Mounted combat changed?

[Greve]

Have there been any changes to mounted combat lately? I'm finding it pretty much impossible to stay on my war beetle in a fight, even though my character is a highly skilled rider. In fact, he gets thrown off literally every few seconds. Used to be that a ranger could expect to do fairly well in that regard even from the beginning, and certainly once they branch that one skill, but my recent attempts have just been disastrous. Anyone with similar experiences?

[jstorrie]

There were some changes to ride recently, yes–it was made 'grainier', so to speak, rather than just being a always-succeed/always-fail sort of setup.

Rangers are still the best riders and mounted combatants, though, so this is probably nothing a few days of IC experience won't fix.

[Greve]

I've branched from ride.

[Is Friday]

Your problem might have to do with the ride skill (moving the mount, at least,) recently being changed to reflect the conditions. Say, if you're trying to move your mount through wind and across some dunes, that's much easier to fail at than guiding it down a simple road in a city in perfect weather.