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Horses: What's the point?
- Thread starter kyleekay
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ShangTsung
Active Member
damn.. thats odd, can't imagine playing like that, i'll admit i don't fast travel to EVERY location but to never use fast travel at all.. uhh.. no.Some people prefer not to use fast travel , like me.
Mighty Pecan Pie
The secret American
When I don't feel like fast travelling I'll take a horse.
Riding horseback with a bow feeling like a tank 
Riding horseback with a bow
feeling like a tank 
sticky runes
Well-Known Member
that's the problem - horses are no good for combat. They're better for outrunning an enemy than they are for fighting. If they were actually useful in combat, then it would be more worthwhile using a horse because it would enhance the adventuring experience, but they don't. If anything, they make combat worse. Plus you can't even do simple stuff on horseback like picking up items or talking to people - you have to dismount for just about everything, so they're an annoyance. Only good thing about horses in this game is they add visual appeal.
SkyOracle
Member
Horse are for improving the immersion of the game, and usable for running away when a bunch of trolls are coming after you. it's even useful for running away from a dragon ,mammoths, giants and other creatures who can easily overcome you. also horses are useful for fighting while mounting. use the bow and arrows while riding it makes really easy to fight with enemies.
ShangTsung
Active Member
yea the visual appeal of them is nice, plus its fun when occasionally i spot a group of bandits beating up a poor defenceless horse and i run over there to help the big guy out by slaughtering them all..
SkyOracle
Member
oh there is a mod that you can allow your followers to ride horses. check it on nexus
Follower Overhaul http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/14037
Follower Overhaul http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/14037
Perkless in Skyrim
Bad to the Dragonbone.
Same here. I don't fast travel except by carriage, for role-play purposes. Not only that, I walk instead of running everywhere. A horse is starting to look useful. At least now there is mounted combat, even if it sucks.Some people prefer not to use fast travel , like me
There is still plenty of room for improvement on Skyrim's horses but now I'm willing to get one.
electricskies
Member
They are very useful if you're carrying too much but they are useless in protecting your house from bandits or giants. Just stay in the stable, you'll die!!. Again.
If you're a looter like me and not adverse to fast traveling, do this. Leave the horse at the stable, run off, collect alchemical and mine spots you come across, go into a dungeon, kill and steal everything that is sellable at a profit, slow walk outside, place crap in barrel, urn, whatever until you're not weighted down, fast travel to the location you're at, i repeat, where you are at, your horse will be there with you, ride him to your crap cache, get crap, fast travel back to town.
No more slow walking back to civilization!
I love my horsey!
No more slow walking back to civilization!
I love my horsey!
orca45
What we do in life, echoes in the eternity !
In my opinion, none ! Probably when you are climbing but if you find the road to get to that place, you will not need a horse for a hard terrain. If you don't have a horse, still you can climb to some extent and to drop from high altitude and don't get kill, you can use Become Ethereal and avoid damage to yourself. I don't use horses at all.