What am I supposed to do when I get ambushed??

[enumag]

No matter if I fast travel or ride on my horse, sooner or later I always get ambushed, knocked off the horse and killed.

What am I supposed to do in such cases? It's not possible to fight 4-5 enemies at once and even if I try to run they are always right behind me when I'm out of stamina. No time to summon a horse and mount it either.

[YOGI]

Ever heard of the "Mongolian Hordes" and How good they were at Mounted Horseback Riding while Shooting their Bows? (HINT HINT HINT)

[PeEl]

It's strange, I always could take back my horse even if they knocked me off. You can try to kill fighting from horse. A little practice and you are going to be untouchable. Or just don't try to fight if you see that enemies have advantage. Just run away before they put you out of the saddle.

[theonefrancis]

RUN

[CloudSeeker]

Well, that shouldn't be a problem if you just keep on riding. I have played this game for like 200 hours and I still haven't been knocked off apart from that one time I was f**king around. You can always just ride manually which gives you a better way to run away, you can also get the Scout Perk which gives you better odds of auto escaping. If you always get killed just get heavy armor and you are almost untouchable, heavy armor is something you are showered by in this game.

[Serk]

Pebble is a horrible horse for horseback fighting. He is way to coward and will thus throw you back and run away at the first opportunity. Look for horses with high courage stats at stables.

[Preacher]

Originally posted by Hela:

Hey dumbass, cavalry doesnt sit still when fighting from horseback, run by, hit, run by hit, run by hit and keep doing that until they're all dead. They cant fight back if they'cant catch you.

No need for such a negative response. Quite unnecessary.

To the OP: Run immediatley unless you know you have the advantage. If you keep falling off your horse, it is the horse that bucks you off or the enemy is too close and is able to unhorse you.

[Hammer Of Evil]

Originally posted by enumag:

No matter if I fast travel or ride on my horse, sooner or later I always get ambushed, knocked off the horse and killed.

What am I supposed to do in such cases? It's not possible to fight 4-5 enemies at once and even if I try to run they are always right behind me when I'm out of stamina. No time to summon a horse and mount it either.

Yeah, i mean.. there was a beautiful ambush i hit yesterday, was galloping past a small bush on the left and i was unhorsed and suddenly surrounded. that was fun, because of how unexpected it is. (Most ambushes in games are so weak it doesn't 'feel' like an ambush.)

when I got up off the ground, looked up and saw all 8 of them, it was like.. 'oh balls...'

I was able to kill them all somehow, but if i had to run, I would have led the melee away from the horse, then found a chance to sprint over and mount up. when you're mounting you can actually kick him into a gallop simultaneously. just remember to steer around the rock or trees that are blocking your path....

make note of them when you're escaping though. if they have bowmen, you can't flee in a straight line or you'll be back on the ground again.

But well, this is not an easy game. Each death hopefully teaches you something lol.

[jopwxgfjkfui]

Sometimes, you can surrender and discuss with them to find an arrangement.

[enumag]

The problem is that I most often get knocked off the horse before I even see an enemy so advice to keep riding is kinda useless. Is there a way to somehow know the places with ambush beforehand?

[CloudSeeker]

Originally posted by enumag:

The problem is that I most often get knocked off the horse before I even see an enemy so advice to keep riding is kinda useless. Is there a way to somehow know the places with ambush beforehand?

There is a few hotspots where things tend to happen, eventually you will learn them. However have you tried getting the scout ability or you know, get heavy armor?

[YOGI]

Originally posted by CloudSeeker:

Well, that shouldn't be a problem if you just keep on riding. I have played this game for like 200 hours and I still haven't been knocked off apart from that one time I was f**king around. You can always just ride manually which gives you a better way to run away, you can also get the Scout Perk which gives you better odds of auto escaping. If you always get killed just get heavy armor and you are almost untouchable, heavy armor is something you are showered by in this game.

Ya havn't found the "BRANCHES" in the Forest yet hangin LOW I bet? (OUCH!) hahahah lol

[YOGI]

Originally posted by enumag:

The problem is that I most often get knocked off the horse before I even see an enemy so advice to keep riding is kinda useless. Is there a way to somehow know the places with ambush beforehand?

Go buy some Horseback riding books from a Stable, (yep, they sell that too), It will help you in applying "Crazy Glue" on the Saddle for Henry to get a bit more Sticky in the Saddle, (lol) thing is, this is also a Leveling up thing too (RPG) unlike "SKYRIM"S Horse Riding at all (never fall off that one right?)

[Qiox]

120 Hours played and I have never been knocked off my horse. You have to do something seriously wrong for that to happen.

[Contra Machina]

https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/13337124-how-to-run-away/

[noxteryn]

If you're not very good at fighting, it's generally advisable to get on a horse before fast-travelling, that way, you can just gallop away if ambushed. I don't know about getting pulled down from a horse, as that has never happened to me. Just be faster and run away.