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Liberation wrote:

Anyway, no doubt I'm completely wrong, so I'd just like to add that I don't want to sign this because the amount of kiting generated would be stupid....just stupid!

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I can live with the no combat while mounted but the damn slowing down to prepair for combat when you cant fight is such a load of BS. It should be Your pet has slowed down so the annoying little hurrton can bite your ass some

Well, actually, I was able to "kite" while mounted. The trick was to attack the mob from a distancewhileun-mounted, then jump on your mount and start running. The mountwouldn'tslow down then, and I was able to plink away to my heart's content. (Or if the mount was running slower, I couldn't tell - the mobs were never able to catch up to me anyway).

However. Jak is right in that even pre-CU this was practical only againt very low level mobs. I was able to kill higher level mobs but it took so long that myfinger would go numb from hitting the mouse button With the new CL system, your monitor would burn out before you killed any high level mobs (i.e. mobs near your own level or higher).

Still, I'm not sure I like mounted combat even without any possibility of any sort of kiting. I HATE that my mount slows down for combat when I'm just travelling along. My personal preference would be to have no mounted combat and the devs get rid of "the slows down for combat" thing all together. Unless it's possible to have 2 kinds of mounts - one for combat and one for travel. I'd certainly go for something like that.

Message Edited by DaBudo2 on 10-21-2005 11:04 AM

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DaBudo2 wrote:

Well, actually, I was able to "kite" while mounted. The trick was to attack the mob from a distancewhileun-mounted, then jump on your mount and start running. The mountwouldn'tslow down then, and I was able to plink away to my heart's content. (Or if the mount was running slower, I couldn't tell - the mobs were never able to catch up to me anyway).

However. Jak is right in that even pre-CU this was practical only againt very low level mobs. I was able to kill higher level mobs but it took so long that myfinger would go numb from hitting the mouse button With the new CL system, your monitor would burn out before you killed any high level mobs (i.e. mobs near your own level or higher).

Still, I'm not sure I like mounted combat even without any possibility of any sort of kiting. I HATE that my mount slows down for combat when I'm just travelling along. My personal preference would be to have no mounted combat and the devs get rid of "the slows down for combat" thing all together. Unless it's possible to have 2 kinds of mounts - one for combat and one for travel. I'd certainly go for something like that.

Message Edited by DaBudo2 on 10-21-2005 11:04 AM

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I like this idea a lot

I wonder whether a new command could be brought in so that there are 2 mount commands -

1) Train Pet as Mount

2) Train Pet as Combat Mount

Would be cool but doubt it would happen - shame tbh

Yes, I miss this. The devs did say they would fix the slow down while attacking error that is still occuring. They claimed to not know you still slowed down and said it was an oversight.......well still hasnt been fixed. There was a couple cool threads about bringing back an enhanced form of mounted combat. Would be nice if fleet footed worked to allow a mount go faster while in combat....hmmm...just an idea. But as stated, it really wouldnt be effctive in the cu if brought back as it was.

bump

/sign for sure!
i wanna charge in to a group of stormies on my lizard, carbine blazing!

/sign

the fact that I had to bump this thread makes me think that a good majority of you have probably never experienced mounted combat and have beeb in the game only since the CU...you missed out on a fun experience if that is the case

we either need to have this put back in, or the slowdown removed (or make all vehicles/mounts slow down so its at least balanced(this word might be an alian concept to whoever makes the decisions at soe but if they give me their address ill gladly post them a dictionary with the page marked and word highlighted)


seeing bikes rush past me is bad enoguh when im riding a mount but slowing down for combat wnhe i cant engage in combat is..... (not finishing sentence as words required are banned)

Yea I remember it well, although never really effective for the times back then it was "fun" and isn't that why we are here. I remember me and a half dozen guilmates running around the out skirts of our city on mounts attacking stuff and making jokes the whole time, we could do this for an hrwhile having alaugh or two. It was funny just watching the mounts bounce up and down.

This is inpart some of what we are lacking ingame, just plain stupid fun. it seems its all achievement and bravado today. I miss the days of stupid fun, who cares about being uber or getting this and having that. for some reason the level system has done this. maybe its the number always showing but it like a marker saying your no good unless ...

Mounted combat would be a start and for now I wouldn't care how effective just a basic ranged/melee hit will do. but it would bring back a little stupid fun for me so I agree.

I think you summed it up very well...it was just fun. Mounted combat was never really effective...it was something that most people did while in a large group and they could just do their normal attack and still get by...it just wasn't useful for much else. It was, however, just extremely fun and cool. There is something cool about riding around on your cupa or bantha and shooting at some sand people...it's just plain fun. We need that again in this age of number crunching and extreme power gaming.