Cavalry can bump and couch at the same time?

[Rumblood]

Oh yes, very skillfully bumped!

My biggest gripe actually is that they can Couch while having their shield up. This would be okay if you could just shoot the horse instead, but the shield force field scoops up any missiles. So you can't shoot them while they are incoming. Neither them to interrupt the couch, not the horse for some off chance that you might kill it. Then if you switch to melee, you just get bump couched.

 

[Son Of Odin]

Are you implying that bumping doesn't require skill? Just have a try and bump someone who has more than the basic NA athletics 3 and knows how to dodge.

[Gurnisson]

Oh yes, very skillfully bumped!

My biggest gripe actually is that they can Couch while having their shield up. This would be okay if you could just shoot the horse instead, but the shield force field scoops up any missiles. So you can't shoot them while they are incoming. Neither them to interrupt the couch, not the horse for some off chance that you might kill it. Then if you switch to melee, you just get bump couched.

 

Dodge it.

If not, it's still possible to shoot to the side of the shield and hit the guy in the chest, his shield doesn't cover everything. I've shot enough guys couching at me with a shield. Most likely I will get bumped, but they'll receive an arrow/bolt with massive speed bonus to the chest. Back in my native glory days I just headshot charging horsemen so that's also an option, if you have a good aim, and won't risk shooting his body which is next to the shield.

[BlindGuy]

pretty sure shooting a couchers shield makes them temporarily stop couching

[CrazyCracka420]

pretty sure shooting a couchers shield makes them temporarily stop couching

It does for about half a second.

That being said, people are lucky that couching (or thrusting) lancers aren't holding the shield more directly in front of them.  What's the point of having a shield if you're going to let it hang down by your side...

Brytenwalda is nice in that your shield is almost always held up high when you swing and such, but it's hard to get used to how different it is than how you hold a shield in native (it's held up, but off to your side).

[Zisa]

Are you implying that bumping doesn't require skill? Just have a try and bump someone who has more than the basic NA athletics 3 and knows how to dodge.

I'm implying that it does not require a great amount of skill, perhaps a carrot, if it could press W and WASD by rolling a bit could achieve the same thing.