39 replies to this topic

[LordBraxton]

I just needed to take a moment to say, the zeus is amazing, and I have massive success with it in every queue, except CW cause I dont touch that jank.

Im shocked they're not a popular part of the meta right now, in the normal queues!

The armor buffs make it XL viable, and with a 380 you can distribute like a boss.

I could give a **** about low slung hard-points, this thing can brawl.

So why are they already a rarer sight?

[Nothing Whatsoever]

I'll get 'um for C-Bills.

And the Awesomes need those armor quirks (at least in the torso)!

[Cion]

They're not that common 'cause they're not "meta"....

Ps: I was surprised at their survivability too.

[LordBraxton]

Praetor Knight, on 08 May 2015 - 05:14 PM, said:

I'll get 'um for C-Bills.

And the Awesomes need those armor quirks (at least in the torso)!

totally agreed. I'd push for a lil bit of armor on the battlemaster as well. I can dream anyway.

[Soul Tribunal]

I had Victor/Awesome fears when I first got my Zeus.
Namely because 80 tonners don't fair too well in the Assault category. That change quickly once I master my Zeus Chassis. I have to say, they are very respectable and able to do something I find the others cannot. Punch well above their Weight Class.
If only my poor Victors had a few more E HP's on them so I could Wub with them too.

-ST

[Coolant]

it has no weapon quirks...it's fine and dandy you are tough to kill, but if you have no firepower because of lack of weapon quirks u'll last to the end of the round with low damage...

Edited by Coolant, 08 May 2015 - 05:25 PM.

[Soul Tribunal]

Coolant, on 08 May 2015 - 05:25 PM, said:

it has no weapon quirks...it's fine and dandy you are tough to kill, but if you have no firepower because of lack of weapon quirks u'll last to the end of the round with low damage...

The Zeus does not need them.

-ST

[LordBraxton]

Coolant, on 08 May 2015 - 05:25 PM, said:

it has no weapon quirks...it's fine and dandy you are tough to kill, but if you have no firepower because of lack of weapon quirks u'll last to the end of the round with low damage...

This isnt that good but that's because I had to play a match to get the screenshot

[bad arcade kitty]

what is this armor quirk asking
all is mechs should get their ghost armor quirks removed


> you have no firepower because of lack of weapon quirks

^ that's what we got now with this ridiculous overquirking

Edited by bad arcade kitty, 08 May 2015 - 05:34 PM.

[LordBraxton]

bad arcade kitty, on 08 May 2015 - 05:33 PM, said:

what is this armor quirk asking
all is mechs should get their ghost armor quirks removed


> you have no firepower because of lack of weapon quirks

^ that's what we got now with this ridiculous overquirking

the armor quirk is asking you to get rekt

just warning everyone right away not to feed the troll\13 year old with clan fetish

Edited by LordBraxton, 08 May 2015 - 05:37 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

LordBraxton, on 08 May 2015 - 05:10 PM, said:

I just needed to take a moment to say, the zeus is amazing, and I have massive success with it in every queue, except CW cause I dont touch that jank.

Im shocked they're not a popular part of the meta right now, in the normal queues!

The armor buffs make it XL viable, and with a 380 you can distribute like a boss.

I could give a **** about low slung hard-points, this thing can brawl.

So why are they already a rarer sight?

only Assault mech I enjoy.

[LordBraxton]

Bishop Steiner, on 08 May 2015 - 05:46 PM, said:

only Assault mech I enjoy.

For me it's

6S
xl340
Gauss
3ErLL
zoom\sensor

9S
xl380
3Lpl
3mlas
derp\targetinfo

6T....

Invalid.

Tempted to sell.

Care to share some builds or tips bishop?
Ive been on the receiving end of your 4G's 20 a few times so, respect.

Edited by LordBraxton, 08 May 2015 - 05:50 PM.

[Yokaiko]

LordBraxton, on 08 May 2015 - 05:29 PM, said:

This isnt that good but that's because I had to play a match to get the screenshot

[LordKnightFandragon]

Cion, on 08 May 2015 - 05:15 PM, said:

They're not that common 'cause they're not "meta"....

Ps: I was surprised at their survivability too.

Are you? They are actually kinda narrow really., Not nearly as "Barn door" as the WHK or AWS....


And yes, the ZEU is pretty nice.

[LordBraxton]

Yokaiko, on 08 May 2015 - 05:53 PM, said:

*snip sexy zeus kills *snip

**** yeah man, represent. I just nabbed this one in the group queue with my mate Ultratitan keeping the lights off us.

[Bishop Steiner]

LordBraxton, on 08 May 2015 - 05:50 PM, said:

For me it's

6S
xl340
Gauss
3ErLL
zoom\sensor

9S
xl380
3Lpl
3mlas
derp\targetinfo

6T....

Invalid.

Tempted to sell.

Care to share some builds or tips bishop?
Ive been on the receiving end of your 4G's 20 a few times so, respect.

I'm pretty hipster with my builds.
340 or 350xl
ac10
aLRM15
4MPL

love it, works for my medium mech sensibilities. Probably a crappy build though, lol

[Timuroslav]

Because the Meta is all about exploiting broken mechanics and Janky Imbalanced stuff in order to win. Commandoes are good but because they're not meta no one wants to touch them.

[LordBraxton]

Bishop Steiner, on 08 May 2015 - 06:00 PM, said:

I'm pretty hipster with my builds.
340 or 350xl
ac10
aLRM15
4MPL

love it, works for my medium mech sensibilities. Probably a crappy build though, lol

That's actually how I ran my 6S up until this week.

I love it because it's classic Zeus, and still works really well as team support.

At 250 meters everything dies to the alpha!

But when I went all meta and slapped the gauss and ERLLs on....

It's hard to go back... maybe Im more of a tryhard than I think

Edited by LordBraxton, 08 May 2015 - 06:02 PM.

[Soul Tribunal]

LordBraxton, on 08 May 2015 - 05:50 PM, said:

For me it's

6S
xl340
Gauss
3ErLL
zoom\sensor

9S
xl380
3Lpl
3mlas
derp\targetinfo

6T....

Invalid.

Tempted to sell.

Care to share some builds or tips bishop?
Ive been on the receiving end of your 4G's 20 a few times so, respect.

Best 6T build for me thus far is this:

XL390 + 6 Sinks
3 x SRM4 + Art in the Right Arm
2 1/2 tons of ammo for SRM4
2 DHS in Right Torso
1DHS Left Torso
1 x LL Centre
1 x LL Left
1 x ML Left
1 x ML Left Torso

3.2 KDR so far with her.

-ST

[Lightfoot]

They take a style of play where you have to find 1v1 duels because they can't tank well vs more than one due to the CT size. CT size is not as bad as the Awesome, but it's easy to hit so you lose that extra armor advantage once you are facing 2 whereas a Victor can tank damage well vs 2 or 3.

Then there is the load-out difficulty. It seems many players struggle to put an effective build together although they seem obvious to me. Maybe if the missile arm was minimum of 2 hardpoints on all variants players would get it. Like the builds here all wouldn't make the cut for me.

That's why you don't see many, but I think the Zeus is fun to play and you can learn it.

Edited by Lightfoot, 08 May 2015 - 08:41 PM.