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[Ortalus]

DocBach, on 31 March 2014 - 08:43 PM, said:

You could make some cash if you released that gold Urbie as an Aprils Fools cockpit item.

Funny thing is the cockpit one could be to scale and still fit in the cockpit.

[SgtMagor]

Pinned april fools joke, kewl. they should have went all the way and posted a Warhammer that would have really got everyone in an uproar good fun!

[Spleenslitta]

I'm not an Urbie fan myself but why haven't PGI released the Urbie even though they could make heaps of money by doing so?
Any reason why they shouldn't?

Ignore the facts that it will get stomped, outrun by everyone on the battlefield, no 60 rated engine in the mechlab.
What's the real reason? Any ideas why?

[Bjarnulf]

Iqfish, on 01 April 2014 - 09:05 AM, said:

Community: "You should so make an Aprils Fool Joke with the Urbanmech!"

PGI Makes a 1st April Joke with the Urbanmech

Community: "That's mean!" "N.O.P.E." "I want an Urbanmech!" "You guys are stupid for not selling this"


Wow.

But.. I want this one in my cockpit!

Anyway, nice April fools news

[Ozric]

Aprils fools is not a time to troll your community with things they actually want, It kind of misses the point. Whoever thought of this hates us.

[stjobe]

Iqfish, on 01 April 2014 - 09:05 AM, said:

Community: "You should so make an Aprils Fool Joke with the Urbanmech!"

PGI Makes a 1st April Joke with the Urbanmech

Community: "That's mean!" "N.O.P.E." "I want an Urbanmech!" "You guys are stupid for not selling this"


Wow.

It was more like this:

Someone in the community: "You should so make an Aprils Fool Joke with the Urbanmech!"

The rather large part of the community that actually wants the Urbie: "They should so make the actual UrbanMech!"

The rest of the community: *crickets*

PGI makes an April Fools' joke with the Urbanmech

The rather large part of the community that actually wants the Urbie: "WTF, PGI? We've been pleading and begging you to release the Urbie for two years or more, and you make a joke of it?"

The rest of the community: *crickets*

[Ngamok]

General Taskeen, on 01 April 2014 - 07:58 AM, said:

What a cruel offensive joke...

PGI I actually NEED access to the Urban Mech for setting up stock battles, especially since the Urban is common to Merc/Liao.

Not a good April Fool's joke sorry.

Everyone knew it was going to be an April Fools joke. Maybe PGI didn't think to make one but everyone was speculating it would be one so they went ahead and made it. I don't see the problem.

Bishop Steiner, on 01 April 2014 - 08:23 AM, said:

indeed. I got my Classy Urbie, so I would add his evil ghetto cousin, "Bling Urbie" to my collection!

I have 2 of them

[Mazzyplz]

yea it's not a joke guys, the 3d model totally looks like an in game asset.

wut?


you can tell by just passing glance that it wasn't drawn by flyingdebris for starters. and the polycount makes it look like a cockpit item

in fact!!
i wouldn't be surprised if this was a cockpit item they were trying to pass off as a mech, for april fools

[Ngamok]

Iqfish, on 01 April 2014 - 09:05 AM, said:

Community: "You should so make an Aprils Fool Joke with the Urbanmech!"

PGI Makes a 1st April Joke with the Urbanmech

Community: "That's mean!" "N.O.P.E." "I want an Urbanmech!" "You guys are stupid for not selling this"


Wow.

Yea, what did you expect, all hahas this is funny?

[Iqfish]

stjobe, on 01 April 2014 - 09:19 AM, said:

It was more like this:

Someone in the community: "You should so make an Aprils Fool Joke with the Urbanmech!"

The rather large part of the community that actually wants the Urbie: "They should so make the actual UrbanMech!"

The rest of the community: *crickets*

PGI makes an April Fools' joke with the Urbanmech

The rather large part of the community that actually wants the Urbie: "WTF, PGI? We've been pleading and begging you to release the Urbie for two years or more, and you make a joke of it?"

The rest of the community: *crickets*

And they are probably laughing their asses of to you guys crying about it, which I would be more than happy to join them with.

You are making yourself looking like 5-year-olds who someone took their toy away from.
This 'mech is a running joke and would be impossible to balance, especially for this kind of game.

Accept it finally.

[ApolloKaras]

Its unfortunate, because you would have sold so many more urban mechs than this new hero Raven....

[stjobe]

Mazzyplz, on 01 April 2014 - 09:21 AM, said:

yea it's not a joke guys, the 3d model totally looks like an in game asset.

wut?


you can tell by just passing glance that it wasn't drawn by flyingdebris for starters. and the polycount makes it look like a cockpit item

It looks pretty close to the already existing cockpit item if you ask me:

Iqfish, on 01 April 2014 - 09:25 AM, said:

And they are probably laughing their asses of to you guys crying about it, which I would be more than happy to join them with.

Wouldn't it be smarter (or at least make more financial sense) to stop laughing and make some money off of the people wanting the 'mech?

Edited by stjobe, 01 April 2014 - 09:30 AM.

[Lord Perversor]

Mazzyplz, on 01 April 2014 - 09:21 AM, said:

yea it's not a joke guys, the 3d model totally looks like an in game asset.

wut?


you can tell by just passing glance that it wasn't drawn by flyingdebris for starters. and the polycount makes it look like a cockpit item

in fact!!
i wouldn't be surprised if this was a cockpit item they were trying to pass off as a mech, for april fools

Well there is a Flyingdebris draw of the Urbanmech but it's so full of awesomeness PGI wasn't able to fully capture it even the sligthest yet !!!




P.S: i was one of the ppl who posted "PGI should totally announce the Urbanmech on April 1st! "
Do i want an Urbanmech ingame sure i do, heck i even shout FREE THE URBIES everytime i meet a PGI-IGP staff ingame, but i can understand it's not part of their priority right now moreso due the special engine issues it brings.

Edited by Lord Perversor, 01 April 2014 - 09:32 AM.

[Iqfish]

I love the gold skin by the way, these guys have a weird sense of humor

[giganova]

So... gold-plated Mechs ARE a joke? Yet you still want $500 for the gold Clan Mechs? Something is funny here, and it's not the Urbanmech...

[Linksdx]

if this was real i would be completely willing to tow one around in my atlas XD

[CMetz]

I'd just like to point out that there is a very real part of this community that would actually be really upset if PGI DID waste time and resources to put a mech in the game that will certainly be a DOA deathtrap just because some people think it would look cool.

Do people see the irony in complaining about the new Raven hero because its not a mech that has 1/4 the engine, way less hardpoints, and a wider, easier to hit profile?

(Cue forum rage)

*hides*

[Damon Howe]

I had money I was going to spend on Clan Mechs, but screw you PGI you ain't getting it!

[Magitek]

XD

[stjobe]

CMetz, on 01 April 2014 - 09:35 AM, said:

I'd just like to point out that there is a very real part of this community that would actually be really upset if PGI DID waste time and resources to put a mech in the game that will certainly be a DOA deathtrap just because some people think it would look cool.

I'd just like to point out that there's also "a very real part of this community" that would buy and play the Urbie the instant it was available, even if it IS a "DOA deathtrap".

So damned if you do, damned if you don't, right?