i dont really play mods either, ill play modded ark like twice a year maybe, i main officials and some unofficials. And well i never directly said that they are useless, they just aren't as useful as other creatures mid to late game.
oh, well its completely different online, cause i was talking from a pvp standpoint. most of the animals mentioned are for pve farming or for travel. in a pvp situation a meg will die to even just a survivor on a boat with a good sniper or shoty, brontos are big and thus their heads peak above the trees and enemy tribes flying over can see their heads above trees (that is why theri or bear are good for berry farming in pvp), Carno is basically useless in a pvp situation cause... giga, as stated pteras are only useful for early game travel as once you can tame CW's they useually match in speed and have a bigger stam pool... plus tropes are bascially gods of the skies (ima do a quote from another game and replace a couple of words)... "Voodoo 1 Tropeo on Station. Your journey ends here survivor. The skies belong to me. Nowhere to run, nowhere to fly".