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Oh My Gawd!!!

flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
edited November 2013 in Champions Online Discussion
rewarded with new costume pieces: Blunderbuss weapon piece, Harquebus weapon costume and Windup Key costume piece
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  • agentnx5agentnx5 Posts: 2,026 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    "Finkle Foundry"


    At first this headline made me go like this thinking that the Foundry from STO might be coming to Champions:

    O_O




    Then I realized they were just announcing the annual event and I was like:

    Aww...



    I'm actually looking more forward to the upcoming Auras (where my two Dark Aura devices get converted and I can finally get rid of AoPM's effect) than any key "backpack" costume unlock which doesn't work for any of my characters. Kind of cool for concepts and good to see new costume unlocks... I guess... For me it's kind of "meh" though, gotta be honest. *shrug*

    (also waiting, waiting, waiting on Justice Gear to debut. Alas...)



    Sidenote:

    Cryptic, if you're going to do a Foundry in Champions Online, make it be for our Nemesis system. Because nothing annoys me more than my hero's archnemesis building a technological death ray (and failing with it) in spite of being actually a evil mage who rules a entire empire and has armies at her command where are a greater threat than we can imagine. It's a comical joke, and not as epic as it should be if I was actually able to make the content myself with a Foundry. That's not arrogance speaking, crowd sourcing is truly amazing stuff, producing far more content than a small developer studio could ever hope to do with the limited time they have to get things done. I've seen it done, more than once.
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  • monaahirumonaahiru Posts: 3,088 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I'm so happy now I can make magical gun girl like her. :D






    Or her. xD
  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,746 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    any mention anywhere of having fixed the Grandfather winter gear, which is supposed to scale with level but doesn't?
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  • rianfrostrianfrost Posts: 578 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    see, i just thought it meant that cryptic was going to cattily comment on the size of another mmo's butt to its friend Becky.
  • ignengiignengi Posts: 66 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Harquebus weapon costume

    Very slick! I cannot wait to get into the foundry and kick Finkle's butt.
  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    chaelk wrote: »
    any mention anywhere of having fixed the Grandfather winter gear, which is supposed to scale with level but doesn't?

    Most likely removed whole crap since Finkle Foundry is now a lvl 30 (probably) Alert.
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  • meedacthunistmeedacthunist Posts: 2,967 Arc User1
    edited November 2013
    monaahiru wrote: »
    I'm so happy now I can make magical gun girl like her. :D

    Or her. xD


    Technically you can't, even with Harquebus.


    CO harquebus model is wheellock, and her gun is flintlock. Almost one hundred years of difference.

    Your second pic is a caplock. Another one hundred years of difference.


    CO still needs at least one model of a flintlock rifle. Wheellock is a crap. :/


    No, really. Why we ever had a wheellock, not a flintlock? This unlock was linked to the pirates who were, supposedly, using flintlocks as wheellock was considered obsolete even in their time.
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  • ashensnowashensnow Posts: 2,048 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    meedacthunist wrote: »
    Technically you can't, even with Harquebus.


    CO harquebus model is wheellock, and her gun is flintlock. Almost one hundred years of difference.

    Your second pic is a caplock. Another one hundred years of difference.


    CO still needs at least one model of a flintlock rifle. Wheellock is a crap. :/

    You gonna tell her that there is no Santa Claus next ?


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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Ofcourse there is...
    http://youtu.be/zSpE25iJzIg
    Part 2 was a bit too graphical to be shared here...
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  • meedacthunistmeedacthunist Posts: 2,967 Arc User1
    edited November 2013
    lobo-christmas-special.jpg

    There used to be one...
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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    And check the movie versio of that book...
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  • leihngweileihngwei Posts: 143 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    rianfrost wrote: »
    see, i just thought it meant that cryptic was going to cattily comment on the size of another mmo's butt to its friend Becky.

    I like Blunderbuss I can not lie. :cool:
  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,002 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I wonder if the Harquebus is going to be an assault rifle unlock?

    Because automatic-firing Harquebus = LOLWHATGIMME!
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  • arblaquearblaque Posts: 158 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    meedacthunist wrote: »
    lobo-christmas-special.jpg

    There used to be one...

    Any holiday with Lobo is festive
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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    jennymachx wrote: »
    I wonder if the Harquebus is going to be an assault rifle unlock?

    Because automatic-firing Harquebus = LOLWHATGIMME!

    It was AR and Sniper Rifle before.
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  • crosnightcrosnight Posts: 58 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    wasnt blunderbus and harquebus prealert unlocks

    if so nice to see them bringing some back (now hurry up and bring them all back)
  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,334 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    leihngwei wrote: »
    I like Blunderbuss I can not lie. :cool:
    You other brothers can't deny
    That when a toon walks in with an itty-bitty waist and a big gun in your face
    You get sprung
    Gotta pull up tough
    'Cause you notice that gun was stuffed
    Deep in the armor she's wearing
    I'm hooked and I can't stop staring...
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  • jovianjjovianj Posts: 27 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Where? I mean, where were you rewarded these pieces? I've been waiting for their return for a very long time.
  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,334 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    jovianj wrote: »
    Where? I mean, where were you rewarded these pieces? I've been waiting for their return for a very long time.
    In the upcoming Finkle Foundry event - there's a blog post about it on the front page of the site.
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  • guyhumualguyhumual Posts: 2,412 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I hope they have the other steam punk stuff from previous years as well. I never got any of the steam punk stuff from previous years, nor the mustache Finn is sporting. To get my harquebus I had to do it the hard way . . . kill 5000 ghost pirates. Course now it's bound to be a simple drop and everyone is going to have one now. I'm not disappointed mind you, I like costume pieces for everyone, but I'm more excited about picking up the peaces I don't have naturally.
  • lordgarlordgar Posts: 267 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    guyhumual wrote: »
    I hope they have the other steam punk stuff from previous years as well.

    They are indeed still there.
  • tfavsb10tfavsb10 Posts: 306 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I'm gonna get they key and make a clockwork girl!!!
  • guyhumualguyhumual Posts: 2,412 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    flyingfinn wrote: »
    Ofcourse there is...
    http://youtu.be/zSpE25iJzIg
    Part 2 was a bit too graphical to be shared here...
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    The actual/original Saint Nicholas was Turkish

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  • rianfrostrianfrost Posts: 578 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    guyhumual wrote: »
    The actual/original Saint Nicholas was Turkish

    Not sure how the Finns get to claim theirs as the original.

    a lot of modern Santa clause images are based on the germanic character "sinterklaas" he is based on the turkish saint, but the pop-santa is not exactly throwing 3 bags of gold through windows so poor girls can have dowries. though chocolate geld is awesome.
  • sorceror01sorceror01 Posts: 210 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    lordgar wrote: »
    They are indeed still there.

    Phew, good. I missed out on getting the fancy new Electro Steampunk gear last year on account of being terribly ill for like a whole month. So I'm glad that stuff is still gonna be available.
  • meedacthunistmeedacthunist Posts: 2,967 Arc User1
    edited November 2013
    Finnish Santa Claus and his Russian counterpart (with name translated literally as a "Grandfather Frost" or "Old Man Frost") are remnants of old pre-christian pagan beliefs.
    As a curiosity - authors of Warhammer tabletop and roleplaying games based their god Ulric on this old pagan belief.

    Many pagan religions in northern regions had male personification of Winter. He was, by christanisation and cultural diffusion, merged into one with Saint Nicholas, just like old pagan winter feasts were merged with Christmas.

    Of course pagan original deities weren't nice, children-loving granpas carrying bags full of gifts.
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  • monaahirumonaahiru Posts: 3,088 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    meedacthunist wrote: »
    Technically you can't, even with Harquebus.


    CO harquebus model is wheellock, and her gun is flintlock. Almost one hundred years of difference.

    Your second pic is a caplock. Another one hundred years of difference.


    CO still needs at least one model of a flintlock rifle. Wheellock is a crap. :/


    No, really. Why we ever had a wheellock, not a flintlock? This unlock was linked to the pirates who were, supposedly, using flintlocks as wheellock was considered obsolete even in their time.

    Then magical girl like her?
    Not sure about the change tho. xD
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