Ser don't use metamask for base .just check zerion extension wallet and see u can pay only 0.03 to 0.09
Set the Max base fee and Priority Fee to 0.01 or 0.1 to make the gas fee lower..
Be careful because wallets still sometimes overestimate the priority fee which is the majority of the cost. You could prob manually set it lower and still get included
Why are you using Base? Just to try it out or Arbitrum is not good for you?
Wanna enjoy more set the gas limit to 0.001 Gwei , Basically Base Is the blue version of Optimism
That’s still quite high tbh.. obv better than ETH L1 but we can do much better