Force dismount!

[Spoon]

Surely if throwing can dismount people, shouldn't attacks that cause people to reel from the blow do the same (or have a chance at least?)?

Or would this cause a big imbalance? Or does this already happen and I haven't been paying attention?

[Malifaxis]

Adding to this, I think heavy blows to the legs or feet should have a chance of unsaddling a riding opponent.  Reel, definitely, but it's hard to keep your foot in a stirrup (or even worse, braced on the slick shell of a bare-back war beetle) when your knee or ankle has an axe in it.

Just my two chalton boots on the situation.

[Dan]

So far as I have ever seen this is wholly dependant upon how good a rider you are.

I like the idea of reeling blows having a significant chance at knocking someone from their mount. I imagine this would still be a rare occurance though.

[jhunter]

While I think the idea is realistic enough, I think that it would likely turn into an instant death scenario like the reel lock that happened when it was first introduced. One reel on a mounted rider and blam, they're on the ground prone to be hacked to death in moments, worse still, if they are reeled again while prone after the initial attack. I think it would make for too much unbalance in favor of an unmounted combatant vs. a mounted one, when realistically, it should be the other way around. I think more changes would have to be done in order to make this idea work. Like making it more advantageous to be mounted vs. an unmounted combatant to begin with.

[a strange shadow]

*quiet cough*

I'm for the idea, as long as the chance of being dismounted is proportionate to your ride & combat skills.

[jriley]

I like the original post.  + 1.  Maybe like a similar attack to disarm.

[mattrious]

Sometimes you need to take into consideration if these changes would enhance the game or actually have a negative impact. I think a change like this would certainly be considered a nerf and would most certainly change the game in a negative way. I understand it is difficult to find that perfect balance of realisim and playability.

[Qzzrbl]

Isn't it already possible to unseat a rider with bash?

[MeTekillot]

Isn't it already possible to unseat a rider with bash?

Yeah, this is what I thought.

[BlackMagic0]

I got all excited and happy.

I thought this was about adding a way to pull people form the mount. Such as subdue or something. I don't think you can subdue mounted people.

Eh.

[Drayab]

Isn't it already possible to unseat a rider with bash?

Only those cheater NPCs get to do that.

[Incognito]

Sometimes you need to take into consideration if these changes would enhance the game or actually have a negative impact. I think a change like this would certainly be considered a nerf and would most certainly change the game in a negative way. I understand it is difficult to find that perfect balance of realisim and playability.

I agree with Mattrious on this.

While the idea does sound realistic, it would sacrifice a lot of playability, and just add to further difficulties, especially for new players and new PCs.

[Spoon]

Isn't it already possible to unseat a rider with bash?

Yeah, this is what I thought.

I'm not certain, but I have a feeling I've tried this and you get a negative message back about them being mounted.

[Potaje]

Perhaps if one were able to bash the mount and knock it over, the rider should be thrown, but as is not unless your twice the size of both. I feel that one should consider the mount to be in motion and the rider would turn the mount as to deter the rampaging charge of a being on foot.

That said I would like to see things suck as pikes able to dismount a rider as pikes were intended for combating mounted riders, mostly charges I realize, but still I could see a realism to such a coarse of interaction.

Reels are an interesting thought as well, perhaps a delay on both sides for such a thing giving the rider a chance to stand and the ground fighter pause to maneuver around the mount (just for playability) Though this would be an Arm 2 adaptation I am sure.

Some times I think it would be more realistic to kill a mount than its rider. What if you reeled the mount and it then threw its rider.

For the record I believe (and I could be wrong) but certain mounts are described as having a saddle.