Mounted Combat in Cyrodiil!

Erickson9610 · May 20

We're getting a new system for mounted combat in the upcoming Crimson Veldt trial, and I think this would be such a cool thing to see in Cyrodiil's open fields:

It makes a ton of sense to use Cyrodiil's open fields as a place for this sort of combat. As such, I don't think Imperial City would benefit from mounted combat.

Making mounted combat a reality in Cyrodiil would also give more use to the Anti-Cavalry Caltrops morph as well. Maybe that skill can deal extra damage to mounted riders in addition to slowing them down, so there will be counterplay to this new style of combat.

Blood_again · May 21

Imagine a hell of balancing it all.
Cavalry vs Infantry. Sieges vs Cavalry. Cavalry vs Cavalry in the middle of the lake

Well, in an ideal world I would love to see this in Cyro.
However, implementing it as a separate type of BG is more realistic, if you ask me.

Anyway, I hope ZOS will fix this mounted animation first. It looked very clunky at the stream.

xylena · May 21

YES DO IT

maybe it can resurrect Gray Host which can't possibly get more broken unbalanced anyway

Usureki · June 2

I'd love to see mounted combat options!
Make it fun!

CatoUnchained · June 2

xylena wrote: »

YES DO IT

maybe it can resurrect Gray Host which can't possibly get more broken unbalanced anyway

You're only agreeing because you want to see Grey Host flounder even more than it already is. All this malice has got to be eating you from the inside out. Maybe you should consider what all this vengeance vs. Grey Host forum activity is doing to your mental health.

To the OP topic, NO, HELL NO! Mounted combat would be idiotic in anything other than a specifically designed arena for it.

Erickson9610 · June 2

CatoUnchained wrote: »

xylena wrote: »

YES DO IT

maybe it can resurrect Gray Host which can't possibly get more broken unbalanced anyway

You're only agreeing because you want to see Grey Host flounder even more than it already is. All this malice has got to be eating you from the inside out. Maybe you should consider what all this vengeance vs. Grey Host forum activity is doing to your mental health.

To the OP topic, NO, HELL NO! Mounted combat would be idiotic in anything other than a specifically designed arena for it.

How would it be idiotic? To me, it sounds fun and thematic. It'd be another way to use those open fields besides just siege.

Dojohoda · June 2

I fear I'd not be able to participate since I cannot mount in combat. But if I could, would fighting from atop a mammoth be considered range? If I had a healer riding with me on my multi-rider would that be a genuine pocket healer?

j/k

Rohamad_Ali · June 2

Very cool.

Sotha_Sil · June 3

Don't think that would happen in Cyro but what about a mounted PVP arena ? What happened to horse races ?

Tigor · June 4

At least give some specific skills while mounted, like Volendrung does. That has been added to Cyro at a later stage as well.

Erickson9610 · June 4

Tigor wrote: »

At least give some specific skills while mounted, like Volendrung does. That has been added to Cyro at a later stage as well.

Yeah, that's how the mounted combat in the Crimson Veldt works. We only attack with our spear while mounted. That's what I want to see added to Cyrodiil — the ability to charge at people with spears on horseback. We shouldn't get to use regular abilities while mounted.