1. Mounted exp. There has been a big conversation about it a while ago, found here, but I will summarize the points made here. When cav mode started out, a character had to have 1.5 million Mounted exp to get to the last tier, unlocking the really good horses out there. With the assist multiplier of 0.3 for Mounted exp, you had to convert 5 million assist exp to mounted in order to get there. This was steep, but doable. A little while later, however, this was increased to 3 million mounted exp, bringing the total assist exp needed  to a whopping 10 million. For reference, a standard character needs about 1 million exp (melee, ranged and mounted combined) to get to level 52. If you only use melee exp for that, that would mean converting 2 million assist exp. In other words, the exp needed to get to tier 5 cavalry is enough to level 5 characters up to level 52. This is one hell of an investment, leaving out the amount of gold you can get for 10 mil assist exp (which would be 2 mil gold), for very little gain.
   
   
2. Classes. With the original cavalry, there was a lined out cav class, just like infantry and archer, which specialised in fighting on horseback. It was proficient with swords, polearms, had decent armor, and some shielding. On foot, it was a toned down infantryman, but give the Knight a horse, and he could take down the entire Kingdom of the Nords. In the new cavalry mode, however, you play as a character specialised in fighting on foot, one way or another. Snipers on horseback are virtually useless, since horse archery skill is not existent, and with good reason. Infantry are decent on horseback, but some bad Polearm skills. Crossbowmen are changed into weaker versions in Infantry, since they can't use their crossbows well, and Pikemen will have to do without swords or decent armor. Against the strong mounted Nords you fight later on, these characters don't stand much of a chance.
   
   
3. Lances can't stab. Yes, this has been brought up plenty of times, but lances that can only couch are not very useful, and they are the only weapons given to us when we invest in the cavalry class. Most swords are more useful than your average lance, and not all basic classes have access to them.

1. Reintroduce the cavalry main class. Playing as a class made for cav mode will make cavalry much more enjoyable to play as. Instead of a mounted infantry class, you get something that was made, born for fighting on horseback.
   
2. Allow the cavalry class on infantry servers, but without horses. This allows people to level their cavalry characters some more, and while they won't be as efficient as other classes at fighting on foot, a cavalryman would still get some decent armor, one handed, shielding and polearm skill, if they were made similar to the old cavalry class.
   
3. Make lances stab again. For the love of god, lances are epic, and they need stabbing to be as awesome as they can be.
   
4. Make the road to tier 4 cav a long one, for example by keeping the current multiplier of 0.3.

(17-12-2013, 03:34 AM)evilban link Wrote: It would be nice to see some more players on cav mode, i heard people only play when i force them!