Should you buy the Zeus Mk II deep dive

hey guys and welcome back to another video and today I wanted to talk about the Zeus Mar 2 we kind of guessed that this ship was going to be released during citizen con but a lot of us didn't know what the exact specs were going to be we had an idea that it would be this kind of deito shaped spaceship but I have to say it looks incredible I think cig really knocked it out the park with the design it kind of uh reminds me more of the Galaxy styling and less like the aora and the constellation now some people are saying that the constellation series might need a rework now this ship kind of fits in an very interesting place in our size lineup to be perfectly honest with you these ships are and it is a line of ships these ships are a lot more versatile these ships are a lot more full featured than I was ever expecting so let's get right into it and kind of ask the question should you buy this should you upgrade what's going on with this ship okay we all know here that the Zeus is very legendary in Star Citizen Law it is the ship that had the first commercially available uh Quantum Drive uh it was very successful and it put ours sign on the map this is the mark 2 so this is the second version the upgraded version uh for a new market and these ships look amazing okay so we have three variants here we have the es the Mr and the CL the first variant here is the es with a focus on exploration the Zeus Mark 2 es features a robust rate package for finding new discoveries along with enhanced weaponry and shielding to help bring them back home now this is a very interesting point shielding because uh we will get into the specifications of these ships a little bit later but this ship has a lot of shields now some people are saying that there is a component rewok coming in the pipeline I know that c is changing the category that the tractor be beams are on they're moving the trctor beams from uh weapon scaling to component scaling but CG hasn't said anything about changing component sizes and if you think about it doesn't make sense for them to all these components already physicalized and model in the game it would mean they have to go back and change a bunch of things I think that this ship just has a lot of Shields and again we will get into that uh when we get to the specifications portions I'm going to explain why this why This ship's component load out actually makes a lot of sense uh the next ship we have here is the Mr okay with a focus on security the Zeus Mark 2 Mr features an EMP device and Quantum dampener to help neutralize hostile forces okay this is your bounty hunting ship this is the ship that you're going to want to go out and capture other players this is kind of going to be a big PVP ship has a lot of weapons has a lot of Shield s it has uh the EMP to kind of uh get rid of your your your your Shields and your equipment and and and mess you up you put Distortion cannons on this this thing is going to be a lot of trouble okay and it's got those prisoner pods so when you cast the player you can put them on board and deliver them to the new security uh locations at stations in the verse right now so this is going to be a very interesting ship for bounty hunting uh we saw a little bit of that rework with the hawk but we don't know what's happening with the cutless blue and the Avenger now this is one of the most interesting ships for me personally as an industrial player this is an amazing proposition this is the Zeus Mark 2 CL with a focus on Commerce Zeus Mark 2 CL features additional cargo space and attractive beam ideal for handling large volumes of freight and this is a great photo to kind of show you everything that this ship has to offer right now you see it has the tractor beam here on this boom arm okay you see this boom Arm coming up from the back kind of like how the C1 has the tractor beam on that rail system in the back so it gives you kind of like a 360° uh area of usefulness for that tractor beam then you have the ramp here you can see the cockpit in the front with the two pilot control weapons and it looks like there's a window on the side here and we'll get into the interior in a little bit but you also see a ladder in the front that's right this vehicle has two uh um areas to enter and exit from that is huge okay so this is a very interesting looking ship okay we have a look here this the cockpit power control weapons right here on either side again looks like you have a window here remote turret is on the underside okay this is not a great position for a remot turret but it is better than nothing this is the Explorer variant we're looking at here and here is some specifications three crew three suit lockers 32 Su of cargo four size 2 Shields this is huge and this was what a lot of people was kind of surprised at they were saying this can't be right this must be some kind of mistake I'm going to explain why I don't think that this is a mistake okay one size 3 radar one size three fuel tank okay that is the exterior let's take a look at the interior now we can see here you've got your cockpit you've got your docking collar here you've got your suit lockers then you have have a hallway and this area right here is your secondary entrance and exit with a ladder that goes down to the surface and this is an a loock room so open this door go down this ladder and exit the ship then you have a hallway here and this room at the back here is what I am assuming is the kitchenet area so this is where you're going to prepare your food and do all that then you have your bunk room this is where the three crew is going to sleep okay and at the back here you have your cargo hole so the main focus of this ship 32 Su of cargo is its component load out okay you have those large Shields you have that uh nice radar you have that um you know the large fuel capacity this is going to be an amazing for pyro lots of shields lots of fuel lots of scanning capability you have a little bit of cargo so when you go looting bunkers Salvage you can put it in the back I wouldn't say this is a a general cargo hauler but for multi-purpose gameplay in a system like pyro this is going to be a big ship this is going to be a good ship for that okay next thing we're going to look at is the mark 2m exterior here P control weapons again cockpit you have a moot tur on the top and the bottom so your two c Pilots here are going to be able to control those remote turs you also have your EMP and QED device here up at the top okay this is going to be big for all of your bounty hunting gameplay again so the big thing with this is it has an onboard Armory so you can store your weapons in there and gear up before you do whatever missions you want to do three size two Shields one less than the exploration variant okay three size two Shields is still a lot of shielding 16 suu of cargo again aside from getting the bounties and having uh the storage containers to put the actual players in or NPCs we don't know yet um you have 16s of cargo so if they have any Contraband on their ships any drugs any stolen loot from other players you can store that in the cargo hole you have 16 Su cargo okay last but not least we have the the ship that I'm most interest in the CL okay the exterior here you have this kind of blue yellow and black paint drob I'm not in love with it but that's okay we're going to look at the skin a little bit later cockpit pilot control weapons and missiles then the toet is on the other side I do not believe that the toet is pilot controlled I believe that that will be controlled by a co-pilot again it's on the other side not as convenient as if it was on top I don't really understand this decision but we'll see you know when we get it in game okay three size two Shields again lots of shielding but here's the interesting part 128 suu of cargo this puts this ship in a very interesting place in my opinion because you look at the size okay I believe this is a 46 M long ship the same size as the C1 Spirit okay we have way more cargo it is is larger than the freelancer max the freelancer max I believe is around 38 M long okay and it has 122 Su of cargo so this is 46 M long with 128 Su of cargo the freelancer max is 36 or 38 uh met long with 122 Su Caro so this is direct competition in my opinion to that freelancer Max okay and the freelancer max is priced relatively the same as this so we're going to look at the price here in a little bit again you have two size two fuel tanks uh you have a size two tractor beam so this gives you ability to look at the cargo like what we saw let take a look at the interior large cargo hold again cockpit at the front the front section is the same across the variance very similar anyway um I don't think we took a look at the M's interior no we didn't okay let's I'm sorry we'll go back for a second and look at the mrr's interior got the cockpit suit lockers um docking collar your your enter and exit hallway you have your habitation the bunks here bathroom then on this other side you have the kitchenet so so this bulk head forward is is pretty much the same on all three variants now what you going to have that's different on the Mr version is the Armory over here where you can store your weapons then you have the prisoner transport pods here on the side and your 16 Su of cargo which will go on either side here ramp on the back I'm not sure what this room is up front here I believe that you enter in the hallway here then you turn left and you turn right so this area might be components it might be personal storage uh um we'll find out a little bit later during the Q&A okay so now let's go back to the interior on the CL again this front area is the same you've got the little kitchenet on this side youve got the bunk beds and the shower toilet combo thing over here um but you have this huge cargo area now this is going to be great because uh you can fit uh large ground vehicles in here it looks like this is supposed to be a player character uh for scale it looks like you should be able to fit a Ursa or similarly sized vehicle in this cargo area and again 128 Su car this in my opinion would make for a perfect daily uh cargo Runner the freelancer Max has two size two Shields this has three okay again I believe that these the these numbers are correct uh but I always suggest before making any purchasing decision you wait for the Q&A the Q&A that cig posts after these concept sales gives you all of this information that we miss out from this marketing material okay the marketing material is just kind of to show you what the ship is about but you always want to wait for that Q&A you can ask questions on the Spectrum thread uh and cig will answer them in that Q&A okay but yes three size two Shields two size two fuel tanks one size two uh Quantum fuel tank uh you have that size 2 tractor beam for those larger cargo container boxes again 128 Su of cargo this is a very very interesting ship in my opinion uh big competition for the freelancer max okay and now I kind of want to go back for a second I'm sorry I'm jumping WR all over the place to the to the es for a second here because I think a lot of people are going to say that this is a C1 killer and it's like where do the spirit series uh land with this ship coming out because it is the exact same length as the spirit okay this uh is uh 40 46 suu of cargo so we'll actually just jump in right now and look at the tech specs okay here is the technical specification sheet we have the three variants here and I'm going to zoom in so we can see this okay uh it's hard to control but you know we we can see what we're working with here again three crew 46 M long that's the exact same length as the C1 Spirit but the width is 34 M that is narrower than the C1 Spirit 8 m High three suit lockers 32 Su of cargo a little bit less than the C1 the C1 has 48 Su of cargo okay but again those four size two Shields versus the c1s one size two shield now a lot of people are saying that this is a typo or something um but in my opinion I think this ship honestly slots in as competition for the 400i cuz you look at the 400i specifications and you look at the the Zeus Mark 2 specifications the the es version this Explorer version the 400i is an Explorer ship this is an Explorer ship the 400i is a little bit larger than this but not by much and the 400 I has a large Shield okay because it's technically supposed to be in the same class as the constellation and the cors but its specifications kind of fall in line a lot closer to this its cargo capacity is a lot closer to this I believe it has around 32 Su as well again it has that large Shield but four size two Shields is essentially equivalent to one large uh Shield or one size three Shield so it has just about the same Shields as the 400i it has about the same cargo as the 400i it has uh two size 4 fixed weapons for the pilot which is the same as the 400i two size 4 but it has one to it the 400i has two toets has uh uh two size twos on the top two size twoos on the bottom for the co-pilots missile racks they both have missile racks so okay but the four 100 I has that um hover bike garage and it has Escape parts and it has separate rooms it has the Captain's Quarters and the crew quarters and the the separate bathroom it also has that holographic um uh navigation table which again now that we've seen more about the map these navigation tables might become a lot more interesting on on what you can do to scan and map out interesting locations again this is an exploration ship but it does not have that big holographic table you will still be able to map and scan and do all that stuff but that holographic table is going to be an interesting feature again the cow has a whole Hollow deck room dedicated to that kind of gameplay of you know going out exploring finding these locations and then selling that information that's going to be very interesting and fun gameplay in my opinion that is kind kind of what I was hoping for for that game play of exploration of you know the game is huge most of these planetary surfaces haven't been explored you know there are you know dozens of rivers in the game and we've seen like three or four there are you know dozens of caves so hopefully CG drops more of these locations in the game Rec sites caves Rivers out post for us to find and explore and then we will use these ships to drop these locations sell that information to other players hey there's a resource here hey there's a a valuable cave here how much money do you want to give me for that information okay and then CG also talked about us being able to rate this information like okay this location was actually really valuable you should trust this person's information and then we kind of get that player-to-player reputation so all these mechanics are starting to tie in I'm telling you we saw a lot of really cool stuff during this citizen con and I'm really excited to make more videos about it but again here you have uh the the Mr which is the uh bounty hunting version okay three size two Shields but again you have two turrets you have a turret on the top turret on the bottom so you have more Firepower with the bounty hunting version and then with the cargo version it's the same size 46 m but you get that 128 suu of cargo again the freelancer max is uh smaller I think it's like 36 38 M long uh it is smaller than this ship and it has 122 Su of cargo so the freelancer max again is a very cool ship but it has two size two Shields this has three so you have more Shields than the freelancer max okay you have more Shields you have slightly more more cargo okay uh you have less Firepower though the freelancer Max has four size 3es this has two size fours so depending on what guns you equip on each ship you could end up with more DPS on the freelancer max again so uh very interesting loadouts and you also have to remember these two size fours are fixed weapons they say right here fixed weapons hard points I do not believe you can put gimbals on this you might be able to but um they're getting rid of the downsize uh weapons system so before when you had gimbals on it would just size down the weapon so if you had a size four gimbal you would have a size three gun on that they're doing away with that system so I believe that this fixed hard point uh will not be able to have gimbals on it so this kind of leads me to believe that maybe this is a very Nimble maneuverable ship it does look very Sleek okay so again I kind of believe that uh the es here is competition for the 400i to me they they're very similar but then you have to think about it the 400i is roughly a $100 more than this ship this ship is coming in $150 uh with store credit 135 war bond so let's actually go back and take a look at that right now all right here so special insurance offer of course this is a concept sale so this is coming with LTI you have your options here the Zeus Mark 2 es with Solstice paint this is a very cool looking paint with the black and the gold this is consious uh I'm conscious so that's why I'm seeing this if you're not conscious you will not have the option to purchase this paint but uh cig always releases skins and different paints and stuff so you will be able to get paints with this ship I have no doubt about that it's just kind of like a limited edition thing they do for those backers that spend a lot of money in the game over the years um and it is a very nice paint and uh I think it works really well on this ship 135 war bond what are we getting with that we are getting aie hanger Lifetime Insurance and the solstice paint okay for 135 it is all included then this is the es that's the explore version the CL is the cargo version the Mr is 170 war bond so it's a little bit more expensive okay and these are the regular war bond offers without the const paint so if you're not conss this is what you will have available and then we have the store credit the credit offers 150 for the es 150 for the CL 190 for the Mr now this is a very interesting decision to make because you have more shields on the es and you have more scanners and radar and um it is the same price as the CL which has a lot more cargo okay 12 12 Su versus 32 but you lose one of those uh medium Shields I think realistically the tradeoffs kind of make the seal a bit of a better proposition but it's up to you if you are more interested in that exploration gamep Play and then of course they have some subscriber gear if you are not a subscriber you will not be seeing this I am both conscious and a subscriber I know I'm a mad man don't be like me okay disclaimer the RSI Zeus Mark 2 including all variance is being offered for the first time as a limited vehicle concept pledge this means that the vehicle is in development but is not yet ready to plain star sism it will be available as a playable as playable content in a later patch if you pledge towards the aide Zeus Mark 2 or any any available variants thereof you will have access to a temporary laner vehicle for the use of Star season until such time as the applicable variant raius Mark I is included in game The Loner vehicle will be currently playable vehicle or similar approximate size and or function initially the Crusader A1 Spirit okay so you are getting an A1 as a laner vehicle initially now I believe that we might get a C1 for the CL so if you have a C1 right now this is a very interesting ship to look at because it is not that much more money again the C1 is $110 this is $150 so that's a $40 difference that you have to make up you could potentially melt another smaller ship or some skins and make up that money and upgrade to the ship and you will still have your spirit C1 as a loner until the ship comes out okay in my opinion the ship is uh very competitive it is a very competitive proposition for uh for cutless owners for C1 owners for freelance Max owners um anything kind of in that size honestly it is I would not say this is competition for something like a constellation okay even though the Andromeda has a less cargo at 96 Su it has a lot of guns you have a lot more Firepower you have those man toets okay you have a lot of missiles you have an insane amount of missiles on that Android om okay and then the Taurus has 172 SC of cargo I believe so you have more cargo on the tus and the Taurus is cheaper and then of course on the Andromeda you have the snub ship with the Mullin I don't think an Andromeda owner is looking at this as an upgrade you're just not the Andromeda is a great ship visually because of the cockpit struts the visibility out of it um it's not the best but it does have that front elevator it has that two you know access points that you have available there it has that uh you know the darking collar exits on the side as well the the constellation is a great ship series uh I again I think this ship slots in just below that but just barely you know it's not really in my opinion compet in with the cutless black and the spirit C1 kind of class of ships it's more in between the constellation and the cutless so for $150 $1 135 war bond um and you get the C the the the A1 Spirit as a loner for this ship makes a very enticing proposition again I always recommend that you take a look at the Q&A before making any purchasing decisions always always always look at that Q&A uh in the case of the spirit series a lot changed and there was a lot of confusion about the specifications of that ship that ship grew a lot that's the thing if it stayed as a uh it was originally supposed to be 30 something M long and at that size one size two Shield makes a lot of sense but now that it's 46 M the same size as this ship that that one size two Shields feels kind of underpowered and everything's already modeled the ship's you know basically done they're not going to go back and upgrade those Shields or they might not I don't know yet but I think that's kind of where that ship is going to be and uh uh they might Nerf this down we don't know it's it's this is concept okay we did get to see white box of this ship okay at citizen con they showed us white box we walked around the interior it is very early days but it is in production so I think that getting those metrics down I think these components are accurate I think it is more competition for the 400i again this is $150 400i I I I believe the 400i is two is 250 um to kind of compete with the corsier and the MSR this is a very good proposition for entry level exploration gameplay this is a really good proposition for that Medium to to Upper uh size Freight this is an excellent proposition for bounty hunting these three ships are kind of a Tor force in my opinion this is basically what you want to look at for that on ship Fleet if you're going to have one ship in your Fleet and you want to focus on any one of these game plays this is the lineup to look at that's that's basically what I'm coming at here this is basically what I'm seeing from this ship here cig didn't pull any punches at citizen con they showed us water physics okay they showed us cloth physics they showed us hair physics okay they show This Global illumination and R tracing okay they show this new Cloud Tech they showed us uh the early stages of silver meshing we saw storm walls this citizen con is is crazy I am uh I have no words for what we're seeing here and believe me I'm going to bring you guys the content on that so stay glued to this channel I'm super excited about the content coming out about Star Citizen it's a great time to be a citizen you guys we're doing it we're making in this game what I saw on stage today was a totally different game than what we're playing now okay melstrom destru destructible environments okay the the new map system the new Quantum drum the new HUD around the Gladius how and we have another day of this what will they show us next Squadron 42 keep your eye on it I'm telling you right now this is my prediction we're going to see some exciting stuff at IE again we did not see the next variant of the cuta they kind of teased it but they didn't unveil it so we talked about that a little bit in my last video about ships in the pipeline and so that's kind of what I'm expecting the cutos scut was exactly on the money we basically saw the ship it was in the game and everything that was in the game was exactly like that leak sheet that leak sheet from pipeline again the the the information that I brought you guys is readily available leaks this is not like you know I mean I don't know if I was honestly supposed to be talking about that that ship uh I saw it on Reddit on the pipeline uh you know leaks kind of thing um so I just you know kind of assumed that you know these were just the ships in the pipeline and I wanted to go over them but I generally don't do leaks on this channel that was just kind of one of those things where you know I saw it and I wanted to do an overview video of all the ships in the pipeline you guys just obliterated that video uh I haven't had that many views uh you know the channel has waves it goes up and down that's normal for Star sing content we have slower times and then we have you know times where cig is putting a lot of content and videos are getting a lot of views but you guys absolutely went Gang Busters on that video that video did so well so thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for subscribing we got so many subscribers because of that video uh I think we gained like 20 subscribers just from that video alone so thank you guys so much for supporting this Channel supporting the content I really enjoy bringing this content to you guys so thanks for hanging out with me so that's going to be it for me here today you guys this is an awesome ship uh if you're thinking about picking it up uh I suggest again waiting for that Q&A the components are in my opinion still kind of shaky uh I think we should wait until CG confirms what the actual sizes are uh the spec sheet the things are always kind of sketchy in my opinion especially after you know the spirit C1 debacle so I again I suggest waiting for the Q&A but this is a very exciting ship and I would not blame anybody from pulling the trigger on it but that's going to be it for me here today you guys stay tuned for the rest of the content that's coming up about Star Citizen and like I always say at the end of these videos like the video if you liked it subscribe if you want to see more and I will absolutely see you guys in the next one [Music] salute

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Length: 34min 40sec (2080 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 22 2023