Two people riding the same horse

[Penitent]

You mean unfair like when two dismounted people show up next to you and strike in two different directions?

You have a point, but I think its a little different.  When two people approach you (well, me at least) the defense is to back pedal and try to face one at a time.  The usually have different amounts of athletics or armor weight and you can try to keep the slower guy behind the faster one.

Two guys on a horse can basically pick when and where they engage you and consistently swing simultaneously in the same threat area.

I mean, I'm not saying it would always be easy for them or super duper wtfpwn OP or anything...but I'd rather see a 2-rider option be used as transport and add to tactical play and teamwork rather than try to create some kind of mounted war machine.

[zagibu]

My point is that it would probably be additional effort to reduce the second rider to a simple passenger, and this effort can still be done when two regular riders turn out to be OP. I think the probability of teamhitting the other rider would negate any benefits such a dynamic duo would gain from riding the same mount. But we'll never know if it's not tested, right?

[Aleskander]

A lancer with a HX on the back sound hilarious

[Vermilion]

Always want something like this in strat battles.. when your horse gets killed and you on a random part of the map it takes so long to get back... would be great if you could get another cav to come pick you up and drop you off back at base.

To make it fair and stop the endless forum complaints you would probably have to make it so only one can fight but both can be hurt.

Hell even neither can fight and both can be hurt would be good in some situations just for traveling across some of the large maps.


One question tho. What were you thinking about riding skill?

Maybe you could tie that into what i said above. Something like no riding skill (passenger) means neither of you can attack, sufficient riding skill (passenger) one of you can attack.

[Havelle]

"Want a ride, kid? I got candy"

Two riders and a few horses would make strat flag caps ridiculously easy though.

[LastKaze]

What i'de like to see in this game is a wheelbarrow or carriage that carries your teammates, and people inside the wheelbarrow/carriage can attack while the person on the horse steers, and when the round starts you can do a drive-by, though i'd limit the wheelbarrow/carriage thing to 1-2 per team. This idea with having 2 people on a horse sounds fun too.

[Carthan]

I just hope they add some kind of moving dismount, otherwise there would be countless "kidnappings"...
Where someone jumps on a random horse and is forced to stay on while the horse it moving.


On second thought....

[_RXN_]

Russian Cossacks, video was recorded in the 30's years of the 20 century. Watch at 0:57.

[MrRicky]

This is what I imagined it would come up like if the passenger couldn't attack

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[Ronin]

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Your avatar seems like an example to this "case".

[Gurnisson]

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[Zanze]

Chariots.

[Vodner]

To make it fair and stop the endless forum complaints you would probably have to make it so only one can fight but both can be hurt.

I suspect that two riders on one horse would be far less effective than two riders on separate horses, even if they could both attack.