Any tard can see that cav is op at the moment.
If your horse dies.. So? you can still fight very well on foot since the points going into riding are not a lot, or don't have very steep requirements.
I suggested a long time ago that one should nerf the maneuverability of horses and rather buff the HP. Then players would have to actually *Think* while playing cav, and not just zoom around the map looking for a back to backstab. I'm a strong proponent that players should think tactically where to put themselves in the battle, and knowing their strengths and weaknesses. Cavalry is even more a thinking mans class, as you have both the overview of the battle and the ability to be wherever you want much quicker than other classes. Cavalry also have the ability to use teamwork by charging in groups.
A horse gives great great power, but should punish you very hard when you do a mistake. No other classes can fly around, choose their battles, and 1-shot any player caught unaware. I would rather see them getting a HP buff so they would not be shot to pieces by archers while doing a charge, but if they run into a pikeman, they should have problems..
Some cavalry players think they *Should* have a great advantage over other players just because they are on a horse. It should be a null-sum game of balance, the advantage should be nullified by the risk and vulnerabilities.
Partly agree but not entirely.
Some of this pretty much equals saying "Good armor should be nerfed and have big down-sides cause otherwise it will be better than the peasant armor" - the price is part of the balance. A cav player pays 20k+ more than a regular player, and should therefore also be better, but not much betetr - i agree on that.
Another thing is, that after the slot system - cav aren't as good when dismounted anymore. You either have to split your wpf to get a 1h and be able to use shield on horse and when dismounted (not the best shields though - they are 2-slot), or you need to take he risk of not having a shield on your horse and probably get shot to pieces.
When you are on your horse, you will also risk having your horse killed, which happens a lot easier than getting killed yourself, since you cant block for your horse. This results in you ending up on the ground, helpless against the 10 kill-hungry enemies around you.
On top of that;
Yes, cav get laods of kills -in
unorganized battles.
If you nerf caav too much, it mgiht result in what some people would call better balance now - but what would happen in strategus when tehre are no unaware targets? then cav would be useless. Cav has to be able to manouver and have enoguh speed to escape potential danger... otherwise they would be literally useless in strategus.
I can't find a good way to balacne it right now - has to think more about that... but buffing hp+nerfing speed+manouver is not a very good solution imo.
Would result in more bumping tanks, which would lead to mroe rage and it woud also result in cav being worthless in strategus.
