Horse Variety

[Moofed]

All the armored horses have essentially the same speed / maneuverability ratio. See on this chart how the lower difficulty horses have varied speed and maneuverability, but from the destrier on up it is not varied at all.  Speed is always a point or two less than turning ability and that's it. A very boring progression.

I'd rather see armored versions of the courser and arabian. Like so:

Charger
hit points: 120
body armor: 45
difficulty: 5
speed: 44
maneuver: 37
charge: 38

Cataphract Horse
hit points: 120
body armor: 40
difficulty: 5
speed: 37
maneuver: 46
charge: 34

Also, there is no reason to have 4 horses at difficulty 3.  I suggest taking the Steppe Horse (which no one uses anyway) down to difficulty 2, and the Sumpter to difficulty 1, each with appropriate nerfed stats. Then having 1 point in riding will not be entirely pointless.

[Baggy]

+1 For the chart

[rustyspoon]

I would just love to see a lower-tier heavier horse. Something between the rouncy and the destrier. For 1h and 2h cav there just isn't really a choice at lower tiers.

[Overdriven]

Nice chart 

I'd agree on this.

[Moofed]

I would just love to see a lower-tier heavier horse. Something between the rouncy and the destrier. For 1h and 2h cav there just isn't really a choice at lower tiers.

I used to have a Heavy Rouncey and she was great.  But then horse heirlooms were rebalanced a few patches ago.    There isn't a lot of space for a whole new tank-class horse between the rouncey and the destrier.  I'd rather see the rouncey with 4 more armor points and cost a bit more gold.  That would also open up space for changing the steppe horse in to a difficulty 2 horse.

I guess this thread should have gone in the game balance forum.