Anyone else finds traveling on foot better than on horse?
Anyone? Yaknow since the horse mechanics are pretty much crap
Anyone? Yaknow since the horse mechanics are pretty much crap
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as long as you stay on the road or flat terrain there is no problem
ive not had many problems with the horse. i rarely ride it, but i dont think ive had many problems. now the boat on the other hand quite a few buggy problems with it.
It's a role-playing game. So I like to play not for minmaxing, but to play like I'm actually in the world of Geralt. That means: short distances I walk. Long distances I ride Roach. When on horseback, I stay on the paths. When I have to go off the paths, I walk.
I wish I could call Roach when I board a boat. It would be nice to have Roach stand in the front of the boat when I sail to another part of Velen. It's a bit weird to end up kilometers away, and then when I whistle, Roach is immediately there again.
I wish I could call Roach when I board a boat. It would be nice to have Roach stand in the front of the boat when I sail to another part of Velen. It's a bit weird to end up kilometers away, and then when I whistle, Roach is immediately there again.
Except for getting to Skellige I don't use fast travel at all,so riding Roach saves me time and it makes sense.
the horse mechanics are acceptable, but its annoying when roach gets too scared & throws you off .. right in a pack of beasties. What would be good is roach just running away for 10-20 seconds to get the hell away from said beasties, instead of throwing you to the wolves & other skallywags.
I just noticed last night roach doesn't have reins, unless its a glitch or the devs got lazy.. it just doesnt look right.
I just noticed last night roach doesn't have reins, unless its a glitch or the devs got lazy.. it just doesnt look right.
You have to pay attention to the scare meter lol. I once got too excited killing a lot of wolves in white orchard on horseback and didn't pay attention to the scare meter, and Roach dropped me right between those crazy wolves and I had to load my savegame and began from the start slaughtering them all over again.
You have a good set of blinders? You use the spell to clam him down?
I like horse-riding in the game. Sure, the first time in the area I walk/run because I want to check every nook and cranny. But afterwards I gallop like hell wherever I can. I love it!
never had an issue with roach. i lvoe to trot everywhere and i dont fast travel. i've had some awesome bugs tho -- roach started floating on the way to oxenfurt and that's when i knew that horses are not creatures who enjoy rocky terrain. g times g times.
as for the scare meter -- it's supposed to be a punishment. it's also true to one of the events in the books (the roach geralt had was very skittish and he was worried she'd throw him and dump him at some crucial moment) so imo it actually makes a lot of sense.
as for the scare meter -- it's supposed to be a punishment. it's also true to one of the events in the books (the roach geralt had was very skittish and he was worried she'd throw him and dump him at some crucial moment) so imo it actually makes a lot of sense.
I rarely run into problems with roach, and i ride quite often, be it on the well trodden path or in the middle of some forest; I tried to use fast travel as little as possible because the game is simply too beautiful to miss on the scenery.
I like to ride even if riding is often glitched.
Anyway about the scare meter, there's a special decoction which helps a lot.
Another one I use especially for the urban environment is the werewolf's one.
Anyway about the scare meter, there's a special decoction which helps a lot.
Another one I use especially for the urban environment is the werewolf's one.
That's a deliberate mechanic to balance out the advantages of mounted combat (without it it would be really strong, especially at low levels). Blinders do help, so does casting axii on the horse (which is the only thing you can cast when mounted), but you can also use nekker warrior decoction to remove fear completely (in my case a guy at the Hierarch square was selling the recipe, iirc)
