Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26815144-20170324101046/@comment-26553378-20170324182224

I don't see how a saddle would increase a horses speed... it would slow it down, not speed it up. think about it, if a heavy object was placed on your back would you go faster or slower?

and with what i think the backing on that is i would think that limiting it with pain from jolting in the saddle/on the horses back would be able to be simulated my some minor screen shake based on the jolting, so the less padded a saddle the more your screen jolts with each stride. (bouncing on a horses back is not likely to harm you other than make you sore, or make you start cussing if you land wrong.

Health: horse or rider? i would assume horse, but it would in fact make the horse tire more quickly and provide minimal defense considering the rider is going to be covering almose all of that area anyway, plus this would be the armor it is affecting, not health, and as i said, minimally

Increasing damage: Yup, totally makes sense, i'm just going to stick a large heavy saddle on the back of my mount and it will make it hit harder... no. truth is it would just be heavier and therefore slower so charging would do less, and considering it isn't covering the head the horse would still avoid impact. as far as trampling damage i suppose it could make sense, but they would likely be lifting their legs less, and either way the thing being trampled would need to be low to the ground to be harmed by an unrestrained horses hooves without it reering. as far as increasing players damage, it does actually make a slight amount of sense, the player, rather than having a shaky ride lowering accuracy, and therefore likely damage they would be sitting more steadilly and could therefore aim better and strike more firmly. also just by riding the horse they would be sped up and therefore so would their weapon although they would avoid swinging at full strength as to not be thrown from the saddle by the momentum from a missed stroke.

as far as decreasing health... any of the saddles would in fact raise defence minimally and the heavier it is the more it would sap from the horses endurance with its weight, so if anything they would only decrease health based on the increased effort.

as far as control you never mentioned it with the saddles, but they should stabalize a new shaking effect from riding, and for actual aid in controlling the mount reins which would assist in turning speed and slowing speed, as well as a new ability to change the horses speed setting with the sprint key (trot, gallop, walk, canter, etc.) and spurs or a riding whip to enable going slightly faster than the normal max.

I think that covers everything on the topic...