Horse-rearing more usefull

[Worbah]

Right now the only use I can think for it is for horse archers who wish to stop the horse quickly in order to get a few accurate shots in, so what I suggest is that you could do blunt damage by rearing your horse. Correct me if I'm wrong, but warhorses were trained to kick enemies infront of them and to trample them down.

I also had another idea on the subject. As we all know, when you rear your horse, your lance is no longer couched. What if it was? Think about it for a second though. Let it roll around your brain. Think about the weight of a horse. Think about this weight concentrated to the tip of a lance that happens to hover a few inches of a river pirate. I'm not good in physics, but I bet that it would look nasty when the horse returns to it's normal position. I'll draw yet another crappy sketch-thingy with paint if I'm not clear enough.

 

[The Mark]

Well, in that case the weight on top of the lance would be just the weight of the rider, not of the horse, as the rider isn't tied to his horse... Also, the whole scenario could leave the rider getting stuck atop a lance stuck through a river pirate into the ground.

What I would like to see would be that the rear-up animation wouldn't start instantly when in full gallop, but the horse should first slow down and then rear.

 

[Worbah]

I shall explain each panel separately, since my über-art-program didn't want to include text into the picture.

1:Here we see the rearing as I'd like it to be.
2:Here is the lance attack I mentioned.
3: Here we see Vlad with a new ornament

EDIT: The pic is smaller than I intended, but you should be able to see what I meant.

 

[The Mark]

Ah, so you didn't mean that the horse would first kick the river pirate to the ground, whom you would then skewer with your lance...

beautiful pics, btw...

 

[Lost-Lamb]

Let me be the first to congratulate you on your l33t photoshop skills

And the idea sounds very good too

 

[GonZ]

Yes like this idea, would seem fairly easy to implement too?

I take it you're just talking warhourses and chargers? Can't see an old nag rearing on command (can see one rearing out of fear and throwing the rider).

At a certain riding skill level I'd like to be able to get the horse to rear on command not just when running. Cosmetic as much as anything I'd like to be able to rear my charger (no dirty jokes please) before ordering a huge charge!

 

[mitto_mors]

My friend and i were just talkin about this earlier today, because it's cool to watch your horsemen in rome: total war jumping on and squishing the enemy, i would love to do that in MAB...it would be sooo fun hearing skulls get crushed...hehe.

 

[Maelstorm]

When you jump and try to squash you usually end up as a shish kebab.

 

[Worbah]

Yes like this idea, would seem fairly easy to implement too?

I take it you're just talking warhourses and chargers? Can't see an old nag rearing on command (can see one rearing out of fear and throwing the rider).

At a certain riding skill level I'd like to be able to get the horse to rear on command not just when running. Cosmetic as much as anything I'd like to be able to rear my charger (no dirty jokes please) before ordering a huge charge!

try pressing ctrl+r. always works.

But if the damage you dealt would be based on the charge value of your horse, you could use it with worse horses but with less of an effect.

 

[Destichado]

Sweeeeeet.

 

[Khalid ibn Walid]

I also had another idea on the subject. As we all know, when you rear your horse, your lance is no longer couched. What if it was? Think about it for a second though. Let it roll around your brain. Think about the weight of a horse. Think about this weight concentrated to the tip of a lance that happens to hover a few inches of a river pirate. I'm not good in physics, but I bet that it would look nasty when the horse returns to it's normal position. I'll draw yet another crappy sketch-thingy with paint if I'm not clear enough.

It wouldn't be any more powerful than a thrust. With the horse rearing, the only speed behind that lance is gravity.

 

[Destichado]

Forget speed and try mass. Track sprinters run a heck of a lot faster than linebackers, but who do you want hitting you?

Would you rather be punched from somebody sitting in a chair, or be jumped upon from ten feet up???

 

[Khalid ibn Walid]

Forget speed and try mass. Track sprinters run a heck of a lot faster than linebackers, but who do you want hitting you?

Would you rather be punched from somebody sitting in a chair, or be jumped upon from ten feet up???

If that chair happens to be a car seat and is moving at 50 mph, I'd rather be jumped upon, thank you.