How many points in riding are you going to have?

[Dravic]

So it is thread similiar to http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,2268.msg37787.html#msg37787,

except it is thread about riding skill.

I am going to have 10 riding, 9 atm.

Vote how much riding do you have/ you are going to have and discuss!

[Magikarp]

Are you insane? 10 riding? You won't be able to take advantage of it without str lol.

I'm 6 riding atm, but I think my next build will be way different, like 15/24, with 8 riding.

[Leesin]

Yeah, 10 riding is severely limiting yourself IMO, at most you will get 12 str at level 30 by converting like 14 points, which will leave you with 4 power strike, 10 riding, 3 WM. Could work well as hit and run into the back of the enemy but low str means low armour and low hp, with that build you will also have no shield, if you take shield you lose out on valuable power strike.

Your build though, so have fun lol.

[Dravic]

I am not melee char.


Level 30 (4 420 577 xp)

Strength: 7
Agility: 30
Hit points: 42
Converted: 4
Ironflesh: 0
Power Strike: 2
Shield: 0
Athletics: 0
Riding: 10
Horse Archery: 5
Power Draw: 0
Power Throw: 0
Weapon Master: 10
One Handed: 1
Two Handed: 1
Polearm: 1
Archery: 1
Crossbow: 190
Throwing: 1

[Leesin]

Ah right, might give that one a try myself sometime down the line just to see if it will be effective or not, I have my doubts about it because I don't trust a character built purely on xbows lol, but it could be good.

[Hirlok]

no riding for me. Hate dem ponies, almost as much as the hammerhoids ... and whenever my ping is below 250 love to shoot them when they try to morgenstern me in the spawn area... 

[bruce]

Pure crossbow on a horse is for trolling.

[Dravic]

We'll see in my next gen. Atm i have 111 wpf in polearms, rest in xbows, but next gen, full xbow. I will reload much faster than now ;)

[Leesin]

Pure crossbow on a horse is for trolling.

That depends, whilst my horse archer can clearly troll people, I have killed many people in a round with it at times. Infact I have had several rounds where I won it for the team with uneven numbers, I remember me v the last 7 and I shot them all to death except 1 who ran away and hid because he raged so bad at me and he got kicked.

So whilst it definately is one of the annoying builds along with horseback crossbowman, it is far more than just a gimmick, good aim makes it a valuable asset on any team, the light crossbow hits hard even for only being the second best crossbow, which still have pierce damage where bows no lnger do, even more damage with steel bolts. So someone with good aim will cause alot of problems on horseback with a crossbow.

That being said I love it when people poll me because I circled around them and shot them to death and they couldn't do shit about it. *trollface*

EDIT: Btw Dravic, why 7 str? are you intending to not retire and reach 9 str?

[Dravic]

7 str is for using xbow, no more needed

Of course i am going to retire every time when i hit 31 lvl, so my build is for 30 lvl.

[Leesin]

Ahh right, your main character then? well atleast if you play Strategus you should be good with Xbows, which destroy people in sieges .

[Magikarp]

Mounted crossbowman is a nice concept, but it sucks eventually. Most of them just shoot down other horses and get owned.
While its great 1 vs 1, it's bad when it comes to actual combat. Just doesn't get as many kills as quick as other mounted classes.

[Dravic]

14 | 7 (16.3%)

I see some trolls there, because 14 riding means 3 str 42 agi 14 riding and nothing more. No power strike, no weapon mastery, nothing else.

hmm...

[Gnjus]

Ahh right, your main character then? well atleast if you play Strategus you should be good with Xbows, which destroy people in sieges .

False (hopefully).
We already had Strategos where 5 most important things were:
1. Strong bows
2. Khergit bows
3. Long bows
4. Crossbows
5. The rest of the bows

Let us hope we don't get the same shit again.

[bruce]

Mounted crossbowman is a nice concept, but it sucks eventually. Most of them just shoot down other horses and get owned.
While its great 1 vs 1, it's bad when it comes to actual combat. Just doesn't get as many kills as quick as other mounted classes.

Not when you build the char properly. Balanced char, 18 str / 18 agi, 6 powerstrike for some bumpslashing slaughter, etc. my old friends which just use the crossbow horse archer style, just hit and run, and have 7 str and 300 agi for running away never do really good, does them justice.

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Postpatch horse crossbowmen are just my old friends.