Sicnarf
Regular
Map speed in relation to weight and pack animals.
Path finding at 10 for all experiments.
Excluding the baseline test all tests were carrying a pig weighing 15.0 in addition to any weight mentioned, to provide food for my character, no other food was used and all weight was added using tools which weigh 50 per unit. All testing was done outside Dhirm during daylight hours with a cheated character that had all stats at 30, all abilities at 10 and riding a horse. No companions or troops present this was strictly a solo operation. While doing my test runs in and out of Dhirm to determine speed I was harassed by some looters who I killed, This raised my moral and raised my baseline speed from 15 to 15.2, this occurred after test 1 and during test 2, I restarted test two but did not redo testing on test one.
Baseline
Carrying weight 0
Pack animals 0
Speed 15.2
Carrying pig
Carrying weight 15.0
Pack animals 0
Speed 14.8
Test 1
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Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 0
Speed 5.4
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 1
Speed 7.9
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 2
Speed 9.2
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 3
Speed 10.2
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 4
Speed 10.6
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 5
Speed 11.1
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 6
Speed 11.5
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 7
Speed 11.8
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 8
Speed 11.8
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 9
Speed 12
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 10
Speed 12
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 11
Speed 12.1
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 12
Speed 12.1
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 13
Speed 12.2
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 14
Speed 12.1
Speed continues to decline from here on out as more horses are added.
Test 2 -> 150 roughly the weight of every diffrent food type combined
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Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 0
Speed 12.2
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 1
Speed 13.6
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 2
Speed 13.8
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 3
Speed 14.1
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 4
Speed 14.0
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 5
Speed 14.1
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 6
Speed 13.9
Speed continues to decline from here on out as more horses are added.
Test 3 -> 300 roughly the weight of carrying 2 of every diffrent food type combined
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Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 1
Speed 9.8
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 1
Speed 11.9
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 2
Speed 12.6
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 3
Speed 13.1
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 4
Speed 13.2
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 5
Speed 13.4
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 6
Speed 13.3
Test 4
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Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 0
Speed 8
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 1
Speed 10.5
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 2
Speed 11.5
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 3
Speed 12.2
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 4
Speed 12.4
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 5
Speed 12.7
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 6
Speed 12.7
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 7
Speed 12.9
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 8
Speed 12.9
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 9
Speed 13.0
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 10
Speed 12.9
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 11
Speed 13.0
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Test 5 Carrying 1 food item a Pig
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Carrying weight 15
Pack animals 0
Speed 14.8
Carrying weight 15
Pack animals 1
Speed 15
Carrying weight 15
Pack animals 2
Speed 14.8
Carrying weight 15
Pack animals 9
Speed 14.1
Test 6 Carrying 1 food item cheese
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Carrying weight 6
Pack animals 0
Speed 15
Carrying weight 6
Pack animals 1
Speed 15.1
Carrying weight 6
Pack animals 2
Speed 15
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Conclusions
Most informative thing discovered is that Armour and weapons in your inventory or worn on your person do not slow you down at all, it does not matter if the weapons and/or Armour is bought in a shop or looted from defeated foes they have NO EFFECT ON YOUR MAP SPEED. I filled my inventory with all heaviest weapons and Armour I could buy in Dhirm and I was still able to move at 15.2 map speed. With 99 moral I took 22 bandits then 6 looters solo with looting at 10 and put all the loot in my inventory, it had no effect on my map speed.
Can confirm that the they type of horse placed in your inventory does not effect bonus given, no need to buy coursers a lame sumpter will do the job just as good.
If you have foot troops with you adding horses to your inventory does nothing to make you move faster outside of negating weight in your inventory.
If you are not trading and only carrying one piece of food having more than one horse in your inventory will actually slow you down a tiny bit (Test 5).
Early game when you are only carrying one piece of food all the time Honey, cheese and butter are the lightest one's you can buy and will allow you to move a tiny bit faster than carrying any other food type.(Test 6)
Their is no set amount of horses that you should have in your inventory all the time it depends entirely on the amount of food and trade goods you are carrying.
If you have one of every food type then 3 horses is the best amount to have (Test 2)
If you have two of every food type then 5 horses is the best amount to have (Test 3)
If you have three of every food type then 8-9 horses is the best amount to have (Test 4)
Bare in mind that food does not get lighter as it is consumed, a pig that weighs 15 when you buy it will still weigh 15 right up until the point where it disappears from your inventory.
Traders will have to work out a good number of horses to carry as the amount of goods in their inventory are constantly changing.
Final thought
Having to many horses is not really crippling, if you carry 1 piece of food with 9 horses in your inventory instead of the recommended 1 it will just result in a 6% drop in map speed. (Test 5)
Path finding at 10 for all experiments.
Excluding the baseline test all tests were carrying a pig weighing 15.0 in addition to any weight mentioned, to provide food for my character, no other food was used and all weight was added using tools which weigh 50 per unit. All testing was done outside Dhirm during daylight hours with a cheated character that had all stats at 30, all abilities at 10 and riding a horse. No companions or troops present this was strictly a solo operation. While doing my test runs in and out of Dhirm to determine speed I was harassed by some looters who I killed, This raised my moral and raised my baseline speed from 15 to 15.2, this occurred after test 1 and during test 2, I restarted test two but did not redo testing on test one.
Baseline
Carrying weight 0
Pack animals 0
Speed 15.2
Carrying pig
Carrying weight 15.0
Pack animals 0
Speed 14.8
Test 1
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Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 0
Speed 5.4
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 1
Speed 7.9
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 2
Speed 9.2
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 3
Speed 10.2
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 4
Speed 10.6
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 5
Speed 11.1
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 6
Speed 11.5
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 7
Speed 11.8
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 8
Speed 11.8
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 9
Speed 12
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 10
Speed 12
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 11
Speed 12.1
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 12
Speed 12.1
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 13
Speed 12.2
Carrying weight 1000
Pack animals 14
Speed 12.1
Speed continues to decline from here on out as more horses are added.
Test 2 -> 150 roughly the weight of every diffrent food type combined
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Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 0
Speed 12.2
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 1
Speed 13.6
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 2
Speed 13.8
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 3
Speed 14.1
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 4
Speed 14.0
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 5
Speed 14.1
Carrying weight 150
Pack animals 6
Speed 13.9
Speed continues to decline from here on out as more horses are added.
Test 3 -> 300 roughly the weight of carrying 2 of every diffrent food type combined
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Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 1
Speed 9.8
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 1
Speed 11.9
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 2
Speed 12.6
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 3
Speed 13.1
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 4
Speed 13.2
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 5
Speed 13.4
Carrying weight 300
Pack animals 6
Speed 13.3
Test 4
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Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 0
Speed 8
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 1
Speed 10.5
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 2
Speed 11.5
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 3
Speed 12.2
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 4
Speed 12.4
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 5
Speed 12.7
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 6
Speed 12.7
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 7
Speed 12.9
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 8
Speed 12.9
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 9
Speed 13.0
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 10
Speed 12.9
Carrying weight 500
Pack animals 11
Speed 13.0
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Test 5 Carrying 1 food item a Pig
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Carrying weight 15
Pack animals 0
Speed 14.8
Carrying weight 15
Pack animals 1
Speed 15
Carrying weight 15
Pack animals 2
Speed 14.8
Carrying weight 15
Pack animals 9
Speed 14.1
Test 6 Carrying 1 food item cheese
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Carrying weight 6
Pack animals 0
Speed 15
Carrying weight 6
Pack animals 1
Speed 15.1
Carrying weight 6
Pack animals 2
Speed 15
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Conclusions
Most informative thing discovered is that Armour and weapons in your inventory or worn on your person do not slow you down at all, it does not matter if the weapons and/or Armour is bought in a shop or looted from defeated foes they have NO EFFECT ON YOUR MAP SPEED. I filled my inventory with all heaviest weapons and Armour I could buy in Dhirm and I was still able to move at 15.2 map speed. With 99 moral I took 22 bandits then 6 looters solo with looting at 10 and put all the loot in my inventory, it had no effect on my map speed.
Can confirm that the they type of horse placed in your inventory does not effect bonus given, no need to buy coursers a lame sumpter will do the job just as good.
If you have foot troops with you adding horses to your inventory does nothing to make you move faster outside of negating weight in your inventory.
If you are not trading and only carrying one piece of food having more than one horse in your inventory will actually slow you down a tiny bit (Test 5).
Early game when you are only carrying one piece of food all the time Honey, cheese and butter are the lightest one's you can buy and will allow you to move a tiny bit faster than carrying any other food type.(Test 6)
Their is no set amount of horses that you should have in your inventory all the time it depends entirely on the amount of food and trade goods you are carrying.
If you have one of every food type then 3 horses is the best amount to have (Test 2)
If you have two of every food type then 5 horses is the best amount to have (Test 3)
If you have three of every food type then 8-9 horses is the best amount to have (Test 4)
Bare in mind that food does not get lighter as it is consumed, a pig that weighs 15 when you buy it will still weigh 15 right up until the point where it disappears from your inventory.
Traders will have to work out a good number of horses to carry as the amount of goods in their inventory are constantly changing.
Final thought
Having to many horses is not really crippling, if you carry 1 piece of food with 9 horses in your inventory instead of the recommended 1 it will just result in a 6% drop in map speed. (Test 5)