That would make a really good addiction to Oblivion.

I mean a mod were you could damage enemy with the horse's strike, and it would gain strike level... So they could even attack other horse, like medieval duels.

Mounted combat just seems to iffy, this and multiplayer is just the stuff that people want that Bethesda can't deliver without extremely delaying the game and creating wierd glitches. I for one am glad they are not adding mounted combat actually.

Mounted combat isn't something I would really need in my game. But it should have been implemented anyways in my opinion, why have horses if you can't use them for anything besides riding. I'll get over it though.

Mounted combat would have been wierd,buggy and unbalancing. It would have been to heavily impacting to most combat (giving an advantage to mounted opponents versus grounded ones) and mostly detracting from the new grounded combat system they put so much hard work and energy on.

I would like mounted combat... I'm pretty sure that some mod will mod it in anyway, when they modded horse riding into Morrowind, I'm very sure they can mod in Mounted Combat.

When it comes to the Mounted Combat, if they had added it of course.. would have been buggy, unbalanced and weird like Chaos said. Well of course beeing on a horse back in a fight is in many ways better to be on the ground, thought with a good enough and advanced combat system u could easily make Mounted Combat balanced by adding the fact that u might not always be in control of the mount, u might not be able to use bow if your not very good. And u can always kill the horse too... The horse doesn't need to be so good..

Yeah, I am expecting that there will be a mod for that.

Am I the only one that thinks its really odd that they didn't include mounted combat?

I mean isnt it kinda ackward that you'd have to get off your horse everytime just to fight?!

Oh and about the balance thing, since its not online you can choose what you want to do. If you want to be very powerful ride a horse, if you want to be powerful off a horse don't ride it. After all, this is Bethseda right?

Oh and fighting against someone thats on horse back, (and your not) isn't that hard. If you've ever play mount and blade you'd know, its as easy as getting on someones weak spot as it charges at you.

Meh, I don't really care about mounted combat. *shrugs* It's just fighting on a horse, is all. Nothing impressive. Not to mention it might be too easy to charge someone who is not on a horse when you're mounted. I think that's where it could be unbalancing, not to mention easy and boring. But, what happens if you have a dagger or something that has short reach? Are you in trouble, then?

Anyway, I'm used to games in which you have to get off your mount and gee, I don't know, fight fairly? I think getting off of your mount would require timing and common sense. You have to think of where to put your horse safely and stuff like that. I think that would increase some more, er, strategy or at least make the game more difficult?

I think there will definitely be a mod, due to popular demand. So, I do not think you should be too worried.

This post has been edited by MerGirl: Jul 27 2005, 05:16 PM

I guess my idea is just you should be able to fight how you want..

You can run away and shoot arrows or you can rush forward and cleave their head off... its all your choice

All in all I'm not too excited about a mounted combat mod, It just still a little droll (and since the makers of the mod will be unproffessional it might suck a little bit)

Well.. I'll wait and see, I'll clearly try out the Mounted Combat. But it really depends if the modder have done a good enough job, not to make it clearly unbalanced...

It'd be pretty hard not too make it unbalanced though, I'm expecting Cortex or TheLys caliber of skill for a mod like this.

I think they should have not made it so you could fight on a horse normally, but like the arena have jousting matches or just horse fights. Also horse races of course. Or chariot races.

Chariot races That would be a strange mod.

Hmm, should be combat chariots.. that would be nice, standing in the chariot with a modded javelin or a bow.. Sweeet..

That would be very interesting, but a little TOO roman.

Too roman? Imperials remind me of the romans anyways, the way they force everyone under their rule...so bring on the roman stuff.

Theres no such thing as TOO Roman.

They seem to me to be loosely based on the Romans.... too have chariot fights seems a little TOO close to the real romans.

Seems to me like the Imperials are the Eldersrolls equivalent of the Romans in a few ways...maybe it shouldn't be taken so far as chariot fights...well actually I'll be happy with not being able to fight on horseback either...it would distract from the game a bit.

Yes, exactly my point! The devs gave a good reason why It wasn't implemented too. That most the time you will be fighting in interiors where horses can't go and so it wouldn't be a very important or interesting feature and would only delay more.