Not really sure what you mean by any of this. In ZD you literally just hit any large machine with frost. Roped it to the ground then nuked it to dead blowing off parts. Even on highest difficulty. Ropes were so nerfed in FW that until you had the legendary caster it was near pointless to have one. So much easier to kill all Large Machines in ZD than it is in FW. I've played NG+ on both and hands down. Stormbirds are a hell of a lot easier in ZD than in FW as are all Machines in ZD. Perfect example. Thunderjaw. Both games they have a weak spot heart that can be revealed and shot. It is much easier to do so in ZD and on top of that bow damage in ZD with triple notch is insane. In FW fully upgraded Emperor's Reign with all +dmg% or +tear% still doesn't come close to ZD bow damage.