it go there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkEliteH2 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 To be honest, I've pretty much replaced all my ptera flying with tapejaras. I love tapejaras. Versatile, hardier than pteras in many ways, and seats 3. Theyre not faster than pteras, but that bulkier stamina they got foregoes that easily. Yeah, they get very small increments when they level up, but most fliers are like that now. You either focus on all--or most--stamina, or health and melee. Plus, their versatile movements assist with trolls/trolling. Got an enemy ptera coming in for the grab? Just shoop-de-woop, duck out of the way or do a little sashay. Make it hard for em ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thegeekgroundhog Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I love tapejara they look amazing, I love how they move and the sound they make ^^ Too bad I don't use them more often since I have an argy and more recently quetz, griffin and wyverns. I feel much more secured on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonie1 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Same speed as Ptera (but Ptera can roll to go faster). More hp, stam, weight than Ptera. Ptera bests them in the melee department is all. To make them stop moving, just use the opposite directional key of what you are moving in. They will stop fast, dont overcompensate. Tapejara is superior to the Ptera in almost every way except for roll and melee. I think the Tapejaras noises are the best in the game and its my favorite mount. Its a massive game changer when you have someone who can ride shotgun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darge Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I like building cool bases... I use my Tape to place building pieces that I cannot reach from the ground.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiaLumay Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Those that know me, be them people I trade and adventure with, and especially my tribe mates, know how much of a tapejara fanatic I am. They are my #1 favorite dino in this game, I utterly adore them. Yeah, I'm your resident Crazy Tapy Lady. On Legacy, before I had to leave my server, I had so, so many it was insane. I love raising them, they are just so adorable. I love hatching 6-8 at a time (who needs sleep?) and getting those mutations. It was hard to leave all that hard work behind on Legacy, but my first egg hatched a mutation on my official server, so I'm already off to a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChargingParacerParacer Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Like the Pelagornis the tapejara was one of the flyers that was probably never a problem pre-nerf but none the less got "balanced" anyways. They jsed to be much better. They do have great uses though. They are nice for taming things, even in the drivers seat you can pull out your bow/gun and shoot some creatures. It is disorienting at first but if you get used to it that's a great way to hunt. A Tapejara is also pretty much the best way of solo taming a quetzal. You get in the front passenger seat and whistle it to attack a nearby creature. When it's in the air you can then use the command where you whistle a dino the where your icon is pointing so you can fly your Tape around the air and search the quetz out and whistle attack target and shoot tranq darts at the quetz before the tapejara gets to it. Whistle passive to get the Tapejara to stop. it's a balancing act of whistling the Tapejara around and whistling it to stop but it's pretty much the easiest and fastest way beyond already gaving a quetz to tame a quetz. Tapejaras are pretty nice mounts though when you get a higher level one and really practice using one effectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris73 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Use griffins 100% better than tapy's except the wall cling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drinkinthepink Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Max weight on tapaj and you got a great base builder.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lickimus Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 3 hours ago, AngryChris73 said: Use griffins 100% better than tapy's except the wall cling Plus one for that! Cant see how chasing quetz would be easyer with tapejera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yster Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 The tapaj with a tek saddle can maneuver to get into just about the perfect location to shoot.. They are almost useless without the tek saddle, since the griffen will be way better mount that can also carry more than one player, can also draw a weapon in mid air.. and is way faster with the dive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baton Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 13 hours ago, Moonie1 said: Same speed as Ptera (but Ptera can roll to go faster). More hp, stam, weight than Ptera. Ptera bests them in the melee department is all. To make them stop moving, just use the opposite directional key of what you are moving in. They will stop fast, dont overcompensate. Tapejara is superior to the Ptera in almost every way except for roll and melee. I think the Tapejaras noises are the best in the game and its my favorite mount. Its a massive game changer when you have someone who can ride shotgun. U wot pter has 1800 ms while tape 1100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmmc1203 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 On 10/10/2017 at 2:27 AM, Baton said: U wot pter has 1800 ms while tape 1100 Really? I see almost no difference, if anything. You'd think a gap of 700 would be a lot more noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivar Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Only reason I got Tek Saddle on our Tapejara was to tame a Titan. Cost is roughly 10 elements additionally due hitbox issues, but we succeeded in solo-taming a Titanosaur with our Tapejara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmmc1203 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 17 hours ago, Olivar said: Only reason I got Tek Saddle on our Tapejara was to tame a Titan. Cost is roughly 10 elements additionally due hitbox issues, but we succeeded in solo-taming a Titanosaur with our Tapejara. That sounds epic! How'd you pull it off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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