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Stradden Managing Editor Joined: 7/08/05 Posts: 6729	2/12/08 11:57:22 AM#1 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) While in Norway, MMORPG.com was provided with samples from the Age of Conan Art Book. Today, we present this overview of art detailing some of the Pictish weapons. Read it all here. Cheers, Jon Wood Managing Editor MMORPG.com
Deathstrike2 Apprentice Member Joined: 2/04/06 Posts: 1772 "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." - Martin Luther King, Jr.	2/12/08 12:16:52 PM#2 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Your read it all here link seems to be broken.
Siphaed Novice Member Joined: 1/17/08 Posts: 19	2/12/08 1:00:41 PM#3 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Ya, it's broken to me too. "When I wake up in the morning, will the world be the same as I left it when I slept, or will it have kept on spinning?" --Siphaed, Conspiricies of the Undead Living.
chrimwinster Novice Member Joined: 2/21/07 Posts: 44	2/12/08 5:30:24 PM#4 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Siphaed Ya, it's broken to me too. Dont worry you are not missing much. Just three more less interesting pictures. Regards Chrimwinster
AmazingAvery Age of Conan Advocate Joined: 1/16/07 Posts: 6973 The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.	2/12/08 7:19:15 PM#5 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by chrimwinster Originally posted by Siphaed Ya, it's broken to me too. Dont worry you are not missing much. Just three more less interesting pictures. Regards Chrimwinster Actually 5 pictures, designed to give a feel for the Picts and a sample from the Art Book (part of the CE edition of the game) I like the look of the Dagger :) Conan Vids Corsair 800d Case/i7 930/EVGA x58 760 Classified/Corsair Dominator 6GB 1600/Corsair HX1000 PSU/GTX 580/Intel X25-M SSD/2x WD 1TB Blacks/Corsair H90 cooler / 1x 28" 1900x1200 monitor/ G-19 Keyboard/ G500 mouse
greymann Novice Member Joined: 4/04/06 Posts: 775	2/15/08 1:03:49 PM#6 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Being the picts defeated the Romans and had a huge navy I kinda picture them being armed with more than pointy sticks.
chrimwinster Novice Member Joined: 2/21/07 Posts: 44	2/15/08 3:13:33 PM#7 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by AmazingAvery Originally posted by chrimwinster Originally posted by Siphaed Ya, it's broken to me too. Dont worry you are not missing much. Just three more less interesting pictures. Regards Chrimwinster Actually 5 pictures, designed to give a feel for the Picts and a sample from the Art Book (part of the CE edition of the game) I like the look of the Dagger :) You are quite correct. I was being a bit negative after a dissapointing technical beta night - could not PVP as well as the tutorial quest ( Regards Chrimwinster
Voidrider Novice Member Joined: 10/04/06 Posts: 22	2/16/08 9:18:11 AM#8 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by greymann Being the picts defeated the Romans and had a huge navy I kinda picture them being armed with more than pointy sticks. The picts had a navy? Their piracy was purely coastal and more akin to boat raiding. Their neighbors, the Gaels, were likely more advanced and even they had no "navy." At best, Picts were at the level of Gaels in nearly all facets of culture and had possibly acquired their best equipment from Britons and Gaels. When the vikings (Danes mostly) arrived, what little ragtag tribal kingdoms they possessed were smashed. Within three generations their entire civilization was nearly extinguished.
Cimmerier Novice Member Joined: 6/10/07 Posts: 29	2/18/08 7:19:22 AM#9 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Age of Conan takes place about 8000 years before the roman empire...
Voidrider Novice Member Joined: 10/04/06 Posts: 22	2/18/08 4:10:20 PM#10 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) The picts he was referring to were obviously the ones from the "real" world of proto-gaelic history, not Howard's, which were simply based upon them, hence my post also based (and not coincidentally) on the Picts of the "real" world's history. Picts in the world of Conan are based on historical fact that has actually been modified since Howard died and are much more barbaric and primitive than what is know commonly accepted by historians.
Cimmerier Novice Member Joined: 6/10/07 Posts: 29	2/19/08 6:50:20 AM#11 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Alright, i won't argue with the historical facts. But since this is a game based on a fantasy-world its not really required that its based on correct historical facts, even if its inspired by the real world. So it doesnt matter if the picts in Conan is more primitive and brutal then the historical ones, wich is what the discussion started with.