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http://www.nwn2news.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=739

N...n....n....no horsies? :'(

Did't they say there will be ridable horses in the game a while back and now they are going back on their word?

Boycott, boycott, I want my damned horses!

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I thought developers here would have learn from pter M's. mistakes with Fable.

Obviously not.

This sucks... but, I've already moved on. Rideable horsies was one of the 3 new features that I was most looking forward to.

 

Again, it sucks, but I'll survive.

Boohoo, superficial crap.

No.

I'm not moving on, I want my damned horses. They said we would have ridable mounts and I want them!

Let's say good bye to our "world map" too.

rideable mounts, pack animals, and even carriages that you can pay to ride all make for some serious immersion and you really don't have a medieval world (or quasi-medieval world) without such things.

 

hopefully, the reason they dropped it at this time is that they want to "do it right" and have, not only rideable mounts, but mounted combat as well.

 

Oblivion is supposed to have mounted combat.

 

My hunch is that they may be looking to introduce that in an expansion pack (and maybe even try to one-up Oblivion in that regard).

Oblivion is supposed to have mounted combat.

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You mean, mounted riding.

Yes there is always Oblivion we can spend out money on.

You mean, mounted riding.

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riding along the countryside on a mount = yes

 

fighting brigands while they are on foot and you are mounted = yes

Er, yeah, only they cut out that second part.

 

OOPS

Er, yeah, only they cut out that second part.

 

OOPS

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ah, well easier for Obsidian to one-up. :D

Not having mounted combat doesn't seem like something which will harm my singleplayer experience, although I was looking forward to it from a developer perspective. Still, I suspect the modding community will come up with something in that field. Even if they don't, no problem; I'm less concerned with the icing that I am wth the cake.

Hmm, I suppose they ran into some kind of animation problems. With all the class/race/armor model variations there's bound to be a lot of issues. Personally, I wasn't really that interested in mounts, but these statements here surprised me a lot more:

 

 

The big penalty for a paladin drifting from Lawful Good is he can no longer pick up paladin levels. His abilities do not retroactively get turned off - it works like original Neverwinter Nights. Maybe an expansion or patch? I can see the appeal, but we have a lot we want to do and only so much time.

I don't understand, is this really that hard to code? I mean, isn't it kind of weird that they are already announcing things to be patched, and the game isn't even out yet? <_<

 

 

The domain system works almost identically to the original Neverwinter Nights. We are adding options for modders that can affect things they couldn

Hmm, I suppose they ran into some kind of animation problems.

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A possibility, but I hope they won't take Bioware's approach of not creating some models because they would have serious clipping (I think this was the excuse given in regards to cloaks) but then have nearly every other models clip.

Boohoo, superficial crap.

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Exactly. If I need to get around quickly, I'll use the map. Can you imagine a 64 player map with everyone on horses? It'd get old very fast.

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Horses would be nice, but I've seen crappy horses in Sacred and it's much worse than having no horses at all. If Obsidian wants to cut stuff, it's good that they're doing it now and not, say, three weeks before the game goes gold.

 

I wonder if the horses in Oblivion will have shadows.

Horses would be nice, but I've seen crappy horses in Sacred and it's much worse than having no horses at all.  If Obsidian wants to cut stuff, it's good that they're doing it now and not, say, three weeks before the game goes gold.

 

I wonder if the horses in Oblivion will have shadows.

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Can they eat food and drink water?

Boohoo, superficial crap.

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Exactly. If I need to get around quickly, I'll use the map. Can you imagine a 64 player map with everyone on horses? It'd get old very fast.

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Anyways, i wouldn't be that upset about not being able to ride a hourse. A nice feature, but not vital.