My eyes, my eyes!!

[Jarlabanke]

Those horns on the viking is making my eyes sore to say the least :(

[timurlenk]

Originally posted by Jarlabanke
Those horns on the viking is making my eyes sore to say the least :(

thats what people believe.

for me - i like these helmets with the "eye protection". sorry, but i cant describe it better :confused:

[Greeny]

Get rid of the horns please, they didn't have horned helmets :go:

Edit: ohh yeah, i like the new wallpaper. It's just replaced the "castle in winter" one which adorned my desktop :D

[Bora]

yep, the viking helm looks silly,... if they need horns, then please smaller ones,... yes the map-wallpaper loks very nice

[Kuno of Gersenau]

Hmm...I don't think that they are much to big. Maybe the horns are from a cow who has long horns.:D Or what sort of horns should they put on the helm, some from a chamois? That would look silly I suppose...

[Jarlabanke]

No horns at all...

[Kuno of Gersenau]

But vikings had got horns on the helm, hadn't they?

[Jarlabanke]

Nope, they did not

[Finellach]

Honestly I don't see what is the problem...after all this is a game and fun over all remember. ;)

[timurlenk]

Originally posted by Finellach
Honestly I don't see what is the problem...after all this is a game and fun over all remember. ;)


then i vote for feathers instead of horns - thats more fun :rofl: :blob: :viking: :dwink:

[Kuno of Gersenau]

Originally posted by Jarlabanke
Nope, they did not But then why do everybody show vikings with horns? I think it's good possible that you are right, but why then the horns in every pictures of them...?

[Angryminer]

Someday someone drew a viking with a horn-helmet. Some people liked that, and told everybody that vikings had horns on their helmets. And those believed them and told everybody...

Angryminer

[Jarlabanke]

Some myth made up in the 1900th century, don't ask me why though.

[Finellach]

Well I am too lazy to write it way so I will simply point to few links I find by quicky on Google.

http://www.vikingage.com/vac/horns.html

http://www.algonet.se/~tanprod/zeanswer.htm

The fact is: Viking did not had horned helms, they had helms with "eye protetction". ;)

[Cork2]

Look if sunflowers want to put horns on their viking they they will do so. its their game. Deal with it. I don't mind it at all. This is not sapposed to be that historic down to the tiniest detail.

[Kuno of Gersenau]

Oh, I really didn't know that. But maybe they make them with horns because everybody thinks that they have them! Everybody who don't know it would say "Hey what a damned unit, they have no horns!":confused:

[Jarlabanke]

Actually they've only found one confirmed Viking helmet at all, in Norway, the ones shown on that site is not viking age either but from some hundred years earlier.

[hulkster225]

I have to agree, the horns look ridiculous, especially in the larger picture. All he needs now is a long red beard. hahaha

[kowd]

I think these horns make the units easily recognised in a fight. And this is very important! :D

[geno604]

The horns arent going to ruin gameplay.. i think they did that so they are more recognzable a unit.

If they change it or not, the unit is still cool.:cheers: