justwannaddl Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I'd settle for using the horse to ram my opponents. How I do hope the Zebra mod from Oblivion gets ported over to Skyrim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukkah Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 You can climb in this game? WTF? No one told me that! Or do you mean the awkward clipping into the ground while holding forward and desperately tapping the space bar in the hope that you'll reach one of those magical points at which you can jump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferodaktyl Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 it's so disappointing none of you know the real use of horses in skyrim : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdonin Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 And it would also have resulted in some fun variety with bows! Do I cart around a more powerful foot bow, or something I can use whilst on my horse? Could also differentiate in even mroe ways than that....the lighter, less powerful but more compact bows wouldn't just be for use on horseback, they'd be the sneaking choice. Ever tried sneaking with a six foot war bow? Yeah it's probably not simple. So huge, scary combat archers would have their giant foot bows that blow through armour.....and sneaky so and so's would be relying on added sneak attack damage from their smaller bows. :) Fun! I think the Perk system offers up the potential for that kind of borderline absurd variety. If Bethesda works on it and doesn't just scrap it in favor of another system. None of which, of course, would really fix horses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimF Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Why can't I shoot an arrow while on my horse? That takes mad fraking skills man. We're talking Nerevarine skills. The Dovahkiin just isn't that bad ass. Seriously though, shooting from horseback is absurdly difficult to do. Being able to swing a sword from Horseback would be more reasonable than shooting a bow. Correction: it would be difficult for Beth to implement. History witnessed countless horse archer-based armies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdonin Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Correction: it would be difficult for Beth to implement. History witnessed countless horse archer-based armies. First, yes, it would. Second, all said armies were based in heavily equestrian cultures where you usually learned to ride shortly after you could walk anyway. WHen you're an expert horseman by the age of 6, theres plenty of time to learn how to shoot from horseback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesapien Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 If you've got a small enough bow, it's technically not going to be too difficult to fire it from a horse....if you stop. The problem with those friendly steppe horse archers like the Mongols and endless Russian/Eastern European/Persian hordes is that they're impolite enough to do it while still galloping around. How are you supposed to easily shoot back at them if they're doing that? Rude. That's all it is. Rude. And it would also have resulted in some fun variety with bows! Do I cart around a more powerful foot bow, or something I can use whilst on my horse? Could also differentiate in even mroe ways than that....the lighter, less powerful but more compact bows wouldn't just be for use on horseback, they'd be the sneaking choice. Ever tried sneaking with a six foot war bow? Yeah it's probably not simple. So huge, scary combat archers would have their giant foot bows that blow through armour.....and sneaky so and so's would be relying on added sneak attack damage from their smaller bows. :) Fun! Me likes where you're going with that. Then we could also implement the advantage of using a curved blade while mounted on a horse. Straight blades were known for getting stuck and being lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpellAndShield Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 You can climb in this game? WTF? No one told me that! Or do you mean the awkward clipping into the ground while holding forward and desperately tapping the space bar in the hope that you'll reach one of those magical points at which you can jump? Yeah, I meant that. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy1123 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I think the horses have a longer step-up rate so they can do a running leap and not get stuck on slight elevation changes. Without the extended elevation reach, it would never be able to run, or walk, across the cluttered, undulating terrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordcrest619 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 (edited) This damn horses should'nt be able to unrealistically climb that steep 'coz horses are creatures of the plains! At least there should have been speed penalties when climbing up or down a slope just like in Mount & Blade if you played it! Anyone who knows modding? Try my sugestion. Edited April 7, 2013 by swordcrest619 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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