Zeus Carnage or Trident Carnage?

I completely agree, the Trident Carnage is completely outclassed by the Zeus Carnage and I'd hazard to say that a Tri-CRV Gepard would be a better choice in high silver/low gold.

In the tiers you mentioned, the dual Tridents deal insignificant damage and they will be ignored.  Dual Zeus in the same tiers however are not mosquito bites if you aren't a shield bot (which there aren't as many if in high silver/low gold).

How about a 2x thunder carnage. If you like knife fighting that is.

Tried that in test server.
Didn't even get a chance to shoot back. 

works best on shenzhen, dead city and powerplant. More open maps make it difficult to even travel across to the enemies side due to the blatant lack of cover.

IMO, the Thunder is the only logical choice of weapon for the Carnage.  

The Trident/Zeus variants are too approachable (by the omnipresent Galahads in the higher tiers and Gepards in the lower tiers) and when that occurs it's mission of mid-range support goes out the window.  Once on the defensive, there's not much you can do with 2 mid-range weapons that deliver middling damage.

The Thunder Carnage however can kill just about every bot in the game in 10-15 seconds it's Rush is used correctly and your gunning skills with the Thunder are good (it takes a lot of skill to use a Thunder efficiently).  

Yes, the Carnage is fragile, but I believe that is because most pilots don't really understand how to properly utilize Rush (the bot travels a monstrous distance) and that Thunder gunnery skills are something all but former Thunder Schutze aficionados really attained high levels on.  I have 2 Thunder Carnage in TT and they are a joy to use on all but Springfield and sometimes Canyon.

If the Heavy Molot ever gets here, the Carnage will become a standard on every TT match, as this weapon is ideally suited for it.

I don't know how effective a dual Zeus Carnage is in TT.  I've not seen this bot really impact the match on any of the tight maps.

There aren't tons of 500-600m firing positions, so all I have to do is get close and force the Carnage to move and that usually upsets their game for quite some time (so I've basically removed the Carnage from the match for 30-60 seconds while they run or reposition while my options are wide open).

As for the Galahad while I am in a Carnage --- well, I can run (the wisest choice) a lot farther and faster than a Galahad while on Rush --- or I can hit the Rush to fight (it's never an easy or automatic kill at knifer ranges against any bot that has a 20KPH speed advantage - and Tarans/Mags miss a lot at extreme close range against an extremely moving target).  Taran Lancelots and Taran Fujins are the setups that give me most problems really, not Galahads.

Disagree. Carnage doesnt have the HP's to take much advantage of Zeus low reload time. About the only good thing I can say about Zeus Carnage is that you have the speed boost to angle around physical shields.... but that's just a workaround for the issue... (I only recommend Zeus for Raijin)

Physical shields, that's the problem!

The reason Carnage Trident is just as important as Fury Trident, is Carnage can put pressure where it counts, Fury is basically a turret. Carnage will land more integral shots ALL DAY

So yeah, TriCarny is awesome, and ZeusCarn is merely OK

Thunder carnages are free kills for all my bots.
Even with the full ancile, my death button griffin can still take it out

Like he said it's very high risk but can have a very high reward. Sometimes when I run thunders on my carnage and get a Shenzen, Dead City And Powerplant sometimes I do extremely well. On Springfield and Canyon I'm lucky if I can get a kill before getting fried. The trident works well except on the smaller maps where you have to move a great deal to stay out of range of the knifers.  When running thunders you have to play the ambush game. 

I don't have a Zeus and can't give you a comparison. Congrats on actualy winning something of actual value with the snowflakes. I haven't won much from the event except for some gold, silver, a couple of Vityaz, a Patton and a lot of pinatas.

TT is mostly Griffs by a wide margin.  Griffs vs Thunder Carnage depends on the pilots, but I'd rather be the Carnage pilot if the combat distance is <75m.  I have both Carnages and Griffins in TT and they both have quite similar attacks in that they both have a attribute that can put them in weapons range instantly.  

If you don't know the jump distance of a Griff very well, they are the most dangerous bots you will encounter in TT.  However, if you are very field aware, Griffs are easy to avoid and easy to kill as the Thunder Carnage has superior firepower, speed, turret speed, and its cover a larger distance with its special ability.

I'd go trid carny. Tridents have a large splash area, and can hit through physical shields. Zeus can't splash and can only go through energy shields.
Tridents take 10s to reload and 3.7s to fire all 3 rockets (each doing the amount listed on the spec sheet), Zeus takes 5s to reload and does 1 burst of (whatever's listed on the spec sheet)

Choice is ultimately up to you.

From a Top tier, top clan, maxed hanger perspective: Zeus > Trident > Thunder Carnage. IMHO.

Zeus Carnage are fairly common in Top clans. They are very effective run as flankers, where they can hit enemy Fury, RDB Griffin, past shields, etc. Played smart they are very difficult to run down even in a Plasma Galahad. Faced a clan the other day (swarm?) where every player was running at least one Zeus Carnage, some two. We won, (lots of Trident Fury focusing on the same targets) but it was close.

Trident Carnage typically play second fiddle to the Trident Fury, so they are much rarer. Run as flankers they are less of a threat than Zeus due to the lower DPM. Of course Tridents do good damage from center, but if you're playing from center you might as well have the higher DPM of the Fury.

Thunders... the Thunder Carnage is one of my favorite bots to play- tons of fun. Unfortunately I agree with the "hit or miss" sentiment. Top clans run lots of Plasma Galahad, Thunder Ork/ Taran Lancelot, plasma Griffin, etc that can eat a Thunder Carnage alive, and you risk doing very little damage. Hence while top players will run Thunder Carnage for fun, playing solo, etc, you won't see many run on the best clans in squad play...

All that said, while I have 2 maxed Carnage (out of 25 maxed bots) these days I rarely run either of them when I'm playing seriously.

When in your roster are you using it?
I've been using it second or third- second during those games where my first bot lasts far longer than it should or during games where we create a beacon advantage and can punish the enemy team for trying to get them back. That way you've ground enough value from the beginning of your hang to let others "tank" for you and can start exerting attrition control on the enemy.
I'll almost never preemptively eject- I'll just take more aggressive firing positions up or die recapping a beacon in No Man's Land on Shenzen/Yam when the time comes