i was testing this while fighting 3 shady mercenaries in wd one by one
fight 1: i start the fight and noticed that i got a "flank" block as a new skill
the horse would also get into the fight and help out. a little into the fight however, the horse decides that he's a better tank and rescues me. after that i don't noticed what the difference between me mounted or not.. well besides that i can't bash and pick up stuffs on the ground.fight 2: the horse would immediately try to rescue me not engaging.. after a couple of tries.. he succeeded in rescuing me and i had no choice but to assist. after a few rounds however, he decided he doesn't want to fight anymore and flees!! since it is a low ceiling room that he fled into, i wasn't able to flee with him and crashed onto the ground.. and mercenary attacks me instead :P so i had to solo to finish the fight.
fight 3: after getting the damn horse back, i started on the last one.. this time however the horse didn't respond at all! he didn't assist or rescue.. he just STANDS THERE.. grumble.. so i had to finish the fight myself.
so far the only benefit i see is the 'flank' block. i couldn't tell if i hit better or not because i don't use 1h sword and my skill really really suck; therefore, i miss alot regardless.
also, if we decide to use mounted combat religiously.. we'll have a mv problem because the horse's mv had been downgraded since trade(or is it my imagination?). and it take 2x the mv for the horse if we are mounted.
lastly, i understand that we aren't suppose to pick up items off the ground if we are mounted(unless we are very very talented, but then again, that can be a high lvl skill heh), but if we do drop our weapon.. we would have to dismount, pick up the weapon, and i don't think we can mount again because we are in a fight(haven't test that yet).
i understand mc is still in a very early stage of its development, so here are my 2c so far.. i'll post more when i can find out more
glarec the paly
