Get off your high horse

software_goddess

I don’t usually complain about this sort of thing, openly in a forum—just privately to my computer screen. I think I’ll make an exception in this case due to the level of ‘OMG that is so rude,’ and pent up disgust I am feeling.

Am I the only one who is burning mad about being trampled by horse-riding players everywhere I go? Go around me, for crying out loud! Why are horses even allowed out of your pocket when you are in town? In all of the previous games, horses where left in the stables, just outside of town. In this game, I step out of a door and suddenly I’m inside of a horse. People are taking their horses all the way up the stairs and getting off only because the game makes them get off in order to go through the door. WTF, Stop it! That’s rude!

I get it. … It saves time not putting away your horse when you enter a town.
I get it. … It is easier to stay mounted until the game actually removes you from your horse.
I get it. … You don’t give a crap about the lowlings that do not have a horse, and it feels good to look down on us from up there.

I don’t care. It’s rude, and you should not ride your horse in town just because the game lets you. It’s annoying, and you should not ride your horse in town just because everyone else does. It’s selfish, and you should not ride your horse in town just so you can run through other players.

Rant over; carry on…

Kadigan

You get points for that title.

Alyrn_Grey

But I like riding people over.

murpf

well from an RP perspective i get where you are coming from. But lots of people want FAST FAST FAST, even though its only 15% lol. either way im fine with riding in cities, but im also ok if they got rid of it.

Lizard_man

Doesn't exactly bother me, but I like the idea of having to dismount in towns...

StarlitVirus

HAHA are you serious? Come on. How does anyone riding a horse in town actually effect you?

software_goddess

StarlitVirus wrote: »

HAHA are you serious? Come on. How does anyone riding a horse in town actually effect you?

It doesn’t; it has absolutely no effect on game play. It just gets on my nerves and makes me want to kill bunnies.

Kiash

An interesting read, even if can't understand the problem or why this would bother anyone. People ride horses because they move faster, that's kind of the point of horses. The rude thing just really throws me through a loop lol.

And I agree, +1 for the creative thread title

dannomite82

And I'm sure people hate rant threads just as much. But complaining about it won't make either go away.

Coggage

software_goddess wrote: »

StarlitVirus wrote: »

HAHA are you serious? Come on. How does anyone riding a horse in town actually effect you?

It doesn’t; it has absolutely no effect on game play. It just gets on my nerves and makes me want to kill bunnies.

So no big deal at all, really. Molehill, meet Mountain.

Lywen

I hadn't considered that perspective! So far, I've only used the horse when I want to get to somewhere I've been a few times fast... Otherwise, you could miss random materials and other goodies you might find along the way.

Sue_D_Nim

The first MMORPG I played where you could ride your horse in town was LOTRO.

If I'm not actively RPing, I'm always RPing in my head, so some things just seem like a matter of good etiquette. I slow my horse to a walk on a crowded street. I swerve around people standing in the street. I stop and dismount a little way away from the building, where a hitching post would logically be, and then walk into the building.

If I don't do these things, then it stops feeling like an RPG at all, and the horse stops feeling like a horse; it's just a way to ZOOM from point A to point B quicker to grind levels quicker.

Kyosji

software_goddess wrote: »

StarlitVirus wrote: »

HAHA are you serious? Come on. How does anyone riding a horse in town actually effect you?

It doesn’t; it has absolutely no effect on game play. It just gets on my nerves and makes me want to kill bunnies.

Well, I've got some good news for you! In ESO, you can!

thedemiseraphb14_ESO

Elder scrolls players would probably get annoyed sometimes on this, but mmo players are probably pretty used to it.

software_goddess

Sue_D_Nim wrote: »

The first MMORPG I played where you could ride your horse in town was LOTRO.

If I'm not actively RPing, I'm always RPing in my head, so some things just seem like a matter of good etiquette. I slow my horse to a walk on a crowded street. I swerve around people standing in the street. I stop and dismount a little way away from the building, where a hitching post would logically be, and then walk into the building.

If I don't do these things, then it stops feeling like an RPG at all, and the horse stops feeling like a horse; it's just a way to ZOOM from point A to point B quicker to grind levels quicker.

This is exactly what I’m saying. It makes the game so much more enjoyable if people consider their actions as viewed from the perspective of other players. It adds to the emersion of the game if you follow the basic rules of society.

Kadigan

Don't kill the bunnies; they're adorable and unlike Skyrim I don't think ESO has a counter for how many you've slaughtered

Ragnar_Lodbrok

Umm not that I try to be rude to others but I don't see the problem.

Hawke

Kettle, how are you?

lePoissonRouge

But the towns get so crowded sometimes it's impossible not to run over people. He ran out in front of me officer; it's not my fault!

Gedalya

I think it's a quality of getting around quickly and looking good; and when you need to be noticed and get around, you need...

Kinsaven

I'll admit that the title in relation to what was written made me giggle. Whilst I personally don't see what the big deal is, I suppose I can somewhat understand how it can sometimes be annoying. That's mostly when people are sitting on their mounts, circling around a quest giver that you need and making it difficult to see/click him, though I admit I haven't really experienced that.

Also, I'm curious, which games did you used to play before ESO? Since I can't recall any games where you were forced off your horse when entering towns, and I've played quite a lot.

software_goddess

Gedalya wrote: »

I think it's a quality of getting around quickly and looking good; and when you need to be noticed and get around, you need...

I’m pretty sure that if you drove that through a bunch of people and up the stairs of a bank, you’d be noticed, all right.

dannomite82

Gedalya wrote: »

I think it's a quality of getting around quickly and looking good; and when you need to be noticed and get around, you need...

One of the few things I really loved about SWTOR, were the obnoxiously huge mounts you could get! ROFL

Ziz

You are mad people in game "run" you over with horses... In actual news people who ordered from amazon are getting screwed over and ignored by ZoS

dannomite82

Yeah, mine still hasn't shipped from them :P Might have to check for a local copy :P

software_goddess

Kinsaven wrote: »

Also, I'm curious, which games did you used to play before ESO? Since I can't recall any games where you were forced off your horse when entering towns, and I've played quite a lot.

I’m referring to Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind.

Kinsaven

Ah, of course. Haha, my mind was set to MMO-mode I believe.

basdisco

It's funny how everyone with the Imperial Edition thought they'd be special for having a horse, meanwhile it looks stupid seeing a group of people riding the except same damn white horse.

Kiash

basdisco wrote: »

It's funny how everyone with the Imperial Edition thought they'd be special for having a horse, meanwhile it looks stupid seeing a group of people riding the except same damn white horse.

Do I detect a hint of equine envy good sir?

Thete

Noblemen and women ride horses, peasants don't ride horses. Nobles trample over peasants. Need I say more?

AlienSlof

Sue_D_Nim wrote: »

The first MMORPG I played where you could ride your horse in town was LOTRO.

If I'm not actively RPing, I'm always RPing in my head, so some things just seem like a matter of good etiquette. I slow my horse to a walk on a crowded street. I swerve around people standing in the street. I stop and dismount a little way away from the building, where a hitching post would logically be, and then walk into the building.

If I don't do these things, then it stops feeling like an RPG at all, and the horse stops feeling like a horse; it's just a way to ZOOM from point A to point B quicker to grind levels quicker.

^ This ^

I tend to mooch around town on my horse, walking around and chilling. I also tend to go around people instead of through them.

I'm in no great hurry.