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Thread: Vert can you get this adjusted
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sadnebula
Sat Sep 04, 2004 4:13 am
#1
Mounts slowing down for combat. I mean mounts are slow enough as it is. slowing to a walk when agro'd is a royal pain. How about speeding up? I would like to be able to use my mount and not have to fight every little thing that agro's me.
Message Edited by sadnebula on 09-04-2004 07:18 AM
MrHawat
Sat Sep 04, 2004 4:46 am
#3
This was done to prevent kiting players from a mount. You can fire from a mount but not use specials. They put this in to prevent that. Now, because of vehicles and all the other changes it is pretty useless, not to mention Jedi burst run. I would rather see them allow you to use specials when you slow down. I would become a mounted warrior and we could start our own Calavary. lol "Savage Humbabas forward, charge!"
DaBudo2
Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:33 am
#4
Yep, I've asked for this beforemyself. That whole "kiting" excuse doesn't hold water for me. So, I can shoot from a mount. Whoopee. As MrHawat pointed out, we can't use specials so how big of an advantage is shooting from a mount anyway? Only if you'rePvPing one-on-one withsomeone who is strictly melee with no ranged weapons skillswould youhave an advantage. And how often is that scenario going to come up?
Vertexon
Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:28 am
#5
DaBudo2 wrote:
Yep, I've asked for this beforemyself. That whole "kiting" excuse doesn't hold water for me. So, I can shoot from a mount. Whoopee. As MrHawat pointed out, we can't use specials so how big of an advantage is shooting from a mount anyway? Only if you'rePvPing one-on-one withsomeone who is strictly melee with no ranged weapons skillswould youhave an advantage. And how often is that scenario going to come up?
When mounts first went to Test Center, they did not slow down for combat. I could solo plains hunters by kiting them from my kaadu with a DL44, Pistols III, and no armor/buffs. Seriously, at one point I grouped up with two other people onmounts and we razed the countryside (only very rarely taking damage ourselves).
That said, I think there's a definite need for improvements to make mounted combat more viable. Without the speed advantage, the "cannot use specials" penalty makes mounted combat even more dangerous than just dismounting and fighting on foot.
sadnebula
Sat Sep 04, 2004 3:19 pm
#6
Lol, I've never considered riding a bantha a speed advantage. Take the combat away and give us speed or allow specials and or mounts executing guard command while mounted. I simply see slowing as a major disadvantage of using mounts. an unbuffed player with no armor on, suddenly, red dots all around and to top it off the mount slows. Makes you want to jump off and run as you can outrun the mount at this point in time. Thks for the reply Vert.
theGauch0
Sat Sep 04, 2004 5:34 pm
#7
I agree that mounted combat in general needs to be fixed. What if MCH got a mounted speed bonus? Then we might actually have a skill that would not be irrelevant in PvP.
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