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Mounted skill bar

Gnortranermara
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Rapid Maneuvers ("Rapids") is an Alliance War ability that gives the Major Expedition and Major Gallop speed buffs. There is an addon for PC players that adds Rapids to the bar while mounted and automatically removes it when you dismount. Console has no addons and therefore has to choose between no Rapids, switching it manually, or permanently slotting Rapids on their build. This is a really troublesome choice and all three options sucks.

Easy fix: give us a third skill bar while mounted.

How would it work? By default (at least at first), this bar would be empty (no skills while mounted). Rapid Maneuvers is currently the only "Castable-While-Mounted" ability that I'm aware of, and you could add this to the mounted bar when you get it unlocked.

Other abilities could be given the same Castable-While-Mounted tag later if ZOS chooses to add Mounted Combat to the game. This opens up a ton of fun possibilities. Not just new abilities, but old, underutilized skills in the game could be reviewed to determine which could be enabled on horseback. Projectile abilities in particular would make good mounted abilities. Silver Shards, for instance, would make an awesome Castable-While-Mounted ability morph.

So, what do you think?
Edited by Gnortranermara on August 30, 2018 8:34PM

Mounted skill bar 58 votes

Yes, gimme Rapids (but only Rapids) while mounted!
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WHOA! Go all out and make Mounted Combat a reality!
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No, this is dumb and you're dumb and you should feel dumb.
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  • Jolipinator
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    Yes, gimme Rapids (but only Rapids) while mounted!
    Give me rapids, lots of rapids, on a new skill bar above!
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  • Nestor
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    Yes, gimme Rapids (but only Rapids) while mounted!
    I really really really wanted to pick the third option....

    Anyway, Mounted Combat is a big can of worms, so keep it simple and ask for a Rapids switch
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  • Gnortranermara
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    Nestor wrote: »
    I really really really wanted to pick the third option....

    Yeah, I kinda tempted fate with that one. TBH, I want to pick it too :)
  • Davor
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    First of what is Rapids? Second this sounds like a cheat. :wink:
    Not my quote but I love this saying

    "I would pay It for support. But since they choosed we are just numbers and not customers, i dont mind if game and zos goes to oblivion"
  • Inhuman003
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    Yes, gimme Rapids (but only Rapids) while mounted!
    I like this idea so much
  • Gnortranermara
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    Davor wrote: »
    First of what is Rapids?

    Rapid Maneuvers is an Alliance War ability that gives the Major Expedition and Major Gallop speed buffs.
  • Davor
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    Davor wrote: »
    First of what is Rapids?

    Rapid Maneuvers is an Alliance War ability that gives the Major Expedition and Major Gallop speed buffs.

    Thank you. So people use it before they mount or people use it before going into an Alliance War? I don't know since I never did that.
    Not my quote but I love this saying

    "I would pay It for support. But since they choosed we are just numbers and not customers, i dont mind if game and zos goes to oblivion"
  • Hurtfan
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    Yes, gimme Rapids (but only Rapids) while mounted!
    yes, I like this idea...

    don't forget, for PvP, rapid maneuver also does the following which rocks if you can slot it:

    Also grants immunity to snares and immobilization.
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  • TheShadowScout
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    WHOA! Go all out and make Mounted Combat a reality!
    Easy fix: give us a third skill bar while mounted.
    ...you mean, so we cannot use our combat skills without dismounting first, needing another step before we can fight back against a unexpected enemy and have greater risk of being thrown to our PK-doom through forced dismount?
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    Nah, a "mounted" skill bar that only gives us RM doesn't sound all that appealing when I think about it like that...
    Nestor wrote: »
    Anyway, Mounted Combat is a big can of worms...
    ...but it would be sooo -cool- to have mounted knights charging across cyrodil with lances at the ready, right?
    I mean why else would I think about it in: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/371862/additional-weapon-skill-ideas-mk-ii ;)
    So, that would -have- to be my choice if I want to stay true to myself, obviously... :p;)
  • Gnortranermara
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    ...you mean, so we cannot use our combat skills without dismounting first, needing another step before we can fight back against a unexpected enemy and have greater risk of being thrown to our PK-doom through forced dismount?

    We already "cannot use our combat skills without dismounting first". Yes, you can press the button for a skill, but (other than Rapids) doing so dismounts you. If you want to use a skill that's not on your Mounted bar, all you'd have to do is throw a light attack first (which you should be doing anyway). That would dismount you and switch the bar to the one with your combat abilities on it.
  • TheShadowScout
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    WHOA! Go all out and make Mounted Combat a reality!
    Yes, you can press the button for a skill, but (other than Rapids) doing so dismounts you...
    That's the point. You know how melee warriors usually need to lead with a -gap closer- instead of a light attack when fighting? Having to take an extra step before they could do so due to a "mounted bar" would be a drawback, while ranged characters could start with a light attack as you say and thus get into a fight right away... I kinda dislike it when only some people are artificially disadvantaged, you know... ;)
  • Mr_Walker
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    Great idea OP. I love it!
  • xeNNNNN
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    Yes, gimme Rapids (but only Rapids) while mounted!
    Nestor wrote: »
    I really really really wanted to pick the third option....

    Anyway, Mounted Combat is a big can of worms, so keep it simple and ask for a Rapids switch

    Yeah me too.

    I dont know though, I would like a "utility" ability slot tbh generally that would always be there so we dont have to deslot something useful for a constant yet temporary skill.
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  • Ardan147
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    Yes, gimme Rapids (but only Rapids) while mounted!
    There's an addon that will switch one of your skills to Rapids when you mount (and also when it expires and you need to recast it), and switch back to whatever you had slotted there when you cast it or dismount, but it's not perfect - for one thing if rapids is still on your skill bar when you enter combat it'll be stuck on that until you're no longer in combat, and there have also been instances where for whatever reason it got stuck on rapids and I had to manually reset that slot to the skill that was supposed to be there. And of course as an addon it is only available for PC.
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  • Lyserus
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    WHOA! Go all out and make Mounted Combat a reality!
    Too much rapids you get rapis....Mount skill line sounds nice,

    Heroic Charge - Charge at your enemy with a knockoff immune timer, damage base on horse's stam
    Race Cheerleader - creates a rune/buff on where you are for few seconds, allies run through it get a buff
    Battle formation - cast on an ally and creates lightning/formation advantage, enemies pass between you get debuff/damage (Imagine the grand formation when several ppl cast to each other in a team)
    Long lance - a melee but long range ability that reduce the enemies' mount stamina by a lot, very useful to knock off enemy
    We are one - an ability to restore self and allies mount stamina or max mount stamina

    Since mount are in combat mostly for pvp, so this should be a cyrodiil pvp dedicated skill.
    You should be able to mount even if you are in combat, as long as you didn't receive damage in X seconds

    The only problem I see is crown horse training might be considered pay to win, but if we offer horse training course purchaseable in vouchers and tevar, I don't see a huge problem
  • dodgehopper_ESO
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    WHOA! Go all out and make Mounted Combat a reality!
    Easy fix: give us a third skill bar while mounted.
    ...you mean, so we cannot use our combat skills without dismounting first, needing another step before we can fight back against a unexpected enemy and have greater risk of being thrown to our PK-doom through forced dismount?
    ...
    Nah, a "mounted" skill bar that only gives us RM doesn't sound all that appealing when I think about it like that...
    Nestor wrote: »
    Anyway, Mounted Combat is a big can of worms...
    ...but it would be sooo -cool- to have mounted knights charging across cyrodil with lances at the ready, right?
    I mean why else would I think about it in: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/371862/additional-weapon-skill-ideas-mk-ii ;)
    So, that would -have- to be my choice if I want to stay true to myself, obviously... :p;)

    Yep this.
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  • Beardimus
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    Yes, gimme Rapids (but only Rapids) while mounted!
    Great idea. BUT add ultimate.

    Makes the horse charge and scatters enemy players like DK leap
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