The one thing that always annoyed me is that whole footfighter elitism that is floating around in this community.
Apparently its the only class where you can prove your skill. If you play Mage or Mounted youre just a noob who likes clicking one button.
What if I actually enjoy those playstyles and dislike footfighting because of the whole beyblade stuff and constant cirklejerking?
Well anyways I just wanted to get this one out of the way real quick.
Imo MC definetly does need some work. I defiently disagree with it being OP before horse armor... a longbowman could 3 shot your horse easily from a mile away which was just dumb. I do however agree that the values on horse armor are a bit skewed since they can reach player armor levels without a big downside. Its mainly the stam management that goes to hell but that only really matters against other mounteds anyways.
Even master snipers only deal around 45damage against my molarium guard fur horse while I only lost like 10% momentum.
I also dislike how one dimensional MCs are since swinging weapons is hard as fudge while couching just deals more damage and is easier. Swinging doesnt even get the same momentum treatment for some reason (2 trot and 3 trot damage are the same when using swings unless they changed it this patch).
Currently alot of footies love running around with their duel meta weapons and dont bother using Mauls and Axes which can both dismount well enough and keep complaining about how you cant dismount MCs. I do agree that there needs to be more since picking up balance eliminates Axes for the most part but complaining without having tried those weapons and doing some practice is dumb. Ive rode into tons of spear/sword wielding footies because no one wants to use blunt weapons so there is no reason to be scared at all. If atleast 2 of those used maces and are as good as they claim they could easily dismount me.
Its just important that the dismounting actually fucks the rider hard which isnt the case currently.
I also agree that magery is way too easy to splash into mounted builds because of the lack of DEX investment needed which gives them unnatural sustain. I literally made a character with 121INT and enough STR to wield cuprum spears, which is all you need, while still having 170HP and roughly 60 PSY. Sure my damage bonus is only 18% but I still chunk. That is dumb.
I still enjoy mounted and play it for that reason not because its OP and I want to abuse shit. It really annoys me that people just start blasting you for playing anything but footfighter these days.
I cant argue much about the state of MAs since I couldnt come up with a counter to them other than MCs and MMs so do with that what you will. Atleast they dont deal that much damage I guess? I also wont adress whitebears since its not really in the name of the forum thread and I dont have that much experience fighting against them. When I used them I mostly used them for defensive purposes killing naked griefers.
I expect alot of this to either be ignored or shit talked since I am in Old Guard and people hate us for using mounteds now that horse armor came out. I just wanted to get my opinion out there. Cheers chaps.
tl:dr for those too lazy to read:
-Stop basing skill in the game on foot fighting
-Mounted Armor is too strong with very little downside
-Magery is too easy to splash into Mounted Builds making them sustain monsters
-Weapon selection as MC is really skewed/boring
-I am scared of lances to be honest
-There are dismounts you can use but not nearly enough
-Dismounting doesnt punish the rider enough (might get fixed this patch)
-Some people dont enjoy footfighting but rather enjoy Magery and Mounted combat without ill intentions. Deal with it.
Another thing with mounted is just that it's so zerg friendly. I can easily 1v2 even 1v3 and 1v4 against footfighters but against 1 mounted I have absolutely no way to win. If they are bad I can survive but I have no way of killing them or their mount. They can choose to disengage/engage whenever they want.
I understand the game isn't centered around solo gameplay but even upscaled like 10v15 its just impossible. Small scale and fighting outnumbered is completely ruined and at this point it's just the side with the most numbers. It's just so easy that everyone can pick up mounted and play at top level in 1 day while footfighting requires A LOT more skill. It's truly a huge difference in skill required. Not only the skill aspect of it but also the few counterplays vs mounted only works with equal numbers.
In conclusion footfighter vs footfighter is less dependant on numbers and gear and more dependant on skill while footfighter vs mounted is less dependant on skill and more dependant on gear, horse lvl and numbers. It's the same thing for mounted vs mounted aswell.
It's not a suprise the guilds with the most numbers want horses to be overpowered. But me and a lot others like when skill has an impact and not just gear, horse lvl and most importantly numbers. Atleast SV added the reserve system as a way to fight zergs according to Henrik. That truly helped.
If they want to make the game less skill based to appeal to the bad gamers and casuals they should make footfighter vs footfighter much easier.