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[CCC Dober]

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

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This 'mech is a running joke and would be impossible to balance, especially for this kind of game.
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The mere existence of this particular Mech, both in tabletop and MW4 (see Mekpak), flies in the face of that. People love this Mech for a reason and no amount of spit and bile is gonna change that. More to the point, it would be foolish to ignore the money behind that desire. I'm just glad that you don't call the shots. I really am.

[z00med]

Hahaha, very good 1.April joke. I appreciate it.
What is definately not that funny are some people here...
(Although there are also people here who are funny, so what... but really... this "instant-complain" mechanism... *shakes head*)

Edited by z00med, 01 April 2014 - 09:42 AM.

[Ngamok]

stjobe, on 01 April 2014 - 09:38 AM, said:

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?

Well pretty much.

[CMetz]

I suppose you're correct. Its the same with any change made to the game, I guess. That being said, If urbies were released, does anyone think they'd be more than just a flavor of the week? People would get them, play them for a few drops (or master them if they're hardcore) and then they'd sit unused.

In a forum where so many people complain about supposed cash grabs, isn't the Urbie the ultimate cash grab that adds little to gameplay?

[Iqfish]

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.

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*

This. So much this.

I almost lost hope that there are still people with a functioning brain here.

[Werewolf486 ScorpS]

A better April fools joke would have been "PGI looses rights to develop MWO and the company hired to replace PGI is Wandering Samurai", that might have actually worked.

[CMetz]

Iqfish.... I appreciate the sentiments..... now get back to putting together another episode of Davion Blues! haha... but seriously... I'm not sure why I'm so engrossed in a 3 minute long MWO webisode, but its pretty damn awesome.

[Colonel Fubar]

That figures.

[blackicmenace]

Of all the mechs you guys could have done you chose the most useless and terrible mechs ever.

[AlmightyAeng]

blackicmenace, on 01 April 2014 - 09:48 AM, said:

Of all the mechs you guys could have done you chose the most useless and terrible mechs ever.

Consider reading through the thread first. They didn't. Nice first post.

But hey, it could be worse guys!!! They could have told us that the full implementation of Community Warfare was ready to go with today's patch.

Edited by Ghost Badger, 01 April 2014 - 09:50 AM.

[blackicmenace]

Ok You got me april fools.

[Rebas Kradd]

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*

PGI actually releases the Urbanmech

The rest of the community: "*WTF!!! THE URBANMECH??? THAT DOESN'T BELONG ON THE BATTLEFIELD!!! WHAT ABOUT IMMERSION?? WHAT ABOUT BATTLETECH REALISM??!!!?!?! WHAT ABOUT BALANCE??!!! YOU GUYS HATE THIS IP!!! MICROSOFT, PLEASE GIVE THIS GAME TO SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT OUR UNIVERSE!!!!"
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You guys have never thought about the firestorm that the Urbanmech would actually unleash.

[CMetz]

Case in point.

[Kaemon]

This is how you do an April Fool's joke.

1. any mech selected turns into Urbie skin once match is entered (regardless of tonnage).
2. said urbie shows up in store on April 2nd.
3. Store server overheats and dies from massive urbie purchase DDoS.

Challenge....Failure.

[DukeDublin]

Maybe the real joke, IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY REAL!

[G B Vandenburg]

Oh! How 'bout releasing a ossollating urban mech as a cockpit item.

LOL, I suspected was April Fools, but even then missed the lack of armour at first.

[MrTarget]

Shame this is a joke, he's quite cool! I would sling some MC at it

[blackicmenace]

G B Vandenburg, on 01 April 2014 - 09:54 AM, said:

Oh! How 'bout releasing a ossollating urban mech as a cockpit item.

LOL, I suspected was April Fools, but even then missed the lack of armour at first.

As if armor helped the Urban Mech. I always referred to it as the slow moving trashcan with a PPC.

[CMetz]

Available for purchase April 1st! Hot on the tail of the Phoenix Package its....

THE DODO PACKAGE!!!!

Includes 4 mechs with 3 variants each:

Urbanmech (Including special engineless dual rear-firing AC20 variant plated in gold)
Warhammer (Includes limited "99R" variant featuring 6 PPCs and ability to cook popcorn in cockpit)
Wasp (Because the Urbie shouldn't be the only useless mech in the game)
Phoenix Hawk LAM (Flightless bird package- get it?)

GET YOURS NOW!!!

[Iqfish]

giganova, on 01 April 2014 - 09:34 AM, said:

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...

They want nothing.

You can play the game for free and just laugh at the gold mechs.

Or you decide to SUPPORT the development of this game with your money.

but thats your free choice