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[Wingbreaker]

Jonathan Paine, on 06 March 2015 - 09:00 PM, said:

Oh look, another atlas! You'll have to expose 40% of your mech before you can shoot anything, and you'll spend lots of time hitting the ground. Wohooo!

...says the guy with an awesome in his sig.

[Dagorlad13]

The Zeus is going to be a hybrid of the Battlemaster and the Orion. The Grasshopper is going to be a bigger Quickdraw.

[Davers]

IronClaws, on 06 March 2015 - 04:06 PM, said:

So you were expecting the Zeus to have rediculous overpowered quirks? Do you realize that if any of the Resistance mechs were released with OP quirks right out of the box, that there would be no end to the players crying "P2W!"

Doesn't stop PGI from selling Clan mechs though.

[Dagorlad13]

Davers, on 07 March 2015 - 04:04 PM, said:

Doesn't stop PGI from selling Clan mechs though.

Yes, Clan mechs are nerfed out of the box.

[The Massive]

If only the unique geometry had the wings. Maybe next years anniversary presents will.

[dervishx5]

IronClaws, on 08 March 2015 - 11:23 PM, said:

Yes, Clan mechs are nerfed out of the box.

They are.

Edited by dervishx5, 08 March 2015 - 11:42 PM.

[Taisa Sodai Lopez Kerensky]

I'd rather moderate quirks for the Zeus that take advantage of its big hit weapons (like giving the AC/5 Zeus decent ballistic quirks and/or decent AC/5 quirks) rather than AMS range any day.

Meanwhile, Clans getting Shadow Cat and Cauldron Born.

[Chef Kerensky]

IronClaws, on 06 March 2015 - 04:06 PM, said:

So you were expecting the Zeus to have rediculous overpowered quirks? Do you realize that if any of the Resistance mechs were released with OP quirks right out of the box, that there would be no end to the players crying "P2W!"

Yeah, that would be really bad. [turns to face clan wave 3 pack; the flesh on my face melts away, leaving only my skull, which is now wreathed in fire]

[Dawnstealer]

I'm still thinking I'll slap 3 LPLs in this thing or 3MPLs, LB10, and SRM4s/6s. Brawler - it feels like a brawler. I don't think I'll be running an AC5 in any of them, though.

[Amsro]

Wingbreaker, on 07 March 2015 - 07:11 AM, said:

...says the guy with an awesome in his sig.

And that negates the truth of his post how?

Yes the awesome isn't, but the Zeus is a small Atlas, it will be a little bit worse then the Atlas too.

[Chef Kerensky]

IronClaws, on 08 March 2015 - 11:23 PM, said:

Yes, Clan mechs are nerfed out of the box.

Dual ballistic arm hardpoints equal to eye level and an energy hardpoint above eye level on a 65 tonner with clantech and removable missile hitboxes, all wrapped up in a meta that favors gauss rifles and laser vomit on high hardpoints. If you don't like that you can always just swap out parts for other variants until you are minmaxed for obscene levels of damage in some other configuration. Cauldron Born clearly needs quirks

[FSxHellhoundx]

The Zeus isn't meant to be a brawler, its used as a support unit. i think this is one of the lightest assaults in Battletech.

[Tasker]

According to MWO devs, Zeus apparently supposed to just be walking trash can. Ha ha.

Sorry again, friend Dawnstealer. Hope quirk pass 2 is better.

[Dawnstealer]

Tasker, on 09 March 2015 - 07:37 AM, said:

According to MWO devs, Zeus apparently supposed to just be walking trash can. Ha ha.

Sorry again, friend Dawnstealer. Hope quirk pass 2 is better.

On that note, I'm looking forward to getting the ACTUAL walking trashcan in April...

I'll make this one work. Somehow.

I mean...Steiner...there's a way - we may suck, but we'll look good doing it.


so good

Edited by Dawnstealer, 09 March 2015 - 07:47 AM.

[HARDKOR]

I thought the Zeus was supposed to suck. It's got terrible geometry and a mixed bag of hardpoints. The quirks make it look like a huge bland pile of "I'm not gonna drive this thin"

[Dawnstealer]

Yeah, it's hard to say. Especially that 6S. Then again, the dual AC5 was pretty effective on the Victor, so it's not exactly DOA yet. I'm going to see how it handles once it's Elited. If it isn't all-CT, it'll be able to zombie up, which is unique for any mech in its neighborhood (size-wise).

2AC5s, LPL in the CT, maybe MPLs? Dunno. I'll find something that works. My 4R Enforcer is killing it in CW right now.

[CyclonerM]

Since when are players judging an upcoming 'Mech only by its quirks?

Meh..

[Dawnstealer]

Since CW made meta the only way to win.

[Chef Kerensky]

CyclonerM, on 09 March 2015 - 08:06 AM, said:

Since when are players judging an upcoming 'Mech only by its quirks?

Meh..

Quirks, hitboxes, hardpoint location, engine and tonnage limitations, and prior experience with similar mechs fulfilling similar roles. The Zeus is dead on arrival. It will not be feasible.

[Chef Kerensky]

Similarly you can conclude based on hardpoint configuration + location, low-profile hitboxes, omnipod customization, equipment possibilities (ECM is great, MASC might be even better), and tonnage restrictions (3 cauldron born + 1 shadow cat drop deck anyone?) that unless the cauldron born and shadow cat receive quirks that make their legs explode every time they fire a gauss rifle they will almost certainly be top tier in CW