I loved how you pointed out the issue with lack of single player progression. I play with friends and org a decent amount, but I also often play solo or +1, and I would love more “high end” options for that in a smaller package. I really like the Zeus series. My main driver is the Taurus, but it does get a bit big and unwieldy solo, and would love to have a smaller option that brings a lot of the capability to the table. I think there is a compelling argument for each variant of the Zeus, with the MR and Clipper being standouts but that radar in the ES being a potential sleeper punch. Great review!

Proud owner of a Zeus MR and patiently awaiting it's release.

Very good video. Enjoyed the information and how you weighed in. I didn’t even think about redundancy with the components for example.

I opted in for the ES. I have the C1 that I'll use for light cargo and bounty scavenging. The ES will be used more for it's intended purpose. Thanks for the vid!

Thx for the nice summary. Makes the waiting much more bearable. Bought the CL version but maybe sometime I will get the bounty hunter version too.

I am looking forward to these ships. They have a lot of potential for solo and small group game play. Could be my new fav daily drivers.

i purchased my concept CL yesterday. Its perfect because you get the C1 as a loaner ship!

Added the MR to my Bounty Hunter roster, I see the Cutlass Blue as a Light to Medium target ship as she has the speed and firepower to catch faster targets, now the MR make the leap to Medium to Larger ships where the size 4 weapons are needed against the heavier shields and the EMP will assist in disabling a Larger ship like a Constellation or such sized targets. MR reflects its focus again similar slower ships. So they both serve a great purpose to a Bounty Hunter 😊

The Zeus Mk2 ES was and is still my favorite ship. Took me a while to be able to acquire it but, we did it. Can't wait for it to be released.

Awesome ship that seems to be ahead of schedule and only a short ways away. Can’t wait for my ES

Please do a review on the RSI Polaris. So much of it has changed. Finding the north star video on was awesome and they've changed the design even more when they showed it off at citizen con.

The MR is so cool. Cant wait to have working prisoner pods in the verse.

Zues ES is best buy in price for a well rounded vehicle. Im getting one for sure.

Have an upgrade from the Cutty waiting, I'll see what the Zeus is like when its ready before applying but on the surface its looking like a ship for my fleet

This is one of those ships when I absolutely love all 3 variants and can't decide which one to use more. :)

You know, every time you say grab a cup of tea... I do...

The Zeus looks great. Like a baby Galaxy.

its so beautiful

I bought the Zeus CL cant wait

Thanks LG cant wait to see your take on more of these new ships.

Awesome content!

I'm wondering what CIG has with having all these ships with those protruding things along the side of the cockpit. That said. Im excited for this ship

Yes I got he CL as the cargo for that ship size is good Ive been using the C1 as the loaner and like it but some landing bays are very tight LOL like the MR it calls to me . all this without adding any cash just changing my hanger around just need a mid size salvage ship now and Im done LOL will if the Arrastra is ok lol

My 315p turned into a Zeus MR. So I am with you.

This was the first long break I've taken from SC in a while. I own an F8C and preordered a Zeus Mk II but couldn't stand the loaner (A1 Spirit) and haven't booted the game since preordering the Zeus. When it finally comes out I'll come back but they need to hurry it up lol

I upgraded my aurora starter pack to the ES, gonna be my daily!

I definitely love the look of the MR, but I have no interest in bounty hunting, until I see where it goes. I personally favor buying Explorers/touring ships, with a splash of medical and cargo. I have really started to like RSI, so I might purchase a Zeus, after they release! It will be that, or the E1 lol Excellent video, as always!

I'm excited for the ES to be my long-range exploration and expedition ship, but remain disappointed that its been left with the A1 as a loaner.

Could you make a video like this about the Polaris? Would really love the things you review put on the Polaris!

Though I think the MR is great and I own one, getting it crewed up might be difficult. At this size, it looks almost more practical to take two additional dedicated fighters over having two people running the turrets. Hopefully I can get a crew to man it while we run with a larger crew tagging bounties, or pirating... or whatever we decide to do with it. :)

I purchased the Zeus pack, I'm super looking forward to it's release. I really wish they'd just make the Apollo the Zeus medical variant

Once my new P.C is finally finished, the cargo variant will be my starter.

Love the Zeus but trying to see if I can justify the es while owning a Corsair

To my eyes best looking ship theyve made it look like a space lambo im gonna purchase 1 as soon as as possible and hop in gameplay around 4.0

I saw this the Zeus ES and I had to have it. I then heired that there may be some hush hush talk about a 4th style? anyone know anything about that rumor?

It is younger, sexier, but my first dedicated cargo holder is going to stay the MAX :)

my slight irk since CitCon. the white box interior vid shows 64scu inside ES

I like the look of these ships. I bought a CCU for each of them (Razor -> CL/ES; Super Hornet -> MR), but I'll definitely wait with applying them.

Brought the cargo ver yesterday

I'm a sucker for ship reviews: to bad many old ships have outdated reviews, so keep these coming :-)

I wonder if I should melt my c1 for this ship. I love my c1 a lot though.

I hope the solo play issues are solved out when they introduce the hirable Ai crew members. That is still a thing in the works, right?

So is this just a bigger version of the intel ship? Reminds me with the hull and the so called fuel intakes

Looking at the Zeus, it certainty doesn't give the impression to be slower or less manouverable than a freelancer or cutty. Maybe slower than the Spirits, but also not kess manouverable. I agree with your point about progression, and not all ships need to be equal, or at least not artificially nerf them, if anything, start to buff older ships to become equal, that could be that the cutty is the most affordable, the freelancer the thoughest armor wise, the spirit the fastest which fit with Crusader, yet the Spirit isn't exactly super manouverable, I'd say the cutty is better in that regard.

what is the loaner they give you for this one

Are any of the turrets slaved btw? The Zeus seems to have quite measly firepower otherwise when soloing

Already got a CCU (from an LTI token Mule) to the ES … it’s probably going to be my daily driver ‘Millennium Falcon’ and my ONLY ship (besides my Titan starter ship, which I will keep as a backup). Looks beautiful and I love the stats. 🚀

Not true that the other variants don't have anything under utility. MR has a QD and an EMP, ES got a radar scanner turret.

bought all of them 🤗

Definitely gettin a CL and MR.

Melted my MAX for one yesterday :)

Yeh I picked up a clipper perfect small cargo ship - they look great they have good stats. My 400i is my main daily driver but I think the CL with triple the cargo may take over on launch.

Reminds of my ED corvette

Love the ES. CL has crazy cargo. Have no need for MR, don't plan to bring back anyone alive.

Currently own both the MR and CL of the Zeus so can't wait to see how they turn out.

Thanx for another great vid! I jumped on the MR soon as I saw that big armory. Be my dedicated bunker runner/looter. 🫡

I'm really interested in upgrading my Freelancer MIS to one of these, but I really need to see more as time goes on.

Allegedly, it will be out Q3 2024 with 4.0.

I want my ship!

Got the cl excited anyone know when they are coming out?

Feel sorry for the C1 purchasers. The CL has twice the storage. 2x s4 mounts for pilot while also getting the same turret with s3 guns for copilot and a s2 tractor beam. Sure it is supposedly going to be slower. But you get a lot more in less space and it is only 20% more to purchase. I have a Hull B (at $90 price years ago) so I am not in the market for a small to mid sized cargo hauler. I am waiting for CIG to give me a true competitor to the vanguard because I do not like anything about that ship. I want a 2 person heavy with all interior accommodations. Want to get rid of my Ares Inferno which is as effective as Nancy Kerrigan after Tonya Harding. They reduced its maneuverability and made it shoot a shotgun spread. Also it is quite a large ship and has zero interior, not even a bed, yet has an extreme range capability. The Aurora has a bed in a tiny ship and has no range. CIG must be blindly just picking traits from a hat when they are spec'ing ships.

while impressive it's a hard call to upgrade from the spirit C1 to the Zeus simply because as a single player taking on the verse, the firepower seems lacking. CCUs have been secured and ill see how they turn out on IAE before taking the dip and hitting that upgrade button

I picked up the ES last night with store credit. I’m hoping I can then retire my MSR (maybe)

thinking about turning a C1 into a zeus CL or ES. do you think the scanning in the ES will be tied to the copilot?

I like the point on ship progression but not necessarily size growth.

Problem about making more powerful solo ships to make a rewarding upgrade path is overall balance. Say they release a solo endgame mining ship with a s2 if not even s3 mining laser, large cargo space to haul those minerals and all the stuff an endgame ship needs. When it comes to a group of players what’s the benefit of flying a Mole if you can all fly separately this endgame solo ship? It shifts the balance from multicrew to simple multiplayer, similar to how Elite dangerous does. I’m not saying that’s bad, but SC always seemed designed with multicrew in mind, and the ship philosophy reflects that imo.

12:21 As a new player which one would you suggest as a daily driver. Thanks in advance.

hoping the ES is decent for ROC mining.

Beautifully done. Love the tone and aesthetics of your videos. I bought the MR about 10 minutes after I saw it announced. I don't think I've ever had a "take my money" reaction like that with another ship. Do you think it will really drop this year?

The MR for me, will be my new main habitat :)

I traded in my cutlass blue for the MR as soon as i saw it last Citizencon

I am new to the verse, and maybe my view on this is a bit different. I really like the overall structure and variants of the Zeus, but I absolutely don't like the look. Instead I really love the Crusader ships, so I upgraded my beloved Titan starter for a C1 just recently. I love the look and cargo, but I miss my canopy entrance and the coziness of the Titan. I also bought a vulture, and I appreciate how well it is designed, but again, I can't feel "at home" in it, here because of the industrial look. So, knowing the Zeus is by all means a great ship, I will probably not use it. Maybe I will go for the MSR instead, just for the look...

I currently have my C1 spirit to a ES, and have a upgrade from the ES to a MR, basicly i will be waiting to see which i like better when i can see their actual interiors and just melt the upgrade if the MR dont cut it for me. To me the interior is probably the most important part of a ship as i like felling like my ship is my home.

Got all 3 on ccu chains.

Got all Three and will melt and buy in game later. The ES is my favorite due to 4 size 2 shields, can’t wait for the 4th variant that will announce closer to the Zeus flyable release

MR for me too, it has something different to offer. But I did get CCUs to the other variations, in case the competition does not get a good gold pass.

I am a tiny minority because I like the 400i - how do you think the ES & 400i compare for future exploration loops?

Only choices for me is ES or MR, When I want to deal with cargo I have better options by sheer SCU amount.

Great job ,I owned all 4 of the freelancer variants and upgraded to all three of variants of the RSI Zeus MK II,I was upset they did not give me back the Freelancer max until the CL comes out considering the max is the closest to the same cargo hold size of 120.I also Have the Cutlass Blue and Red,which I upgraded from my Avenger stalker and my Pieces Rescue both major upgrades to both ships,yet I kept the Rescue for my fleet for a small medical ship that fits in the cargo hold of large ships like the Hercules and the hanger of my Carrack,I like to have single ships as well as multi crew ships for all around use for myself as well as group play.It's important that everyone understands that the really big ships in the future will have to have a few people on board to help run the ship and you won't really be able to pilot and fly really big ships alone so if you don't want to play with an org or can't get people together to fly the ship it's not a good idea to buy a really large ships and stick to the smaller crew ships or 1 to 4 person crews.I would recommend building a fleet from single player perspective first and only upgrade to larger ships which game play you love to be involved with multi crew events ,whether its FPS or Mining, salvage or trade hauling and so on. Thank you again and see you all out in the verse.

Im sure they mentioned that both gunners on the MR will be able to control the EMP and Q-Dampener

Waiting on my MR! as noted on the webiste "With a focus on security, the Zeus Mk II MR features an EMP device and quantum dampener to neutralize hostile forces."

Thanks for the vidz. Looking forward to this series, i am huge fan of Spirit Zeries, we can find the RSI touch here and the MR will be great. As mainly a solo player, i totally agree with the need of better solo progression which doesn't mean that a solo player could be able to fly a Javelin on his own but should have a different goal than a full crew team. Let's trust CIG on this.

since i already got a corsair i took the MR .

Green or Black, Mate?

@ 8:30 Instead of saying meat racks and getting folks in an uproar, suggest individual holding compartments with a view, kitchen access, and bathroom facilities but in reality, they are encased and hung up on ceiling hangers with a central line, or central venous catheter, which is much longer than a regular IV. Doctors use them to give medicine, fluids, blood, or nutrition to patients or in this case Bounties. Or if you're a Pirate (Redirected Human Resources). Good Video! I like the RSI Zeus design.

Was it mentioned in the video which ground vehicles fit? I think this is a big deal, specially for exploration, and if I’m not mistaken the doors are too small for even a cyclone, right? So only bikes and golf carts (or the STV).

I said yes to them all (ccu chains of course)

I have no idea why I’m so excited for this ship. I think I like these mid size ships. Thanks for the vid.

You need to make the intro longer. I missed half the vieo when I went to make tea.

I got zues 2 cl

Very excited for the ES, as it's the only exploration ship, other than the deeply uncomfortable Freelancer DUR, of a size that's big enough to feel like it can support a long expedition, but small enough that it doesn't feel ludicrous to crew it solo.

you bring up a really good point of having a capability upgrades only issue is CIG will always sell ships so stronger ships would have to be alot more expensive to repair and maintain.

Awesome breakdown. Team MR.

i still find the andromeda the best overall ship. i did, however buy the zues cl. looking forward to seeing how it stacks up against the connie. love the show, hope you'll be around for a long time.

I got all 3 ships. Cutty Blue upgraded to Mk 2. Got the CL and have a CCU for the ES. ES will be able to stay out longer and this ship will probably be my smuggling ship when I want to take longer routes and try to avoid any pirates and or law enforcement areas. MR will be my bounty hunter ship when in the mood for those mission types. And possibly combat missions for mercenary contracts. Even bunker missions. This ship is versatile AF The clipper will be my daily driver for cargo. I love the fact that the ship has other exits including a ladder and docking rings. The MK2 is my favorite ship and I am sure to see many out there with this ship. I'm looking forward to seeing these ships in-game. My MSR was a huge disappointment and getting that promise for a second exit years ago kept me hoping. Now I'm just giving up on those dreams. I feel like the MSR is a joke right now. Hopefully, they can turn it around one day... who knows 😢. At least these ships give me hope in playing again.

Zeus MkII CL will probably replace my Freelancer MAX. First reason I like the Zeus design more, second once they actually have proper atmospheric flight I think this will be a way better choice than the MAX.

I must of been under a rock when these 1st came out. Not a big fan of the Dur, so during the "In Case You Missed It" option to buy yesterday I picked up the CCU to ES. And then in a moment of weakness picked up a Blue to MR CCU.

I own a CL, but I bet anything that the cargo capacity gets nerfed. It just does not make sense for that designated area to hold that much cargo.

Honey please buy the cheap discount toothpaste, I need to get me some ships!! 😅

Other than the already-stated differences, it seems like if/when resource management goes live these ships will be ideal for intro-level multicrew gameplay with 2-3 people whereas the cutlass and spirit seem like they will be much more straightforward to fly solo. I'm waiting for bounty hunting and exploration to come in to be more interested in these, but they look like very neat designs regardless.