Yes because what you're failing to mention in the whole "2 shotting footfighters" bit is you average like 1-2 hits a minute.
DPS meters often overlook a lot of values like CC, distraction, mind games etc. But we aren't talking a small difference in DPS, and I'm not seeing you add all that much value outside pure DPS.
If you simply rolled a veela and sat there with a bow keeping up a hail of arrows on the enemies every time someone isn't chasing you in melee you're talking upwards of 3 times the damage output. That kind of shit matters when your objective is to make the enemies die before your entire team dies. If you were on a melee build you could be forcing the opponent to have to parry more than one opponent. That's some real value a DPS meter wouldn't measure and you'd still have much higher DPS.
You suck. And you could be outperformed by any foot build. The first step to getting better is ditch the mount and roll a decent footbuild. And that's why in all your "Mounted is so OP" videos basically everyone else is fighting on foot. Because they're smarter than you, and they realize that not dying and getting off an occasional big hit have really limited value in a group fight.
And yes I'm not expecting people who want a role to stay gimped to like my suggestions. I will not be happy with the state of mounted combat until mounted builds serve a role where mixed fighting forces are better than pure foot if they mix in some mounted players who are good at what they do. And nothing being suggested by MO1 vets is going to achieve that.
Honestly though, it's whatever. Because of the terrible balance suggestions by MO1 vets that keep foot melee first and foremost of everything happening in this game I've learned melee combat and mixed it in to most of my builds. There are a few ways to break outside the foot-fighter mold and be broken good. And none of them involve mounts. So if you want to keep mounts broken bad and play them then I guess I'm ok with that.
A lot of MO2 time i've played on MA and MM, as other builds aswell. Im not a dedicated footy but i can aknowledge the pros and cons of mounteds, as i can also see who wants that gameplay to be better than foots. It's not about whats better It's about balancing, the very fact mounteds have the pet's extra HP and mobility means they are superior at re-positioning as a foot crew aint, and we could take terrain into consideration but thats just another possible scenery.
Saying foots have longbows and can dismount with maces and run between rocks Is demeaning the debate because thats not enough when a mounted can get hit, reposition heal up and come back. I've played like that in MO1 i would get dismounted in the middle of enemy group make my horse chug a keg of jambura and fuck some nerds up. Yeah theres no pots for pets yet (and thankfully because it would probably be broken af), but theres still bandages and magery.
A mounted crew should be effective in a number of scenarios exacly as footys. But a mounted crew running into a well prepared foot group shouldn't have a chance, and thats part of the role mounteds should play, punctual, coordinated and strategic attacks.
In MO1 if you wanted to get into a coordinated foot group to crack some skulls you would get EQ'd the fuck out of nave and for some reason nobody can explain, to this day in MO2 EQ Is one of the worst piece of shit spells ecumenical has when it should be strong and cheap to cast.
