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[IraqiWalker]

Iqfish, on 30 May 2014 - 03:32 AM, said:

And this is why we have 25 pages of discussion about it?

ohkay

Pretty much, that and it's surprising effectiveness in TT. Unless your opponent decides to be a douche and field aerial units just to bomb it to oblivion.


EDIT: Plus what Wanderer said.

Edited by IraqiWalker, 30 May 2014 - 04:19 AM.

[KuroNyra]

Akagami, on 28 May 2014 - 04:16 PM, said:

Is it written in blood?

Hum... Nah, in mech' oil.

[Odanan]

wanderer, on 30 May 2014 - 04:17 AM, said:

It's OK, Iqfish.

Just think of it as The Littlest Poptart.

But seriously, it's a compact bundle of punch that plays like every light ever designed- backwards. It's designed to be slow, cheap, and yet painful to run into. As 'Mechs go, it's the underdog. People like underdogs.

Another good hero name: UnderMech.

[Red King]

KuroNyra, on 30 May 2014 - 05:25 AM, said:

Hum... Nah, in mech' oil.

Can't of been my signature then.
Henceforth this contract is void.

[Iacov]

Iqfish, on 30 May 2014 - 02:33 AM, said:

I honestly don't get all the fuzz about this walking trashcan

get the forks and matches!

[Opus]

Urbie is the Herbie of MWO

why people in the 60's like that little white volkswagen? I still don't get it, but it happened, it's real, and beep beep

Edited by Opus, 30 May 2014 - 06:20 AM.

[Dawnstealer]

GoManGo, on 29 May 2014 - 09:15 PM, said:

OMG you have to be joking of all the mechs in Battletech /TT/and MechWarrior why would PGI make a urbie worst mech ever.

Where is my Mauler PGI? screw the urbie

As a Steiner player, I recommend all Kurita players adopt and play the Mauler, a mech that makes the barn-door Awesome look svelte.

[SgtMagor]

Uber Urbie Birgade!

[Heffay]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 30 May 2014 - 07:03 AM, said:

That music video...It's wonderful

Thank you! I appreciate it.

[jper4]

Odanan, on 30 May 2014 - 05:46 AM, said:

Another good hero name: UnderMech.

There's no need to fear! UNDERMECH is here!

[YaKillinMeSmalls]

Did you see that MWO shared the link for the video on their Facebook page?

[Heffay]

YaKillinMeSmalls, on 30 May 2014 - 09:17 AM, said:

Did you see that MWO shared the link for the video on their Facebook page?

Yup! I want to believe they wouldn't have done that if they didn't intent to release the Urbanmech soon, but that's probably just wishful thinking.

[Cimarb]

Tanar, on 30 May 2014 - 09:09 AM, said:

There's no need to fear! UNDERMECH is here!

Or, to use an even better quote: "I'm always beneath you, but NOTHING is beneath me!" Next hero Urbie: the URBIEMINER!

[verybad]

Dawnstealer, on 30 May 2014 - 06:23 AM, said:

As a Steiner player, I recommend all Kurita players adopt and play the Mauler, a mech that makes the barn-door Awesome look svelte.

Don't get me wrong. I do want the Mauler. However, I do want the Urbie even more. The Urbie is a requirement for this to be considered a proper mechwarrior game. Until it's got an Urbanmech in it, it's just going through the motions.

Adding an Urbie will go a long ways in terms of making me, and many others forgive past sins by PGI.

The Mauler, cool enough, certainly capable of destruction with the right layout, but it's not a requirement.

The Church of Urbanmech states this:

"and lo, it shall seem that the days are black, and the frolopment [unknown term, possibly related to a cataclysm?] shall be nigh. But lo, in the west and north against the sea in the city of Van*******[here was a vile term from an ancient language] there will come a light. A great warrior shall stand amongst the metal gods, and though his appearance will be less, and his pace shall be the slowest, it will be he who affects the world He will bring prosperity to the merchants that work for the pig, and happiness to the ones who were most desperate. There will be much rejoicing, and the short god shall rule them all, hoppity."

[Heffay]

verybad, on 30 May 2014 - 11:24 AM, said:

Don't get me wrong. I do want the Mauler. However, I do want the Urbie even more. The Urbie is a requirement for this to be considered a proper mechwarrior game. Until it's got an Urbanmech in it, it's just going through the motions.

Urbie + Marauder. Minimal requirements.

It's beta in my eyes until that happens.

Edited by Heffay, 30 May 2014 - 11:29 AM.

[verybad]

Heffay, on 30 May 2014 - 11:28 AM, said:

Urbie + Marauder. Minimal requirements.

You might be familiar with the amount of Maraudering I did for MW4. However I don't think they're going to risk the copyright issue ever. (Believe me, I would be in a Mad all day all the time if it were available, and I'd make the model for them also. I think I could probably get MWO quality models out with a bit of work.

GoManGo, on 29 May 2014 - 09:15 PM, said:

OMG you have to be joking of all the mechs in Battletech /TT/and MechWarrior why would PGI make a urbie worst mech ever.

Where is my Mauler PGI? screw the urbie

Generic numbercrunching option. It's a good mech, and it looks pretty cool, but it's not got the soul or the history of the Urbie (or the Marauder.)

Nobody is impressed with people that do well in good mechs, the Urbie would be like a hard option for those that choose to push themselves.

[Hallbor]

verybad, on 30 May 2014 - 11:34 AM, said:

Nobody is impressed with people that do well in good mechs, the Urbie would be like a hard option for those that choose to push themselves.

isn't that what we have the Locust for?


I would much rather drive a Mauler that would have some real use and really cool configs than another (almost) useless Mech. I already don't drive Meta, not sure i have to limit myself even more by driving a Locust or urban

[verybad]

Hallbor, on 30 May 2014 - 11:42 AM, said:

isn't that what we have the Locust for?


I would much rather drive a Mauler that would have some real use and really cool configs than another (almost) useless Mech. I already don't drive Meta, not sure i have to limit myself even more by driving a Locust or urban

Ohh, another assault mech with plenty of weapons. The Mauler's interest here is the 4 ballistic in the torso and the 2 arm e. It's a numbercrunching choice, I am not against the Mauler (I would get at least one because it's a Kurita mech in fact) However it's not got any battletech soul the way the Urbie does, which is a legend and icon.

[Koniving]

Heffay, on 29 May 2014 - 05:03 AM, said:

But it's not patch time; 10 Pacific!

Bah. Ok, fine! Just because I love you guys.

Presenting...

Urbie!

Special thanks to George Ledoux, PLEXI, and Bishop Steiner for their help with this project!

Omg... The Pretty Baby is painted mostly like mine!

Spoiler

*Puts on shades. Is suddenly cool.*

Be sure to click the arrows next to Heffay's name to get to the original post when you go to like it.

Edited by Koniving, 30 May 2014 - 11:53 AM.

[Cimarb]

verybad, on 30 May 2014 - 11:48 AM, said:

Ohh, another assault mech with plenty of weapons. The Mauler's interest here is the 4 ballistic in the torso and the 2 arm e. It's a numbercrunching choice, I am not against the Mauler (I would get at least one because it's a Kurita mech in fact) However it's not got any battletech soul the way the Urbie does, which is a legend and icon.

To be honest, though, the Urbanmech has soul because we (the community) gave it that. If PGI released the Marauder, Warhammer, OR Urbanmech, they would have more sales in that one mech than any other mech release before it (the Timber Wolf would have this status as well, but the entry cost was much higher due to the ala carte and package pricing).

I do hope they release the Urbanmech, just to hush people up, but I think it will have the same difficulties making people happy as the Timber Wolf did - everyone expects it to look like the cartoons and sketches, which is nothing like MWO mechs really look, and anything short of that is going to get all sorts of uproar from one side or the other.