can't joust off a broom, i tried already. I can tumble off it though.

A few things...

1) A skill to let you tumble while mounted...
Buck:
Syntax: BUCK
Desc: Command your mount to fling you into the next room!
2) I have revived this topic since it was brought up recently
3) I would really like to see something more... interesting than its current style.. for instance what follows..

Manner
MANNER
Desc: You have learned the best way to position yourself for varied goals. Using certain ones will have effects.

Ok heres what this does basically... if you try to use something aligned to this.. for instance try to joust while in charge, your chances rise that it works. While at the same time Loose will make it harder to land a hit but you avoid your opponents better. Speed boosts movement. Stomp helps with trample, mountkick, and the skill to stomp. Lean is intereting, if you are wielding a sword you can use another skill.....

Passingslash
PASSING
Desc: Let your foes feel your fury as you pass by

As you pass you slash at someone, with X chance you hit, where X is a base + bonus from knighthood you have a chance of falling off the mount, chance to miss, and you can hit rebounding


Other skills such as an impale as you enter the room, poison people with attack or by stomping, a way to maybe jump off your mount and do a full body kick however this would 1) dismount you 2) would prone you but it would also do minor damage, stun the target, and prone them

Just some ideas! I would love to see upgrading made more interesting.. and would find it great fun it jousting were more like debating... A way to hold yourself, your first response aganst it.. cept instead of like 3 attack style and 3 positions, maybe 4 attack styles or something and 4 positions.. make it interesting but I like the idea of changing your manner on your mount to give boosts to other things.

well instead of a whole new command for tumbling off a mount just add a skill in it that lets tumble right off a mount. same syntax, but it works passively or you don't even need the skill and you could just change the whole thing altogether, but then again it doesn't actually make riding more attractive, just makes it more worth it to be mounted

I'm going to repeat what I said before too.. please please please a skill that prevents you from falling off your mount ALL THE TIME.

ew I love falling off. half the time I get all sorts of messed up but I can't tumble cause I'm still mounted and I can't climb down cause I'm afflicted by some sort of something.

Simple solution: make it an ability you can turn on and off or make it like an artifact saddle you can remove from or put on your mount. I'm all for not falling off ever, especially if they come up with a way to tumble out of the room while mounted (with or without the mount coming along).

What about give mounts some 'mount skills' like...

Golden Turtles - Retract (increases defense but can't move and slower attacks)
Wyrm - Bodywrap (wraps the victim, entangling them)
Pegasus - Mightygust (uses its wings to gust people out, a stronger version of ordinary gust)
Nightmare - Firebreathe (like the dracnari's racial skill, though a bit stronger)
Eagle - Shrill (causes bleeding over the ears and grants stun or deafness)
Donkey - Poop (what??? Unless you want to give it something cool)
Bear - Bearhugs (like the racial skill of tae'daes)

Of course, you can teach them other new skills as you advance in riding so you not only get better mounts, you can teach them something else as well!

Okay fine, here's a new skill Donkey gets

Donkey - Poop (may cause either anorexia or vomiting as long as poop is in the area, CLEANSE should remove it)

im trying to picture a horse tumbling..
oh wait logic would tell you to get off the horse first.

-Edit- useful skill idea added
Horse stands on to legs and kicks with the other two you see it in movies all the time tell me if you know what its called or whatever
horse knocks the enemy down causing a little damage and breaks a leg

I just want to say, I'd love to see Ur'Guard mounted Cavalry, what if being mounted made you untouchable until someone used like a pike to knock you off, anyone could, but it'd be hot to ram in with greater cavalry numbers and just smash their pikemen.. I know it's ridiculous, but if noobs could pike a room (will knock off one mounted target) it might just be okay.

You should have watched me galloping around on my golden turtle as an Aquamancer. XD

PS: The turtle was speedy too!

You cant tumble while mounted.. that is why I said have the mount thrown you off of it as a command, the problem is what would stop it.. can you start it against barrier? crucify? perfectfifth? No to all. Naturally anything that stops normal tumble would stop this. As for never being dismounted, I would rather an instant remount skill/item that way people couldnt sit on mount and trample endlessly or something. If you get entangled or something you should fall off it someone hits you or something. Being able to perma trample because you cant be dismounted is bad.

Paying 300 credits for a skill, 150k for a mount, and 250 credits for a collar is bad when you fall off of it every two seconds.

Being entangled should not knock you off your mount because you and your mount would actually be entangled together. If anything, you should be harder to knock off.

There would be ways to knock people off of mounts, but you'd have a much greater chance of staying on it and not everything would knock you off. For example, you can fall asleep and still remain in your saddle. Why not?

Everyone comments on my EAGLE galloping....

I want to have a way to breed wakabis. Then when you breed the legendary Golden Wakabi steed you'll be able to cross over the mountains ringing the Basin and find the most overpowered skills and artifacts on the otherside.


You know that's where they're hiding all the good stuff.

You say that now, but when I summon Knights of the Round and destroy the Moonhart on accident, you'll know it was a bad idea.

Knights of the Basin Great Rune: Attach this rune to your crown and you'll be able to summon an army of Gingerbread men and Peep Soldiers that will obey your every command. Long day bashing and want to grief others? You need only move a single room into an area to summon forth an army of your minions to wreak havok upon those not worthy.

Wark.

Also, pocket mine - generates random metal comms every IC month.

Wrong thread.

Unless you could ride around on said metals...

Hi-o, silver!