Then they should'nt carve them into Alduin's Wall. Now I expect my horses!

First off, I'll give my opinion on fast travel: It's -necessary-!

Now, with that in mind, I don't think the player ought to be able to just click on the map and instantly go anywhere he or she so pleases. Why? Because that's lame! It's insanely imbalanced the way it is, to think that you can just pop into the map and get from one place to another without having so much as a single obstacle get in your way. What's the point, then, of having the gameworld? What does any of it matter if I can just jump from one point the the next, selectively choosing all my encounters?

That's not a mechanic I'd like to see again. Not in Fallout. Not in the Elderscrolls. Not in -any- self-respecting game.

It's one thing to get from one place to another quickly. It's another to make it the ONLY method of going one should ever use if sane.

Go back to the fast travel being a -service-... but don't do it like Morrowind. Let the player be able to hire someone to take them to a specific place they want to go on the map. Make it work just like Oblivion's fast travel in that regard, only it costs money. And then, if the player doesn't want to dish out the coin to do it... make fast travel also available to anyone who is riding on a horse!

It's free... but you have to buy, steal, or CATCH a horse.

Now -that- would be a balanced system. Oh, but when you travel... you have to have a chance of getting stopped randomly somewhere along the way for encounters.

Just have your guide-guy / horse appear right there with you, so that once any obstacle is taken care of (or sometimes an optional side-quest presents itself and you can choose to ignore it) you can just be back on your way wherever you go.


Problem solved. Horses relevant. Fast travel balanced.

I'll accept my medal any time.

Problem with riding horses it mainly the health risk, you tend to accumulate a tail of enemies who attacks then you stop. This is more fun then you stop because you have enemies in front of you. This is also pretty dangerous for the horses.
Simple mounted combat or a horse who [censored] landmines would solve this.

Couldn't care less about horses to be honest. I think some form of mount would be nice, for those who use them, but I rarely bother with horses in Oblivion so I doubt that would change in Skyrim. I would like to see something like the Silt Striders make a return. Mammoth travel? Or some kind of sea creature to carry you across bodies of water? Off topic much?

Horses. I definitely want them.
And now with mounted combat.

Todd said they're "messing" with horses atm. They want them to be good, and not like some kind of jeep like in Oblivion.
If they can make them good, they'll add them in the game.
If they can't, they won't be in.

Therefore, it's confirmed that they have been working on it, or at least tried to. How it has went, we don't know.

Actually, it's still pretty well on topic.

We went from discussing whether or not there would be horses, as per the OP's question, and now have moved on to discussing their usefulness and how to make them feel relevant to the game. That doesn't seem like it's all that far from the topic, to me.

Unless you're suggesting that, despite all these folks obviously having an opinion about it, we should simply have said: "Okay. Question answered. Lock the thread."?


Eh, oh well.

I still say my idea works perfectly. Especially if they let you fight off horseback, like they should have in Oblivion.

Owning a horse, this made me slightly angry. There are no horses in your hot dogs and Hamburgers.

But they can still be on your sandwiches. :celebration: Salty goodness.

On topic: How do you reckon the horses will be like? More like Red Dead's horses or different? Maybe hairy horses? Like the highland cattle? :hubbahubba:

Todd said that they wanted them in, its odd having a world without them. So I would assume their there, but to what extent you can interact with them is unknown. I mostly want them to make the world more beliveable, the comment about the the snowy mountainous environment does not work, as not all of Skyrim is like this, already there are pics that show areas were horse could be in. And even the snowy mountains they could go, Hannibal crossed the alps and horses were a big help.

At least Todd has confirmed that horse armor will be the first DLC added regardless if they have horses or not.

Moderator edit: It was a joke made in the GI podcast and certainly not confirmed.

As long as it's free... hell, I'll take it!

Yes! Create new cratures!

Like those giant bus-bugs in MW

Yeah, this is exactly what Todd said and he was right. The world would feel strange if such an important element was missing. I'd be happy even with unmountable horses rather than just M'aiq Jr explaining that they all ran down from a mountain cliff and died.

You avatar, its from a movie with rowdy rowdy piper isn't it? They were like aliens living in people costumes or something but if he wore those glasses he could see them for what they really were. So he came to kick ass and chew bubble gum, sadly he was all out of bubble gum. Amirite? Sorry not to get off topic but I just had to ask.

Yep, and I would be glad if they had a saddle. I like mounts like hor-



Forget horses, I want Polar Bears! :woot:

Yeah it's a great 80's classic, the famous fight scene is a reason enough to see this movie. "Put on the [censored] glasses!"

In the podcast,they said they love horses and feel they should be there,it's something their working on,and other mounts too.
I think horses will be in,i have no doubt ( just my view ),if they have improved animations,and worked on dragons and how they move etc,for two years,do you really think they wouldn't know how to do horses?.....i bet they can. He said he liked how the plasmids worked in bioshock,and as taken something from that,i believe he ( todd ) as done the same with horses,because he's mentioned red dead redemption a few times. I also believe there will be other mounts too. He just wants to keep you guessing,because this is info they will release later on.
If horses aren't in,i'll run bare arsed through my street :thumbsup:
Just my view

There are plenty of horses that could be ridden in a snowy mountainous region, IE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_horse
http://www.horse-genetics.com/Norwegian-Fjord-horse.html

Am I blind or did I see a picture of a player mounted om a horse in the Game Informer?

You sir have just been trolled.

And why is that?

:whisper: I loved a horse once ... but then it kicked back and I had to spend 2 months in the hospital.

Meh, I can do without horses. But it's a nice option to have. I'd rather have it done correctly, or not at all.

I wouldn't mind if they left horses out. The only horse I ever used was Shadowmere, and even then after about half an hour even that became annoying.

I got most everywhere on my own two feet, so I don't think horses are necessary.

Back to topic, I haven't seen any info confirming or denying the existence of horses, so we'll just have to wait and see.

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