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[Bodha]

Fire for Effect, on 02 July 2012 - 02:09 AM, said:

The problem is you wont get it to the right spot since it is very unlikely that you start at the right spot so you need to get there which is kind of a problem considering a snails speed. Chances are you will be spotted before you are at a useful place, and then a flight of LRMs would likely end your existence. A smart player can also just ignore your snail and go around it or if you are annoying enough just end you with artillery, indirect fire or long range weaponry.

Well... its always possible there will be a game mode where both sides have a limited amount of BV or a C-Bill budget to spend on what they deploy in a match. At that point designs like the Urbanmech can and likely will make a successful appearance. But until they provide some form of economic constraint for the matches Urbanmech is taking a Hunchbacks slot.

[Schtirlitz]

Odweaver, on 02 July 2012 - 07:56 AM, said:

For open fields it equips it's battle armor.

Made my day!!!
More Urbie fun!

[Butane9000]

I think the only reason people are so attached to the Urbanmech is because they must feel like they are piloting R2D2 except a less useful version.

[Wyr]

Butane9000, on 07 July 2012 - 09:33 AM, said:

I think the only reason people are so attached to the Urbanmech is because they must feel like they are piloting R2D2 except a less useful version.

Quote of the day. Seriously, I think we need vehicles more than urbies. Vehicles could serve a lot of different battlefield roles, that can hardly be substituted by a mech, while urbies are only for very special battlefield situations, like cityfight, riot control, and things like that. Things most like not included in game at launch.

[Odweaver]

Wyr, on 07 July 2012 - 09:40 AM, said:

Quote of the day. Seriously, I think we need vehicles more than urbies. Vehicles could serve a lot of different battlefield roles, that can hardly be substituted by a mech, while urbies are only for very special battlefield situations, like cityfight, riot control, and things like that. Things most like not included in game at launch.

It's common.
It's cheap.
It is one of the few AC using Lights in current production. (others being experimental variants)
It has good Mechlab potential.

Overall it fills a gap in the light category, and has the fanbase which will probably cause it to see more use than the Prime Variant Dragon.

[Mechwarrior5138008]

Bombast, on 02 July 2012 - 01:22 AM, said:

The vast majority of FASA's original mechs were flawed by design, mostly for balance and fun. It allowed them to churn out more mechs without getting redundant. Its also made Battletech (Pen and Paper Mechwarrior) far more interesting - You not only had to out play your foe, but out play your own mechs obvious flaws.

That's part of the Urbanmech's appeal. Its a horrendous piece of junk that's 99% fail worthy. But if you could play just right, and get your opponent in just the right spot, the Urbanmech would be worth it's weight in gold. And it gave you one hell of a feeling.

CBT is 100% about getting together with friends and imagining something amazing...and dealing with dice rolls.

Anytime ANYONE managed to get taken out by an URBIE, this event was talked about for weeks, months, or even YEARS afterwards by all of said friends. Looking back, these were some of the best memories of our lives, and the URBANMECH played a memorable part.

[Omega59er]

Are you trying to say I can't mount a Rail Gun on my Urbie?! *flips battletech game table*

[Captain Fabulous]

LIVE FOR THE FANTASY.

It's all we'll have when the Clans show up and f*ck us all over anyways...

[Captain Fabulous]

Buck Rogers, on 30 June 2012 - 05:11 PM, said:

The Urbanmechs secret weapon is that it can leap into the air with its pilot yelling inspirational phrases, land on an assault mech, crush the assault mechs head in leaving the urbie half embedded in the assault mech, merge its controls with the assault mech, and become God Urbie.

Had to bring this up again....

[Murku]

Pure win!

[Felicitatem Parco]

omega5 9er, on 07 July 2012 - 10:43 AM, said:

Are you trying to say I can't mount a Rail Gun on my Urbie?! *flips battletech game table*

You CAN put a Gauss Rifle on an Urbie, though.
UM-R60LG

Edited by Prosperity Park, 08 July 2012 - 09:25 AM.

[HepatitisTK]

Prosperity Park, on 08 July 2012 - 09:25 AM, said:

You CAN put a Gauss Rifle on an Urbie, though.
UM-R60LG

Oh... i just got giddy!

On a more serious note: It seems like the Urbie haters are trying to keep us Urbie lovers from having our beloved mascot in the game. Why would you want to ruin our fun? Dont like Urbies? Dont buy'em! Leave that to us!

I have a prediction though... I predict that the Urbanmech shall be the last mech announced for inclusion just before either Open Beta or actual release of the game. The devs MUST have seen all of the love posted so far for the Urbie SO they may make it a surprise final Mech announcement... which would make me all sorts of happy.

[Xandre Blackheart]

A light mech with ballistic hardpoints.

I haven't seen a light mech in game with ballistic hardpoints yet, so I'm not against the urbanmech.

(unless you want to squeeze something onto a locust's MG harpoints, but locusts aren't in yet either)

[Damion Sparhawk]

I don't care if urbies are in the game or not, I'd just prefer more... useful mechs to be premiered first... or even mechs that look slightly less like a trashcan...

[Buck Rogers]

Damion Sparhawk, on 08 July 2012 - 04:59 PM, said:

I don't care if urbies are in the game or not, I'd just prefer more... useful mechs to be premiered first... or even mechs that look slightly less like a trashcan...

[wargonglok]

Odweaver, on 30 June 2012 - 02:36 PM, said:

You doubt the Urbie?

They are totally a solaris champion grade mech!

about 1 hour ago i beat Solaris championship as an urbanmech using dfa and machine guns

Join the brotherhod of urbie Solaris champs

[Negoksa]

As long as the Urbie fans don't become as crazy as those pony fans I don't mind using them for target practice.

[Damion Sparhawk]

[Elendil]

I was reading through this thread just now and imagining an all Urban-mech merc corps. That was pretty cool.
Then I imagined them fighting any other team, and it wasn't so cool.
Then I imagined that I was on the OTHER team, and it was cool again.

[Tenrai]

Urbie for President!!!