Good point about Ares,
ScubaV. We might not necessarily be able to rely on him as a distraction. Anyways, I understand that in these LP's nobody ever picks the "Sit tight and do nothing" option, but sometimes it's the right call. I'm not entirely sure about B either (both choices are a crapshoot) for the record.
Esquilax: Marduk may be better than Zeus, yes. But Super-Powered Marduk with two pieces of Vajra? Thank you very much, but I'll take my chances with Zeus, he's bound to be weakened by being almost devoured. Besides, we must,
must get our hands on Vajra and this might be our chance.
It's not quite so clear cut. I don't fancy coming near Zeus with our piece of Vajra now that he's managed to fuse both components together:
Your choices became very limited when you used that piece of Vajra:
a) nearby Zeus, who can be said to have mastered the use of it
b) on a storm of his own creation
When you take into account Zeus' mastery and connection to Vajra, and the gathering of power right now, it seems equally plausible that intervening would result in our piece getting nicked by Zeus. Maybe we'll end up fighting a weakened Zeus who barely avoided getting devoured, but maybe this Zeus, a cautious god who knows how to take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves, will simply nick our piece of Vajra away from us if we intervene. We didn't even scratch him with two pieces of Vajra, how do you think we'll fare if he has all of them?
But then again, maybe he'll be too occupied with Marduk to do anything about us. I don't know. He didn't take our piece from us during our brief battle, maybe he won't be able to now.
Also, every single ending in that chart that had us go up against Super Marduk ended one of two ways: we devour him, or he devours us. Our only shot would be the Vajra, as per treave, and I'm not sure if our chances of getting it back would be better after the whole ordeal. Marduk may even consume it too.
Not that it applies now that Vajra is thrown into the mix, but this isn't true. In the A New Hope ending, we defeat Super Marduk with Edem's help while he's vulnerable after the devouring.
Edit: Yeah, I think that walking into Zeus' protective veil with our piece of Vajra is really dumb:
The shimmering veil now enclosed the both of them, and if you had to do anything soon, you would have to draw close to them.
Lastly, regarding Marduk with two pieces of Vajra. He's still a Gieloth, so I'm not sure if he'll be able to make use of it. Then again, devouring Zeus might allow him to do so. This really is a fucked up dilemma. I'm sticking with B for now.