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[Phoenix 72]

As I am currently experimenting a bit with Urbanmechs, I started wondering... Has anybody ever tried playing a Lurm Urbie? Kinda tempted to take an R68, slap an LRM20 and some ERSL on it and see how it plays...

[thievingmagpi]

no

[FupDup]

Lel.

If you really insist on using an LRM light then you'll probably want to use a Clan gunboat light because the Urbie's durability advantage won't really come into play if you're just lobbing Lurms from safety all day. In that situation you'll want to mount more tubes.

[LordNothing]

i did for an event awhile back. didn't have any dedicate lrm builds, so i grabbed an urbie. previously it had an mrm40. think i put a couple lrm10s and bap on it. of course after i did my lrm damage, i went back to the mrm40. the lerm build neither has the tubes nor the ammo capacity to be a useful missile turret.

Edited by LordNothing, 22 June 2019 - 01:38 PM.

[Sigmar Sich]

I did. https://mwo.smurfy-n...2f8fe87bd02446c

Not as fun as murm can, but a good punch in a humble package.

I do advice murms, though. I only use lurms since i have a Javelin for murms.

And a bloody shame on you for not asking in the urbie thread.

UPD: it plays great, by the way. At least it did last winter, didn;t play since. CW patch was a.... it was what it was...

Edited by Sigmar Sich, 22 June 2019 - 01:27 PM.

[Prototelis]

No.

[HammerMaster]

Tried it. Stank. MRM 30. Profit.

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie]

kill it. kill it with fire.

how dare you even ask to put lurms on an urbie..? tk incoming!
..but seriously pal: don't

[Willard Phule]

Why waste a light slot in the drop on an LRM boat when you can totally waste an assault slot? Dude. LRM Atlas. Way better.

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie]

Willard Phule, on 22 June 2019 - 03:27 PM, said:

Why waste a light slot in the drop on an LRM boat when you can totally waste an assault slot? Dude. LRM Atlas. Way better.

more like: equally trash. only it's a meme, not a sacrilege

Edited by Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie, 22 June 2019 - 04:38 PM.

[The6thMessenger]

The issue is the AMS all around. Realistically, you could only put a few LRM tubes in there lest you have little ammo.

[Novakaine]

Yes Lurmbies will be the new Pirahna

[Phoenix 72]

Okay, I guess I will stick with MRM30 then.

[The6thMessenger]

Darakor Stormwind, on 22 June 2019 - 10:10 PM, said:

Okay, I guess I will stick with MRM30 then.

UM-R68

This kinda works, assuming you could land enough missiles. It's not great, but it's the closest I could get with an effective LRM build.

[Menas]

Darakor Stormwind, on 22 June 2019 - 12:42 PM, said:

... Lurm Urbie?

The MechGods did not bestow upon the Urbie beast mode armour and durability only to have it hide at the back firing Lurms! They blessed the Urbie so that it could strike terror into the hearts of its enemies as it gloriously leads the push... while the Assaults use it as a shield for protection.

[Strength Damage Cliff Racer]

The6thMessenger, on 22 June 2019 - 10:58 PM, said:

Urbie with 3 tons of ammo for LRM

So a total of 720 worth of maximum damage humanly possible.
About a half you will lose to a poor shots/enemy taking cover/spread
Half you will lose to AMS.
180dam ain't picnic. at this point you might as well use oneshot locusts, except they can also pop perfect UAVs and arties thanks to speed advantage.

Darakor Stormwind, on 22 June 2019 - 12:42 PM, said:

As I am currently experimenting a bit with Urbanmechs, I started wondering... Has anybody ever tried playing a Lurm Urbie? Kinda tempted to take an R68, slap an LRM20 and some ERSL on it and see how it plays...

SL lasers are superior for any case you might need them.
As for missiles, LRMs are wasted on urb. SSRMs, SRMs, MRMs, even RLs with bigger lasers work fine.

[The6thMessenger]

Strength Damage Cliff Racer, on 23 June 2019 - 01:00 AM, said:

So a total of 720 worth of maximum damage humanly possible.
About a half you will lose to a poor shots/enemy taking cover/spread
Half you will lose to AMS.
180dam ain't picnic. at this point you might as well use oneshot locusts, except they can also pop perfect UAVs and arties thanks to speed advantage.

You get it. That is exactly why LRM on an urbie sucks.

[LordNothing]

mediums are the best class for lerms in my opinion. fast enough to maintain good positioning and can carry enough ammo for it to matter. they also seem to work well on highlanders for some reason. more as a mixed build, turns out an ac20 is a good backup.

[WrathOfDeadguy]

If you're going to run MRM30 on the R68, do 20+10 instead of the single 30. Generates slightly more heat and makes the arm hitbox larger, but the spread is tighter and- more importantly- the health per missile is higher for the smaller launchers, so more of each salvo will land for the same investment in tonnage and crits.

If you're going to run LRMs on the R68, don't.