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[Rhaythe]

Ecliptor, on 21 January 2015 - 06:38 AM, said:

When Russ was on ngng podcast he made it sound like it was already made, saying that they  programed specialized things for it such as the 360 rotation and the small engine. That's the way it sounded to me and if the case I would assume it would be released regardless. I'm  not suggesting people don't purchase it, I hope many people do so that something like this could happen with other mechs, just saying what it sounded like to me

Adding an XML entry for a STD60 engine is a lot easier than building a battlemech from scratch in Maya/3DS Max, rigging it, crafting textures, creating audio cues, playtesting, and debugging.

[Bishop Steiner]

Rhaythe, on 21 January 2015 - 06:32 AM, said:

Today, thousands of Mechwarriors live out their lives in the absence of the Urbanmech. These cold, hungry soldiers wake up each morning. They stare at their frigid metal machines. At their twin AC20s and quad-PPCs. These broken men and women somehow find the courage to step out into the withering daylight, climb into their cockpits, and in a tear-soaked haze of shattered spirits, manage to push DEPLOY.

But there is hope. Today.

For just twenty dollars, you can bring these Mechwarriors change. You can show them the error of their ways. The futility of their twenty million c-bill machines. For just twenty dollars, you can give them the greatest gift of all. The gift of the trashcan. The gift of the Urbanmech.

Please. Act today. Just twenty dollars. And these tear-stained Mechwarriors can smile once again. Don't wait.

Give a Mechwarrior a trashcan.

Today.

I think...I got something in my eye...... *sniffle*

Ecliptor, on 21 January 2015 - 06:38 AM, said:

When Russ was on ngng podcast he made it sound like it was already made, saying that they programed specialized things for it such as the 360 rotation and the small engine. That's the way it sounded to me and if the case I would assume it would be released regardless. I'm not suggesting people don't purchase it, I hope many people do so that something like this could happen with other mechs, just saying what it sounded like to me

Nope, not made, just playing with some of the "building" files to see if it was possible, from what was said. He was pretty specific (I thought) in the fate of whether Urbie lived or died, was completely in our hands.

[Ngamok]

Serpieri, on 20 January 2015 - 06:56 PM, said:

Never underestimate the power of Cuteness !!!!!

If they released a Hero version later on that looked like this, I would 100% buy. Deputy Dawg, maybe.

[Bishop Steiner]

Ngamok, on 21 January 2015 - 06:49 AM, said:

If they released a Hero version later on that looked like this, I would 100% buy. Deputy Dawg, maybe.

DD's gonna slap a parking boot on your favorite mech for your lukewarm endorsement.......

[VirtualSmitty]

I did my part.

[Dawnstealer]

As one of the lead commenters on that thread, of course I got the $40 package.

[Latorque]

Serpieri, on 20 January 2015 - 06:56 PM, said:

Hm... i don't own one; but will PGI redesign these to fit the new looks?
Now that would be thorough work!

[STEF_]

Well.... the day after the "great day"... I'm feeling a bit sad.

A long long journey 'till April....

[Jody Von Jedi]

OK Bishop, you know I'm doing this for you Buddy.

I'm 40.00 poorer.

[Jetfire]

$40 on the table. Gimme my flying trashcan.

[Coralld]

Hi, my name is Coralld...

I purchased the $40 Urbi Collectors addition...

I have an Urbi problem...

My problem is I have to wait till April for my Urbs.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Ok, so since I bought the collector Urbie pack, I was thinking..."what is the custom camo and geometry?". Then it dawned on me. Dun...dun...DUN!!!



My special variant is going to have a Top Hat and Spats!

Ok, probably not...but it could happen. It would be pretty classy.

[Bishop Steiner]

Jody Von Jedi, on 21 January 2015 - 08:05 AM, said:

OK Bishop, you know I'm doing this for you Buddy.

I'm 40.00 poorer.

but in april, you will be so much richer, me friend!!!!

Also, UPDATE: Russ hopes to have sales figure update by NOON, PST. Stay tuned.

Am betting we hit 50% or more, overnight!

Latorque, on 21 January 2015 - 07:49 AM, said:

Hm... i don't own one; but will PGI redesign these to fit the new looks?
Now that would be thorough work!

dunno, but pretty sure that top hat would play merry hob with the hitboxes.....

also, that puts us at 109 confirmed? (hard to tell as some are talking very obliquely, and of course, future plans not counted)

[jper4]

put me in for 3/4th of the way. too many people today posting about how "they didn't really see what the big deal about it was but i bought one anyway" or something similar to have stalled out at 50% after reaching 1/3rd in 6 hours i'm thinking.

[Coralld]

Oh, I'd also like to point out, which I know has been mentioned before but I will reiterate. The Urbi with have the same or close to the same engine cap as the Spider. So if you are on the fence because your not sure how fast you can go, well, the Urbi can be configured to go about as fast as a Spider which Russ has mentioned.

[Hydrocarbon]

I'm strongly leaning towards the $20 package, especially if they're over goal. If they quirk it to be halfway decent in CW, moreso. Can you imagine something like 50% cooldown/heat reduction/range on energy and ballistics?

If the special variant included a big top hat (that doesn't take damage), I'd spring for the $40 package.

Edited by Hydrocarbon, 21 January 2015 - 08:52 AM.

[Haakon Magnusson]

Bishop Steiner, on 20 January 2015 - 11:02 AM, said:

if they are a "rare commodity" it means the presale failed and they won't exist at all. Per Russ at the TH.

Frankly I have to agree with the sentiments that this is tantamount to trying to extort community... and when they become sensitive that community is thinking that, they will actually make this silly mech valid... even competitive by giving it a HUGE engine cap, which is my worst fear.

By and large it is a **** mech (And supposed too), it supposed to be slow slogging city fighting mech with an ac to fend for itself... if they make it go speeds of Panther or beyond, I am worried, they bend over backwards to get enough people onboard with this.

I can respect people wanting urbie because it is urbie, for shits and giggles... but if it goes they way of firestarter... I will be sorely disappointed.

My worst fear I have to buy this trashcan, because in some weird way, it becomes overtly valid mech.
But I hate urbie.

[Hydrocarbon]

The community has been pushing for this for a long time, and it's time to put up or shut up. I don't blame them for dangling the carrot since they're actually actively accepting purchases. This game is also about fun, and even the makers of Battletech lore wish they'd done certain things differently (clan specs being one of them). Tabletop works differently enough to make many of it's concepts just plain awful for a FPS game.

[Coralld]

Hydrocarbon, on 21 January 2015 - 08:49 AM, said:

I'm strongly leaning towards the $20 package, especially if they're over goal. If they quirk it to be halfway decent in CW, moreso. Can you imagine something like 50% cooldown/heat reduction/range on energy and ballistics?

I hope they give it a quirk where it has 85% cool down on the AC10, plus with the AC10 cooldown modual of 12%, the AC10 would be able to fire almost as fast as you can button mash the left mouse button.

[KuroNyra]

Haakon Magnusson, on 21 January 2015 - 08:58 AM, said:

Frankly I have to agree with the sentiments that this is tantamount to trying to extort community... and when they become sensitive that community is thinking that, they will actually make this silly mech valid... even competitive by giving it a HUGE engine cap, which is my worst fear.

By and large it is a **** mech (And supposed too), it supposed to be slow slogging city fighting mech with an ac to fend for itself... if they make it go speeds of Panther or beyond, I am worried, they bend over backwards to get enough people onboard with this.

I can respect people wanting urbie because it is urbie, for shits and giggles... but if it goes they way of firestarter... I will be sorely disappointed.

My worst fear I have to buy this trashcan, because in some weird way, it becomes overtly valid mech.
But I hate urbie.

Ho stop.

Peoples are not complaining because the others Light Mech can change there engine and go at incredible speed compared to the "stock" version.
Yet here you would complain about the Urbie?


People have transformed firestarte on LaserStarter, yet nobody complain about that.
Ravens who are technicly "slow" lights can also go at paste 120km/h yet nobody complain about that.

Now, people don't want the Urbanmech to be also a fast little fùcker for the fun? It's not like he could use his AC/20 with the engine.

Personatly I know I will keep it slow... And probably replace the Small laser with a PPC and change the ballisct weapons for MG.