Mounted Combat Options

[Futebol]

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.

[Shogun Ryudan]

Adding mounted combat into the game would be very complicated. It would also require a whole new addition of different weapons, and a whole new addition of combat techniques. Furthermore as mounted fighters would have certain bonuses, the infantryman also needs weapons to balance the advantages of cavalry. One weapon I can think of which was widely used during the rennaissance would be the pike; a 6 meter (20ft) long spear. The only problem with this polearm is, that you would need a fair number of men to succeed in killing the horse and/or the mount.
Instead of making an extension for mounted combat, I would rather like to see new addtions in weaponry, new special fighting moves, and the ability to dual-wield.
Still, I wouldn't mind if mounted combat were included, especially if they added chariots, camels and elephants (or, since this is a fantasy world, how about rhinos !?)


Oh yes... by the way. I believe Romans did not really use chariots very often in their battles or campaigns. Sadly, they mostly used chariots for triumph marches, chariot racing, or gladiator games.

As far as I know, the only cultures who made extensive use of the war chariot were the ancient egyptians, persians, and assyrians.

This post has been edited by Shogun Ryudan: Sep 14 2005, 09:36 PM