Suggestion Give Us Mounts

[Dsawemd]

@Kainzo TL: DR last 2 bullet points

If everyone had the ability to ride horses:

• Farmers could spawn them at Spawn for cheap travel. Smiths would get a SaddleCrafting skill.

• It would partially even the playing field for unmounted versus mounted chases... BUT
  
• It wouldn't detract from how awesome Mount skills are, even once all the Mount Skill glitches are fixed.

• We could have a mid-level passive skill in each class called HorseRiding, that allows Mounting. This would create a great complement to the current "leveling meta" of using weaker mobs first, then traveling farther out from spawn to find harder mobs.

• Players could explore the map easier, exploring and interacting at each other's towns.

• You could sell Undead Horse Mounts in the store without it being Pay-2-win AT ALL!!!!
• Hell, you could give that "Saddle mount" item to the Subscribers and let everyone else use real saddles and Farmer summoned horses if they want a mount!

 

[archceaser]

Yes for the love of all that is holy I want a horse mount to the point that I might go paladin just for it.

 

[Kimsgrim]

I would like this too, but grant my horse the ability to use jump.

 

[Avoir]

This is a bad idea in my opinion you're giving mobility to classes that do not need it, what's the point of having jump, backflip, blink if some other class can just catch up with horses...

 

[Dsawemd]

...what's the point of having jump, backflip, blink if some other class can just catch up with horses...

You are joking, right? I am not suggesting everyone has a mount skill, and the subscriber/donator "saddle item" would be unusable in combat, just like mounting farmer summoned or wild horses is.

@FrankyDemon1996 Consider once more please which is more mobile during combat: Summoning a horse, leaving combat, and taming it, or fleeing with (or without) Jump/Blink.

In my opinion, the only classes that could viably summon a horse, tame it, and eventually catch their target would be Tracking classes. Even then, the time it takes to summon and tame the horse should allow for counterplay.

 

[Avoir]

You are joking, right? I am not suggesting everyone has a mount skill, and the subscriber/donator "saddle item" would be unusable in combat, just like mounting farmer summoned or wild horses is.

@FrankyDemon1996 Consider once more please which is more mobile during combat: Summoning a horse, leaving combat, and taming it, or fleeing with (or without) Jump/Blink.

In my opinion, the only classes that could viably summon a horse, tame it, and eventually catch their target would be Tracking classes. Even then, the time it takes to summon and tame the horse should allow for counterplay.

I thought you were talking about summoning mounts that already have a saddle on it, kinda like paladin or DK.

 

[Kimsgrim]

I was playing as goon chasing a pally. There is no catching someone on a horse.

 

[Dsawemd]

I thought you were talking about summoning mounts that already have a saddle on it, kinda like paladin or DK.

I was playing as goon chasing a pally. There is no catching someone on a horse.

Summary of this Suggestion:
Classes who can reasonably expect to use horses in combat as an effective mobility skill: DreadKnight and Paladin.

Classes who can SummonHorse, leave combat, use a real saddle, Tame the Horse, and then ride until they are combat tagged: Farmers.

Classes who can find/buy a horse, leave combat, use a real saddle, Tame the Horse, and then ride until combat tagged: Everyone.

edit: The Subscriber Saddle Mount (Kainzo wants a mount Item but we don't know if its possible yet) would not work in combat, and would presumably have a warm-up and cooldown that makes the item Useful but not Pay-2-win.

 

[Kimsgrim]

The horses are glitchy as hell right now, the rider basicly teleports around, leaving a ghost of himself here and there.

 

[Egorh]

Horses should not be usable in combat. Having to spend money to get one is also leaning towards Pay to Win. Horses should cost in-game currency, and a decent amount of it (somewhere around 2000 souls). This provides the opportunity to everyone, not just people that have a little extra money to throw around

 

[Kainzo]

Horses arent implemented correctly atm.

If the horse takes damage it should dismount the rider - at the moment this is not the case. Ill add this to do the "todo" list to fix as soon as we can.

 

[Dsawemd]

Horses arent implemented correctly atm.

If the horse takes damage it should dismount the rider - at the moment this is not the case. Ill add this to do the "todo" list to fix as soon as we can.

See if a hotfix could remove the saddle when the horse takes damage? It would stop people from safely fleeing on horseback.