im shield user myself 6 points in it, but i want it to be fair for all cav classes as much as possible, even HA ;p ofc cav can do fine on foot, but its not the point of this event, its about cav clash and aiming for the rider not the innocent god loving pony
there is no restriction on armor as i think it would favorise guys with loomed armors, i think most cav will play in their usual gear (probably loomed), maybe new players will pick something heavier to compensate lack of shield vs ranged, but i would be surprised to see everybody in black armor ;) i always thought cav players got better fashion sense than that ;]
also about the dehorsing rule maybe its not clear but it will work like this :
- you get dehorsed
- enemy that dehorsed you get -2 points for his team
- your decidion
- join spectator keep the -2 points penalty for the enemy
- keep fighting, remove penalty from enemy ( i would do that only if there is some free horse nearby )
- if dehorsed by friendly your team gets -2 points without option to cancel it
But I really think you're making it unnecessarily stale. If you'd allow dehorsing then suddenly HA will have an obvious role, and it would make for more *natural* cav combat.
I don't know, but you're advertising it as cav "combat". This just seems more like a more open jousting tourney with HA thrown in. Imho ofc.
Also, I do think you need to address the issue of looms when it comes to HA. Fully loomed HA have a tremendous advantage over their non-loomed counterparts. Why not force STF?
Also, I think the *combat* in general will be very awkward for HA because of the dehorse penalty thing.
Suggestion:
Turn the tables around; give lots of points for dehorsing the enemy instead.
Make it like this:2 points for killing enemy horse. (Even if the horse was dismounted from and riderless. I.e dismounting = free points for the enemy)
3 points for killing enemy rider while he is on the horse (horse counts as *dead* and team will not receive more points for killing it)
1 point for killing enemy while he is on the ground.
If the entire enemy team is dehorsed/have dismounted then they can not earn points for killing your remaining horses (this enables dehorsed "last stands" while not making it a winning tactic, and not punishing the survivors for charging in with horses)
This way you'll have all-out cav combat without risking dismounted tactics becoming prevalent.
But your choice ofc ;)
