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Mounted Combat ???

ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
in Ashes of Creation Design
Wouldn't it be great if Mounts were not just a thing to get arround with? what if you could get them equipment as well to improve their tankyness for example and in fights / pvp you can fight while sitting on your mount but only can use certain abilites ofc and once your mount dies you can't remount for a while till its hp fully refreshed

Would you guys like this? I am curious for your answeres

Another thing many games released wings or mounts that can fly arround and i think if everyone gets to do it its nothing special anymore, maybe as an ingame reward for staying at a ranking list top 50 you get handed a flying mount to show off your power? so limited flying mounts for being really good at something ingame?

is this a thing?

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  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    The only thing i worry about when we adding mounted combat is it becoming superior/preferred over ground/normal combat. I like mounts being separate entities similar to what we see in bdo and aa. I prefer them having separate health and cost something to revive/replace them. In the past, i liked when mounts were balanced with poor maneuverability.

    It sounds like we will have mounted combat and flying mounts will also be limited. More information on this is available on the discord. http://discord.gg/ashesofcreation
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Hi, so mounted combat will definitely be a thing in ashes, for example the dragons kings/queens or even mayors have will be a big part of siegeing. Other than that Steven has also confirmed that equipment for mounts can be obtained just as normal gear, though we don't know which attributes this gear will have.

    Regarding the flying mounts then no, Steven has made it clear that flying will not be a thing in ashes since he feels that it ruins the immersiveness. Gliding and other fun abilities will be available for mounts but no infinite flying.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Every time I hear "mounted combat" in a game, I get a little excited that finally we will have calvary as part of PVP that's more than a gimic or just transportation. It never turns out that way because it gets gimped to the point it's just easier to fight on foot or it's too clunky.

    Of course balance is an issue as discussed above, but I'd love to see a calvary dynamic in combat that is powerful enough to be an advantage unless certain tactics are used against them such as using pole arm classes or being able to deploy spike barricades or even certain terrains.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    As the Duck said we will have mounted combat but we don't know whether it will involve thew players weapons because the mounts other than the dragon will also have abilities. We know gear will be a thing as we have seen a example of horse armor and a weird camel type creature with storage pouches hanging off it. So we don't know is their will be multiple types available to mounts or just one but its likely their will be different uses for the mounts gear.
    As he has said "flying" will be a thing reserved to dragons only which leads me to think the other mounts with wings will work like wings in Terraria will where you have a limited time of using them to ascend and then turning into a glide.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    speaking about storage i am pretty sure that the mount you are using to participate at caravans or transport goods from node to node will be able to improve im some way like expending storage or maybe like if you have 100 items in its like 5 m/s fast but if you upgrade it it can go 7 m/s fast even though it carry 100 of your goods
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I love this idea. In the 80's my brother and I used to play Pendragon. I really loved that game. We designed cool shields and we had a lot of Jousting tournaments. When you mentioned mounted combat I realized we really need a Jousting arena in the game where we can do this because hey it would just be cool and fun!
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    love mounted combat in BDO, matter o' fact, my ranger is more powerful on the ground but i still fight on horseback

    it is just way more fun

    would be a good system to emulate
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    :-) anyone know if they released an official statement regarding this subject?
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