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[Tadmonster 54]

I think that players should be given a horse which they name and create as theirs, they can spawn it in wherever they are (maybe restrict some places). When they spawn it any pre existing instances disappear.

 

So basicly every char in Anthos has a pet horse/wolf/boar/other mount which they can use whenever

No. No child, save for a noble or child of some rich family (which would require an existing RP family), would get a mount upon birth.

[Sync 11]

Can't you control the horse problem by making people have to train in horse-riding? I mean.. it does take a considerable amount of skill in order to 'ride' a horse.

[Mephistophelian 977]

I saw that a while back that you mentioned Lur wolves. Didn't the minecraft team make it so that you could stack mobs on top of each other, as if they are riding the ones beneath them? I am not Completely certain but perhaps you could swap the player model for the mobs and allow players to ride them? Anyway, it's just a suggestion.

[Picklerage 7]

Can't you control the horse problem by making people have to train in horse-riding? I mean.. it does take a considerable amount of skill in order to 'ride' a horse.

Actually, it takes nearly no skill at all. I had never been on a horse before, and I was able to ride one at fair speeds within the few hours I was on one. Sure, combat on a horse, riding at extreme speeds, and jumping are for the more experienced, but it really isn't hard to get down the basics.

[domainoft 191]

With either of these choices there are still a couple of problems with horses that should be considered and will have an impact on which direction we go toward horses.

 

1. Eventually everyone will have a horse, as the value of them will slowly decrease at first, with a rapid fall at some point when overpopulation occurs. No matter which choice is made, unless there is a method for killing off old horses the population will increase exponentially.

 

2. The roads we have now aren't suitable for horse travel, All the interesting turns and twists, ups and downs we made to make awesome looking roads fail miserably for horse travel. Constantly crashing into trees with low branches, or trying to navigate the crazy beasts down narrow streets and roads.

 

I have an alternate solution to help control the population. Don't allow horse breeding at all. I know its a bit radical and will upset those who have spent a great deal of time playing as horse breeders. "Even if we didn't have horses in game at the time". If the new wilds is to be a super dangerous place that no one should enter without careful consideration, there should be something valuable to seek after. Finding rare horses in the wilds would be difficult, and surviving the wilds with your new found horse would likewise be difficult.

 

Perhaps the establishment of horse ranches, and small castles will need to be built to protect them while they are being "broken in" so they can be transported back to the more civilized worlds. This would allow the breeders an occupation still, while making it something more interesting than simply breeding.

 

It would also help control the population. As horses would be found instead of bred. And the likelihood of a tamed horse and rider dieing on the journey back to the capitals would be greatly increased.

[linkedwolf 0]

How bout go buck wild with donkeys, I mean like let them spawn in the wild and such, and let the players deal with them.

But if a player actually wants a nice fast horse they have to go to the stables or whatever.

 

~Linkedwolrf

[domainoft 191]

Voting seems broke, Not sure what happened but it errors out when I try.

[Rhia 936]

Moved to the Great Library. It shall be sorted into appropriate category shortly.