
Really difficult to rate... It's a fast, deadly (yeah well deadly in packs), fearsome predator if you're on foot. But almost no sweat with a good mount. Even if they manage to pin u your mount should be able to make short work of them due to the relatively low health. Good for starter tames, not very well for mid to late game due to their low weight, health, and limited utility. I usually play on easy where u can knock a lv1 ~ lv 12 raptor out with only one bola and your fists. The earliest pack hunter available, but not the best option especially since there's a limit to how many u can tame(well, at least on mobile) i recommend skipping them and go right on to tame direwolves or allosaurs as they are also pack hunters but do it at least slightly better.
Raptors are essentially better Dilos. Whe lacking the poisonous blinding spit of a Dilo, they have a much better DPS due to their speed. In groups of three or more they benefit from a pack boost, and in groups of at least four I notice they tend to take on bigger threats on the Ark (notably Sarcos and Kapros). Plus their pounce ability is not to be overlooked.
In short, tame Dilos for the early game, but Raptors as you move into mid game.
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk. Up so newbies can see :)
TLC patch coming March 2018 adding a pack bonus wherein the leader roars and the pack gains damage resistance, movement speed, and attack speed buff for 15 seconds with a 45 second cooldown, will also gain a pounce and pin move similar to Thylocoleo which can be used on small creatures or players. Kill it to escape.
This is possibly the only dino that's still will be effective from the beginning to the end stage, these things have a pack buff that really isn't gonna do anything to bosses,, but historical we always learn outnumbering an enemy is a guaranteed win, get two raptors and breed them together till you have a gang of them, put points mostly in health stamina and melee damage and with the pack buff these freaking machines will start attacking nonstop even if one deals 40 damage their fast strikes kill even brontosauruses