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[Nik Reaper]

Hydrocarbon, on 26 January 2015 - 06:28 AM, said:

I heard they're blowing lore out of the water and making it the first 130-ton mech AND the first with rear-facing weapons.

How's that for an early April-fools?

Sure thing, just park it on top of a crab!

[Cimarb]

Nik Reaper, on 26 January 2015 - 06:34 AM, said:

Sure thing, just park it on top of a crab!

Ok, I would buy, and even pilot, a King Crab with a UDS (Urbie Defense System) on it...

[Dawnstealer]

Krinkov, on 23 January 2015 - 09:26 PM, said:

Considering the AC10 is nearly half the mechs weight, the Urbie should be ridiculously tiny. I mean like this small but with the cannon arm made larger. It should look comically out of proportion with its tiny engine and huge gun.

I would assume it's going to be a similar size to the Commando, rather than shoulder-height. Granted, shoulder-height would be closer to canon and make the thing real hard to hit.

Edited by Dawnstealer, 26 January 2015 - 08:31 AM.

[Strum Wealh]

Krinkov, on 23 January 2015 - 09:26 PM, said:

Considering the AC10 is nearly half the mechs weight, the Urbie should be ridiculously tiny. I mean like this small but with the cannon arm made larger. It should look comically out of proportion with its tiny engine and huge gun.

Dawnstealer, on 26 January 2015 - 08:22 AM, said:

I would assume it's going to be a similar size to the Commando, rather than shoulder-height. Granted, shoulder-height would be closer to canon and make the thing real hard to hit.

[redacted] confirms that UrbanMechs are ~9 meters tall in BattleTech (where BattleMechs are necessarily between 8 and 14 meters tall).
"The UrbanMech lay on its back, nine meters of ferro-fibrous steel and carballoy sprawled across a mound of rubble and twisted I-beams. The Pegasus lay halfway across its legs, which had been twisted far out of alignment by the collision."

For comparison: [redacted] states that the Firestarter in BattleTech (35 tons) is 12 meters tall, [redacted] indicates that the Phoenix Hawk in BattleTech (45 tons) is 11 meters tall, [redacted]of Lethal Heritage indicates that the Victor in BattleTech (80 tons) is 14 meters tall, and both [redacted indicate that the Mad Cat in BattleTech (75 tons) is 10 meters tall.
Likewise, Page 06 of [redacted](the canonical novelization of the MechWarrior 3 storyline) describes the Bushwacker (55 tons) as "standing just shy of eight meters in height", "shorter than the average 'Mech", and "wider than it was tall".



The UrbanMech is a bit on the short side for a 'Mech (9 meters tall, versus most 'Mechs being 10-12 meters tall), but it is not the shortest 'Mech in BattleTech, as the Bushwacker is a full meter shorter, despite being nearly twice the mass of the UrbanMech, AND the canonical UrbanMech is also only a single meter shorter than the canonical Mad Cat (with the latter being 2.5 times the mass of the former).

Given that MWO 'Mechs tend to be larger than their canonical counterparts as a rule, versus MWO Lights being under-scaled relative to MWO Mediums, MWO Heavies, and MWO Assaults, I would expect the UrbanMech to be close to the height of the MWO Spider (especially with the MWO concept art showing it to be not as overly-rotund as some other depictions), and very likely no shorter than the MWO Commando (with the Spider & the Commando not being that far off from each other in terms of height (see here, from here)).

Edited by Marvyn Dodgers, 26 January 2015 - 08:40 PM.
Redacting links to material infringing on copyrights

[Wiegraf]

Okay even though were just a couple % away from the finish line for the Urbie I will go ahead and officially state it is a "GO"

~Russ Bullock

https://twitter.com/...777026538606593

Edited by Wiegraf, 26 January 2015 - 10:19 AM.

[jper4]

it's a go!

https://twitter.com/russ_bullock

Edited by Tanar, 26 January 2015 - 10:18 AM.

[Viken]

IT WILL ARRIVE!

FOR THE GLORY!

THE GREATNESS!

THE

ALMIGHTY

URBANMECH!

[jper4]

https://twitter.com/...777026538606593

before it gets lost

Edited by Tanar, 26 January 2015 - 10:20 AM.

[Wiegraf]

Tanar is so excited he posted twice

[jper4]

Wiegraf, on 26 January 2015 - 10:21 AM, said:

Tanar is so excited he posted twice

i noticed a few other comments had been added so decided to directly link the offical "it's a go" msg instead of just sending to the twitter account (plus i don;t have twitter so i'm bad at anything tweet related)

[Duncan1dah0]

Hydrocarbon, on 26 January 2015 - 06:28 AM, said:

I heard they're blowing lore out of the water and making it the first 130-ton mech AND the first with rear-facing weapons.

How's that for an early April-fools?

It already can shoot from the rear, You just have to turn a 180.

[Dawnstealer]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet - looking forward to having this thing in my garage, although I wish it was dropping a little sooner than three months from now, but...better than "never," for sure.

[o0cipher0o]

Beware the almighty Urbanmech, its come is nigh!

Edited by o0cipher0o, 26 January 2015 - 10:30 AM.

[Big Tin Man]

Actually, the dropships are actively unloading the urbies right now. They're just going to take 3 months to walk to the battlefield.

[driftrobot]

Awesome!!! Urbanmech is officially a go!

Check out the other tweets from Russ, as improved support for Urbie may incline them to take a harder look at fan requested mechs.

If you were undecided or hesitant, please consider supporting now or giving the gift of Urbie to others.

From Russ on Twitter:
"Are we happy with the sale - sure - it's been fun. Happy enough to scramble on other player desired classic mechs? I wouldn't go that far."
https://twitter.com/...777359818014721

"But we will see where it ends up by delivery time, could still achieve a higher level of success."
https://twitter.com/...777451656503296

Edited by driftrobot, 26 January 2015 - 10:52 AM.

[Kaoba]

Is gonna be avaible for c-bills ??
Unfortunately i dont have money at the moment to the mech.

[Dawnstealer]

Hatch-et-man...Hatch-et-man...Hatch-et-man...Hatch-et-man...Hatch-et-man...

[KuroNyra]

Dawnstealer, on 26 January 2015 - 11:17 AM, said:

Hatch-et-man...Hatch-et-man...Hatch-et-man...Hatch-et-man...Hatch-et-man...

Mau-ler...Mau-ler...Mau-ler...Mau-ler...Mau-ler...Mau-ler...Mau-ler...Mau-ler...

[Goosfraba]

I want this.

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

[Ovion]

Goosfraba, on 26 January 2015 - 11:42 AM, said:

I want this.

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

So... it's an 80T PPC + missile assault mech, with a barrel chest...

I don't think we'll see it anytime soon with the Awesome and the Zeus in the game.
Maybe one day though, would be nice to have more chickenwalkers.