Does Training skill level matter when trying for dream horse?

[Dhansak]

Hi all

Am about to try for first ever dream horse attempt. Everything is in place then i realised I didn't know if it mattered which character "pushed the button" for the attempt.

My current character at Stonetail Ranch is only at Apprentice level in Training. If it actually matters, I will have to get my mighty Skilled Level 3 trainer (gulp) to the ranch!

Thanks

[Karna5]

No, nothing matters except the number of failures.

[Dhansak]

Thanks Karna5 - great!

(though I will internally rephrase that as the number of near successes lol)

Cheers again for your help :)

[Karna5]

Out of curiosity, Dhansak, what type of Dream Horse are you aiming to get?

I wish you the best of luck either way :)

[Dhansak]

I am tending towards the Pegasus as I gather it has the best all round mobility? Also the Dine looks good - like the look of the Earth of Protection/Life skill

Hmm - maybe I will aim towards the latter in later attempts... for now my first roll is set up for the Pegagus with 1% probability - yeehaa :)

[Dhansak]

Thank you for the good luck wish Karna5 - will let you know how many attempts it ends up taking :)

[Tsel13]

The biggest advantage I enjoy having the Dine is the insane fast speed you can run through the desert on it. Especially, when you start doing the Journals and they have you going all over in the desert. 😊

[Karna5]

So far I've gotten a Dine and a Pegasus. I'm around 25 tries into getting a Doom without luck yet.

In my humble opinion, I like the Dine best because the E skill can heal the rider, useful for classes that don't have out of combat self heal (like Guardian). Also the Dine seems to be able to take a remarkable beating compared to the Pegasus.

You're right about the Pegasus being highly mobile in mountains (and fun), Dhansak. But as Tsel13 pointed out, the Dine has mobility in the Desert, so it all works out whichever you get.

I have my witch ride the Pegasus because she can heal herself and the Guardian ride the Dine. Admittedly, now that my Guardian has an infinite health potion the self heal is less important, but I still like those mounts for those classes.

I can't wait to see what you get :)

[Karna5]

Dhansak, I have a side comment related to training skill and Dream Horses. Whatever type you end up getting, I suggest you train it up to at least 82nd level. I've got my Dine up to 86th level so far.

The reason is that most monsters 15 levels or more below your mount's level will ignore the mount. This is immensely useful for grinding monsters (or if you're a life skill character leaving your mount in dangerous areas while you work.

Certain monsters, like world bosses, rift bosses, towers, tiny spiders and a few others are so aggressive they'll attack anything. But almost everywhere else you can call your mount ot you right next to hoards of monsters and dump your loot into the saddle bags without the horse being attacked.

It takes a lot (lot, lot, lot, lot, lot, lot) of XP to get a horse up to 82+ level, but if yo're planning on working training on your main character anyway, consider working your dream horse up to super high level instead of working lots of temporary mounts to 30th level.

My goal with my Dine is to hit at least level 87 because I heard there will be level 72 monsters in BDO soon. But 82nd level can cope with level 67 and lower monsters which is good for almost anywhere in BDO.

Just something to consider :)

Post Script: You mentioned you're Skilled 3 training so far (congrats on that). In the Quests Menu (O) there is a quest chain called Leap Training. Consider taking that to at least help you get to Professional 1 so you can use Sprint on auto path loops with your mounts. I've used the Leap Training quests to help get several of my characters to Professional 1, and it does help.

[Dhansak]

Thanks for the feedback guys - much appreciated as always!

I am still oscillating between my preference but hey - I'll take whatever RNG gives me eventually lol :)

Big thanks for the huge tip over horse level and monster aggro. That is definitely something I will work towards (see my perturbed teleporting horse thread - don't like animals in danger lol).

Right - off to do my first roll. Will be back with the result when I succeed. I may be some time :)

[Dhansak]

Yay!! Got lucky and got a Dine in 10 rolls :)

Now off to Heidel for leveliing up with my Trainer. Also must change the Dine's name from something bizarre to something more me-friendly (bought the tier 8 courser I used for 1.1bn from the horse market).

BTW - thanks Karna5 for the tip about the Leap Training quests - will be the next thing I do with my trainer!

Cheers :)

[Karna5]

I'm so friggin' delighted for you, Dhansak! Congratulations! :)

[Dhansak]

TYVM :) :)

[Tsel13]

Originally posted by Karna5:

I'm so friggin' delighted for you, Dhansak! Congratulations! :)

@Karna5
How many attempts did your Dine take? 😊

@Dhansak
Now you want to get a full set of Krogdalo Gear for your Dine.
I have +8 on all of my Wind Krogdalo Gear on my Dine.
Haven't been lucky enough to get +9 or higher on the gear yet.
Also ditto on the congrats. 😊

[Dhansak]

Hey Tsel13 - thanks for the gratz!

Ooh - Krogdalo Gear? I sense another enticing rabbit hole to dive into! Thanks for the heads up :)

[Karna5]

Originally posted by Tsel13:

@Karna5
How many attempts did your Dine take? 😊

It's been so long I can't remember exactly, but I think it was 34 tries for my Dine. My Arduanat (Pegasus) hit on the first try. And I'm around 25 failures so far on my third Dream Horse (which I'm shooting for Doom).

As you know, I'm probably going to hold off more attempts on the doom for a few months so I can focus on trying to get better DP since I keep failing on my helm upgrade for the last many months (980 cron stones per try).