WOW WAS I WRONG
The XL Engine on Zeus is undeniably terrible. The Zeus seems fairly fragile compared to other assaults as is, but now I also explode if I lose a shoulder because of the XL! This is AWFUL. I cannot survive engagements because the Zeus's shoulders are HUGE EASY TARGETS, so I tend to explode in almost any exchange of fire. I feel tankier in my Panther!
Ok, all I have to do is switch out the engine for a heavier one, right? NOPE. Not only was the engine more expensive in the first place, it also costs $2 - 4 MILLION C-BILLS to replace it with another! This engine alone is costing me $5 - 6 million total c-bills easily without providing any benefit, not to mention many lost games because of my fragile assault mech not pulling its weight! I've resorted to ambushes and flanking in order to win any engagements at all, things assaults are not meant to do or good at.
I feel like I've been scammed! MWO was the used car salesman and the ZEU-9S2 was the lemon. I know there is no way to undo the damage that's already done, but this game really needs to get rid of these noob traps and make the detriments of the XL engine more apparent. There is NOTHING in the game I've seen that tells me the XL engine's massive drawback! Why isn't this info displayed in the Mech Lab??? It wasn't until I asked in game chat why my mech was exploding even with my torso, head, and legs still in tact that I learned the truth.
tl;dr Do not buy a Zeus with an XL Engine! It is a noob trap and a waste of money!
Edited by dBreeze, 20 March 2018 - 01:24 AM.