A call for balancing of the warhorse
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:33 pm
I very much enjoy my warhorse. I do however feel that they are in dire need of some balancing.
While riding the warhorse, I feel the only real need is to add roundtime to mount maneuvers. As things currently stand, I am able to tell my horse to trample, and then I may immediately follow that with my own attack, including a mounted charge. I am perhaps a little ashamed to admit that I occasionally accomplish this by command-stacking. Making the mount maneuvers incur roundtime for the rider would be an easy solution to this, and if I am frank it seems that it may have been a simple case of accidental oversight that this is not already the case.
However, the more pressing need for balance is when I am not riding my warhorse, but rather have it in my group fighting alongside me. My warhorse will unleash a constant barrage of attacks, causing the target to be knocked down on nearly every attack. This seems to me to be extremely overpowered. I need only wait for my mount to knock down my foe and then make safe and powerful attacks while the target is helpless to retaliate in a timely fashion. As soon as the enemy gets back to its feet, my warhorse will knock it back over. There is simply no sense of danger or effort when I engage in combat this way. I daresay my Guardian's mount is a more effective combatant than its rider. To address this, I might suggest mounts only perform attacks in retaliation to being themselves targeted by attacks. It does not feel right to say that the warhorse feels more effective when not used as a mount.
While riding the warhorse, I feel the only real need is to add roundtime to mount maneuvers. As things currently stand, I am able to tell my horse to trample, and then I may immediately follow that with my own attack, including a mounted charge. I am perhaps a little ashamed to admit that I occasionally accomplish this by command-stacking. Making the mount maneuvers incur roundtime for the rider would be an easy solution to this, and if I am frank it seems that it may have been a simple case of accidental oversight that this is not already the case.
However, the more pressing need for balance is when I am not riding my warhorse, but rather have it in my group fighting alongside me. My warhorse will unleash a constant barrage of attacks, causing the target to be knocked down on nearly every attack. This seems to me to be extremely overpowered. I need only wait for my mount to knock down my foe and then make safe and powerful attacks while the target is helpless to retaliate in a timely fashion. As soon as the enemy gets back to its feet, my warhorse will knock it back over. There is simply no sense of danger or effort when I engage in combat this way. I daresay my Guardian's mount is a more effective combatant than its rider. To address this, I might suggest mounts only perform attacks in retaliation to being themselves targeted by attacks. It does not feel right to say that the warhorse feels more effective when not used as a mount.