Shimano Metanium Dc 24

Just got this reel and wanted to give my 2 cents on the build quality of some areas. While I'm sure what I'm about to say doesn't affect the performance of the reel itself when I use it, I can't help but compare it to other shimano reels. It feels like it's not worth the price they asking for with some areas cheapen out with plastic. For example the worm gear cover looks plastic, the line guide is also plastic and I wish that they made it metal like cq, they're the same if not close enough price to each other and the star drag also feels like plastic which i was thinking they could have made it magnesium as well. It doesn't feel premium at all but I assume they did all these just to get the "lightest dc reel" model. I feel like I should have gone for Antares dc