Im struggling here… Mounts have been added in Dec 5, 2019. That is 7 months ago, a long, long loooong time ago. For all this time mounts were completely ignored by most players. I decided to give it a try, trained and became skilled virtual rider. I always posted how fun and different mounted combat felt, but people literally didnt care about horses. Everybody (PvP or PvE) was still running with Demi God thralls, watching TV shows while their follower was literaly beating the game for them. 14K HP / 1K armor thralls that could solo the game, but that was ok, “it was balanced”.
As far as I know, for all this time horse mechanics have not changed drastically, or changed at all. Saddles, damage, charge, weapon limitations, mobility… its all the same. People choose to keep their super hero thralls rather than a mount. But now thralls got nerfed, riders were given the opportunity to also bring a follower and suddenly… 7 months later, with no mechanics change, guess whats happened?? Mounts broke the game!! Its “Unplayable” as some say.
Im honest here, could somebody please explain me what exactly is unbalanced? All I see are PvPers complaining about a mechanic that exist for almost a year, saying its OP, demanding nerfs that are sole focused in PvP, ignoring the fact most these suggestions would literally make horses not viable anymore, not even in PvE. What also puzzles me is the fact PvPers are always focused in finding means or tactics to become more efficient, 7 months have passed since Riders of Hyboria, horse mechanics have not changed since, how come horses didnt break the game before? If they are so overpower, so unbalanced, so gamebreaking as people claim… how come nobody realized that 7 months ago??
Actually… something has changed, it was not the damage, not the cripple, not the charge… Riders can now bring thralls…It seems like, as usual, thralls are in the center of balance problem. It looks to me like horses are not the only problem here, sure, they could be tweaked, Im not saying its a perfect mechanic, but for almost a year people literally found horses worthless, until they could bring their beloved thralls along them.
How to “fix” this problem? Im not sure, is there a real problem there or adaptation process? But its certainly not the 1.5x damage, not the cripple, not the stamina, it has always been there, why is it suddenly a problem now? Not allowing riders to have followers again is also not a good approach either, I barely see PvE raiders, that would make them inexistent again.
This is not a “solution” neither a “suggestion” topic, you can post yous but thats not the debate m proposing here. Im simply showing there is more into the matter than saying “Horses are OP and broke the game… 7 months later”
