Horses

[Rockpaw]

Just wondering how people feel about how horses work. I just get annoyed with getting knocked off if you take any hit. I get they want ways to stop players from just dashing through everything but can't there just be a damage cap or something. Like if you're sprinting and get hit and take a certain % of damage you get knocked off.

[GreedRecycler]

I think that already exists actually, the damage cap I mean. I have been hit and set on fire before, and was still able to ride my horse just fine. I guess it depends on what kind of attack it is. Personally I think the horse is fast enough already when sprinting, it's kinda like a mini-game of trying not to get knocked off.

[Sprocket66]

Never really use the horses since the various shapes fit the occasion better for me.

[Rockpaw]

So did some testing. There is a damage cap, but its kinda pointless. I'm lvl 78 and have 877 HP. I went Dunly Farmlands and found out I can be hit for 17 damage and stay on, but 21 and I fall off. That's only around 2% of my health. Also any status affect like running through fire doesn't count to the cap. I get the whole dodge thing, Its not like this ruins the game for me, it just makes it a bit annoying trying to get back to my castle in silverlight hills after looting. Silver Light has so many patrols that you will run into 5-6, I can normally dodge them but it just makes me think it would be nice to have a higher cap, maybe allowing for actual horse combat.

[Xero]

I agree. I never really do combat on a horse unless I'm riding by to shoot enemies for fun along the travels. You get better at dodging arrows and brute attacks the longer you play. And there's them wrangler potions.

I believe each horse has their own level, so finding the fastest horse could help. They kinda advertise using weapons on horses in the videos. Increasing the cap would be nice.

[torqueblue]

Getting Knocked off your horse is kinda of a weak thing to happen to a vamp. Then again it was probably put in cause....YUP... YOU GUESSED IT! PvP!

I make for the farmlands ASAP when I get out of the crypt and then to Gloomrot for Radium Alloy so I can upgrade my Castle Heart to level 4 so I can get Dominate Mount. Being able to summon a mount anywhere is pretty solid and makes traveling during the day a cince. Wrangler Potions and Worker Blood make out riding Bullets and arrows a worry of the past.

[Ash]

If you're on your own server, horses are mostly useless until you get Dominate Horse. After that they become moderately useful, because summonable horse with speed 10+ and a saddle can run quite fast and has a dash/jump which allows to jump over/through a lot of obstacles. Dominated horse even retains some of its use after acquiring a bat form, at least during the day.

If you're on the public server, especially on PvP one, the usefulness of horses grows up significantly, because there might be a lot of stuff which won't be transportable through waygates or in bat form.