Nope, horse perks only - otherwise it would be slightly âpay for game mechanicsâ instead of just cosmetic
Itâs a pretty crap one, technically a heavy saddle, but without the protection it provides⌠so itâs just as slow as a war saddle, turns just as badly, but has 1/3rd of the stamina damage protection when taking damage.
Yes if you right-click the saddle (itâs a bug atm) there is no slot, but right-clicking from your inventory will still equip it, though the horse will clip through most saddles as theyâre not fitted for it, also the only way to unequip it afterwards is to âRescueâ it making the saddle unrecoverable
You can still replace the old saddle with a new one, just drag the new one onto where the icon should appear and - tada! The new one is equiped and old one unequiped. No waste at all.
Itâs a good thing we can place a saddle, even though the UI is janky. I wouldâve been pretty pissed to find out that I couldnât use a scout saddle just because I wanted a cool-looking skin for my horse.
You know what Iâd do to solve this? I would put back the saddle slot and let players equip the saddles but simply not render their mesh (itâs procedurally added as it is whenever you put a saddle on the mesh is added to the mount so Iâd just skip that step in the case of this horse). That way youâd simply be able to swap saddles for the stats and riding style you prefer while not changing the looks of the horse and also not having to alter stuff to make all the saddles fit on this horse.
Weâre kinda duct-taping stuff all the time anyway so something like this could work imo certainly better than the current version
Honestly, Iâm just worried theyâll remove the ability to saddle the wight horse. I like the stats and the perks of the one Iâm riding right now, and it even looks good with the Argossean scout saddle.
Oh btw, I had my suspicions that the âfakeâ built-in saddle of the Wight Horse was probably modeled after one of the starter saddles because of their seemingly weaker stats, but wasnât sure which one
I checked and itâs pretty much the equivalent of the Warhorse Saddle Medium so a level 40 saddle essentially⌠lol
Yes lol! I keep seeing really funny things in the devkit too Theyâre nice enough to add comments though and some of them are funny like that âWeâll just do this for now temporarilyâ⌠âThis is to prevent XYZ exploitâ etc.
Gotta love when you take over (or just look through) someone elseâs code and it has comments like âreplace this asapâ on stuff thatâs 3+ years old
Thanks for all the answers everyone! I appreciate the feedback. I just unlocked it myself. Any saddle recommendations that look good with the Wight Horse? I Saw Argossean Scout but any others.
As far as looks, the Silent Legion Warhorse looks great. Mostly because of the skull motif. But if you are after speed, or maneuverability, you would want cavalry and scout respectively. Try them on and see what you like. Like mentioned, you have to rescue to remove the saddle, but if you rescue right next to it, the saddle drops to a bag and you can pick it up again.