Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-31507215-20170710234637/@comment-26172435-20170712090135

This seems a very fun addition, but also very annoying. I'm afraid concerns of the latter will easily outweight the exitement for the fun factor.

Also, be aware that this would require spooked horses to recognise and avoid spooks already existing in-game, like ravines and lava pools when a rider lost control of the beast. With present horse AI, horses seem pretty well capable of doing that, and they can manoever quite charmingly along the narrowest of ledges to avoid a fall into to unknown. Players however may have other plans and when during spooking state, a player gets accidental control of a horse that fled up a ledge or just at the edge of a lava pool, the player can accidentally steer himself and his mount into iblivion. There is no grey zone imo: either a horse uses horse AI and is able to avoid any danger, or a horse uses the player controls. So ... this may be something spoiling the effectivity of the proposed feature.