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[Felicitatem Parco]

If we're talking 3049 tech, and they have a liberal Mechlab, then you could swap the AC/10 for an Ultra AC/5, add more ammo, and upgrade the engine... Hoho! Solved some problems there...

[Broceratops]

Lightdragon, on 08 July 2012 - 11:13 AM, said:

fine some will find it fun most want it for hte stupid memes and i just dont want the thing in the game because it reduces the chances of a mech that far more others enjoy

you anti-urbanites realize there isnt a cap to the number of mechs they can make right? they can do the urban mech and still other mechs? besides there are literally 100s of pages of thread regarding the urbie, i'd say its at least as popular as any other IS mech that could possibly be released.

[Lightdragon]

popular maybe... but not nearly as fun and theres better mechs to be added, id rather not have to wait 2 weeks for a real unit because some stupid trashcan that only the lemmings will use got added

[Davoke]

It also happens to spread damage well, it is round.
And It's one fo the few lights I pilot.
Because it actually carries a real gun.
Not one of those dinky small laser or MG things the other lights carry.

[mechsae]

For the record, I'd also pilot a Stinger or Wasp. There is a challenge to using 'mechs that are reviled or deemed useless. They are still a threat, and in the hands of a skilled player could end up being deadly.

[syngyne]

Urbanmech. The Pabst Blue Ribbon of BattleTech.

[Lightdragon]

...i drink pbr... comes with the territory (brewed here in my state lmao)

[MinobuTetsuhara]

There was nothing better in the board game than some cocky player running up behind your urbie on the left-rear arc thinking he was safe and then getting an AC 20 to the face after an arm flip

"What.... you can't flip arms"

"Sorry buddy, no upper arm actuators, read the rules - BLAM!"

[buckaroo]

Lightdragon, on 08 July 2012 - 03:07 PM, said:

...i drink pbr... comes with the territory (brewed here in my state lmao)

Leinenkugel is better. Also, I can buy it at Costco. (I don't live in WI, but I go there on Sunday if I'm out of booze.)

[Lightdragon]

eww.... i lived in chippewa the locals call it squaw **** for a reason

[buckaroo]

Lightdragon, on 09 July 2012 - 06:29 PM, said:

eww.... i lived in chippewa the locals call it squaw **** for a reason

It's cheap beer. Still better than PBR.

I get some Arrogant ******* Ale if I'm really feeling it, but that stuff's expensive.

Also, Berryweiss is the only beer my housemate will drink. Girl beer.

Edited by buckaroo, 09 July 2012 - 06:46 PM.

[roguetrdr]

Even if the urbie is made real money purchase only I will gladly buy it. Why? Because there's nothing better than taking out some elitist min/maxer using a 'terrible' unit, no matter how many times you die trying.

[Dymitry]

To be perfectly honest, I never really cared for the Urbanmech much, until I saw all the hate! Now I absolutely want one too. Always on the underdog side

[Spleenslitta]

So much hatred for the Urbie. I have a love for another mech that ain't popular...My favorite isn't hated.- No. It's forgotten completly.
Thus i feel called to defend the poor Urbanites. Remember this- The mechlab is in the game for a reason.
This what can be done in the mechlab to make the Urbie just as lethal as any other light battlemech.

Removed all the weapons and the jump jets from the Urbie. Put in an std fusion 180 engine bringing the speed up into 6/9 (97Kph max running speed).
Endo steel internals and 5 tons of std armor.
Mounted an AC 5 with 2 tons of ammo and a CASE and 1 medium laser as a backup weapon.

This trashcan may not have a wide assortment of weapons, but it can bite really hard if you pop in and out of cover all the time.
I didn't even have to resort to an XL engine to bring it's speed up into acceptable levels for a light mech.

[buckaroo]

Spleenslitta, on 10 July 2012 - 07:02 AM, said:

So much hatred for the Urbie. I have a love for another mech that ain't popular...My favorite isn't hated.- No. It's forgotten completly.

What mech is it? Goliath? Xanthos? Some kind of LAM?

[Schtirlitz]

Urbie is the funniest mech.
That's it. I really want it in the game

[Spleenslitta]

buckaroo, on 10 July 2012 - 07:13 AM, said:

What mech is it? Goliath? Xanthos? Some kind of LAM?

Firebee. http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Firebee

Everybody just forgets to put it in polls. Nobody mentions it as the mech they want to be introduced next, nobody even mentions it when they put up a list of the unseen...etc.

I can understand why though. It doesn't have enough variants for MW:O. Unseen. Strange weapon loadout that needs a mechlab to fix.
It's like a Commando on steroids and with jump jets. I can see so much potential for it if i could just get it into the MW:O mechlab.

Edited by Spleenslitta, 10 July 2012 - 01:30 PM.

[Lightdragon]

and then when urbanmech is added some ***** will be on your team with it and hog a slot for a more useful mech and therefore cost you the win yea im sure youll love that piece of crap then

[mechsae]

This is a skill based game, load outs matter, but it comes down to pilot skill.

People who know how to use a 'mech effectively will be deadly, not the 'mech itself.

[wargonglok]

I vote yes, check my list of posts for a long list of reasons why