I have unlimited mount sprint...

Ephany · June 2015

Since launch on consoles, I've been able to sprint without slowing down after my mounts stamina bar runs out.
I just assumed it was like this as normal and that an empty stamina bar just meant that I could be knocked off easily, but now I'm noticing everyone else slowing down and I am able to just keep going.

Is this a possible bug or am I just being stupid and this is normal?

Yinmaigao · June 2015

It is a "feature".

Yes, you will be knocked down if hit when your stamina bar is empty.

Just roll with it ;D

Akavir_Sentinel · June 2015

Horses have unlimited sprint. However, when that bar reaches zero, you can still be easily knocked off.

Nénlindë · June 2015

shhhhh... Don't tell @Zenimax

UrQuan · June 2015

Everyone can do it. It's possible that the people you see slowing down don't realize this, or it's possible that they know it but are intentionally preserving their mount's stamina because they're worried about being knocked off their mounts.

HungryHobo · June 2015

There are 2 different sprint phases. You can tap the sprint button over and over for the fastest travel speed, or hold it down for a sprint that maintains a moderately-fast pace through stamina depletion.

Nestor · June 2015

Just know that once you get your Stamina up to 40 or more, your Stamina Bar will barely move and I have yet to get knocked off my horse by anything in PvE.

Until then Sprint until your at your destination. One thing that can happen is your Horse Stamina is depleted, and the controller loses a tick, your horse will slow down on you then will not gallop until your stamina regens and you give it the command to sprint again.

UrQuan · June 2015

Nestor wrote: »

Just know that once you get your Stamina up to 40 or more, your Stamina Bar will barely move and I have yet to get knocked off my horse by anything in PvE.

Until then Sprint until your at your destination. One thing that can happen is your Horse Stamina is depleted, and the controller loses a tick, your horse will slow down on you then will not gallop until your stamina regens and you give it the command to sprint again.

I recently discovered that with a fully maxed-out riding skill (speed and stamina both at 60 - bag space too, but that's irrelevant to this) when an enemy gate is open in Cyrodiil it's child's play to get inside. You just mount up and sprint through. The guards will hit you with a ton of stuff, but at that speed, and with that much stamina, there's no way they're going to be able to dismount you. Hello skyshards I once thought were going to be nearly impossible for me to get!

nimander99 · June 2015

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh W.A.I (working as intended)

Yukian · June 2015

Shhh. Its working as intended. What if zos decides to do a flip and fix this >.>.. all because of you!

HabOh · June 2015

If it was a bug, wouldn't be the kind you chat about on the forums.

Legoless · June 2015

It was originally supposed to be unique to horse mounts, but the Collections System obviously put an end to that.

Akavir_Sentinel · June 2015

It's not a bug, it's an intended feature of horses.

nimander99 · June 2015

Legoless wrote: »

It was originally supposed to be unique to horse mounts, but the Collections System obviously put an end to that.

That is correct in essence although its always been in game, horses were supposed to have perma sprint, tiger mounts would have their own unique, same with guar mounts.

nimander99 · June 2015

whoops

UrQuan · June 2015

nimander99 wrote: »

Legoless wrote: »

It was originally supposed to be unique to horse mounts, but the Collections System obviously put an end to that.

That is correct in essence although its always been in game, horses were supposed to have perma sprint, tiger mounts would have their own unique, same with guar mounts.

When senches and guars first came out I was initially disappointed that they didn't stick with what they had originally said and give them different special abilities instead of the endless sprint, but on reflection I'm glad they kept them functionally identical to horses. Why? Because of the crown store. If they had different special abilities then inevitably one would be considered better than the others, and it would be somewhat P2W.