King Harkinian
Squire
I like several of the improvements in this new patch; many of them are quite useful. For instance, being able to see someone's name, or area chat, make this mod far more practical and coherent.
Nevertheless, the questionable design decision to remove sumpter horses has been, for me, gamebreaking. It can take minutes of pointless walking just to get from the forest spawnpoint to anywhere worthwhile, and all the while there is the risk of getting killed by some killhungry randomer on horseback and having to start all over again.
It's unnerving. I daresay it's even gamebreaking. I went through the "walk several miles, get killed, walk again" routine a few times, but the fourth or fifth time it happened I just ragequit. I just couldn't take anymore pointless walking. Any game that forces its players to spend long streches of time waiting around or doing something unpleasant is not, in my books, a good game. At least the sumpter horses in v1 allowed you to get from point A to point B in a reasonable amount of time and with a reasonable degree of safety, but right now, you're pretty much screwed.
Furthermore, the only available entry-level horse, the saddle horse, costs 1000 gold -- which means that you're pretty much stuck with white base gear unless you want to be legging it all over the place.
I really hope this could be addressed, if only by making an affordable (say 500 gold?) sumpter horse available.
I just don't feel like playing a game whose main goal is walking unarmed for minutes and getting killed in the process.
Nevertheless, the questionable design decision to remove sumpter horses has been, for me, gamebreaking. It can take minutes of pointless walking just to get from the forest spawnpoint to anywhere worthwhile, and all the while there is the risk of getting killed by some killhungry randomer on horseback and having to start all over again.
It's unnerving. I daresay it's even gamebreaking. I went through the "walk several miles, get killed, walk again" routine a few times, but the fourth or fifth time it happened I just ragequit. I just couldn't take anymore pointless walking. Any game that forces its players to spend long streches of time waiting around or doing something unpleasant is not, in my books, a good game. At least the sumpter horses in v1 allowed you to get from point A to point B in a reasonable amount of time and with a reasonable degree of safety, but right now, you're pretty much screwed.
Furthermore, the only available entry-level horse, the saddle horse, costs 1000 gold -- which means that you're pretty much stuck with white base gear unless you want to be legging it all over the place.
I really hope this could be addressed, if only by making an affordable (say 500 gold?) sumpter horse available.
I just don't feel like playing a game whose main goal is walking unarmed for minutes and getting killed in the process.