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[Terror Teddy]

UncleKulikov, on 21 November 2011 - 02:00 PM, said:

I like how you post of loving the Urbanmech, but have a Uziel as your signature

That is no Uziel.

[AdultPuppetShow]

UncleKulikov, on 21 November 2011 - 02:00 PM, said:

I like how you post of loving the Urbanmech, but have a Uziel as your signature

That would be an Argus...

[MonkeyCheese]

Zerberus, on 18 March 2013 - 12:57 PM, said:

I must be wierd, becasue I never understood the fascination with the Urbanmech in the BT community. . Looks like R2 got drunk, banged a trashcan, and they ggave it a little zappergunny for it`s first birthday.

But admittedly, I often find pure function usally sexier than form for the pure sense of looking good. Looking good without an actual function is, for me, existing without a valid reason. That`s why I love the way my Dire Wolf looks, nothing is there for cosmetic purposes, everything has a very real reason for being exactly where it is.

I really don`t mean to come across as dumping on the beloved Urbie, but I just never understood the hype? Maybe someone can enlighten me? *raises Beer stein*

Epic necro man, Impressed.

[Agent 0 Fortune]

I heard they were going to implement the Urbanmech when they sold 100,000 urbanmech cockpit statues.
So far they have sold 11 so we are almost there.

[Utilyan]

UUUUUURrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrbbbbbbbbbbbbbeeeeeeeeeeeeeenpakapakaMEEEEEEYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhK!



You know it would have 360 torso twist, simple weapon system, pop-tart capable. In mw4 they came 54kph and ecm standard.

Look i got one right now with 4 med lasers, 5 machine guns, ECM, Jumpjets, 77kph speed.

If I could get him in MWO it would be so fun.

[Spicy Horse]

I want something like the Urbanmech in this game because sometimes you just need to relax and have a little bit of silly fun. Like, 8 man (12 man someday) Urban drop. Record it and youtubes.

Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive. Same goes for the Urbanmech. <3

[Terror Teddy]

Zerberus, on 18 March 2013 - 12:57 PM, said:

But admittedly, I often find pure function usally sexier than form for the pure sense of looking good. Looking good without an actual function is, for me, existing without a valid reason. That`s why I love the way my Dire Wolf looks, nothing is there for cosmetic purposes, everything has a very real reason for being exactly where it is.

I really don`t mean to come across as dumping on the beloved Urbie, but I just never understood the hype? Maybe someone can enlighten me? *raises Beer stein*

In a sense the urbanmech is pure function and nothing else. Lets look at for what it was designed to be.

-Cheap [9 of these for the cost of an Atlas]
-Highly maneuverable [360 degree torso twist and turns on a dime]
-Low Profile
-Armoured like a medium mech.

It's designed for enviroments where cover is plenty (alleys, large buildings) and where speed cannot be utilized (narrow streets with 90 degree turns and intersektions). It would even function well in dense jungle.

On a regular battlefield it sucks but in a city you can forget outrunning them or sneaking up behind them as you cannot utilize what most light mechs have, speed - and if you sneak up behind them they just spin around their torso and give you a faceful of AC10 or AC20.

So it's a cheap hyperspecialized mech - very much like the A1 catapult which is also limited in it's role by it's armament, another hyperspecialization.

Edited by Terror Teddy, 22 April 2013 - 08:57 PM.