Talk:Habitat/@comment-85.72.112.20-20121021132244/@comment-175.137.64.210-20121025132649

I used to be in the same situation as you, so I can help.

1. If you build the regular Ice and Metal Habitats, you'll need friends to open it. If you're willing to spend gems on it, go ahead.

2. If you upgrade your Ice and Metal Habitats, you do not need friends to open it.

3. If you build Large Ice or Metal Habitats straight from the Build menu, you still do not need friends.

So, if you're going to spend gems on the normal ones then upgrade them, I think it's a waste when you could have simply built the large habitats straight up without spending any gems.

What I did was that I waited until I was Level 23 (when the large Metal Habitat is unlocked) before starting on the Metal dragons. if you spend a lot of time in Combat World, you'll start to find people with Armadillo Dragons and stuff like that. So bring in any rare hybrids or Legendaries you have (you can earn then in the carnival if you're online enough).

But that's just me; it's up to you what you want to do.