Haarlock Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) For context, I have run 27 tests between various points on the various maps, testing how long it takes me to run the route vs riding a mount there. To put it bluntly, the mounts are not noticeably faster than walking. With a margin of error of 30 seconds, there is no route on any map, such as from the Hinterlands Crossroads to the Hinterlands Horse Farm, where riding a mount is any better. And because of the control scheme, riding a mount is usually more cumbersome than walking. If someone could make a simple mod that doubles, maybe triples, mount speed, it would be appreciated. And as a side note, yes, I did use basic tricks when walking like climbing over barriers and jumping off small ledges. I will run the tests again in case I made a mistake somewhere, but the results look pretty conclusive. EDIT: For more context, the entire point of a mount is to significantly decrease travel time by increasing travel speed-a mount that can't accomplish that goal is a waste of time. Edited December 31, 2014 by Haarlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striklikl Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Yes, please have the horse be faster!Going into sprint mode on the horse with those particle wind-marks at its back is very underwhelming when you barely have any distance made as a result.I barely ever feel the need to pull out the mount unless I just want to look at the pretty pony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thandal Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Agree. Mounts, as currently implemented, are a waste of time. Both the players' (in acquiring and using) and worse, the developers', who spent waaaaaay too much getting "quadrupedal animation" to work in FB3. BioWare even bragged about it before release in one of the Twitch clips. My question: Why did they bother? And as far as I'm concerned that time would have been better spent making a true PC UI instead of this controller-hobbled console look-alike. Epic Fail on two fronts, BioWare! :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThingTheWiz Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Mounts can be excelllent time savers if you use them to jump off 500 foot cliffs to get directly (without injury) to the destination below you............ Edited January 3, 2015 by ThingTheWiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte77 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) I usually barrier up and then jump off cliff to soak up all the damage. Mounts' speed should be tripled imo, or x2.5 times the actual speed. Edited January 15, 2015 by spellbound7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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