Pets & Horses Horse Attacks

We all know that the player is quite vulnerable while on a horse. My suggestion is that there be some sort of attack that the player can use while on a horse. Moreover additions such as the following could double as a money sink. I propose that we incorporate one of the following additions:

Unique Horse Weapons
One solution to this issue is that people should be able to purchase specific weapons that can be used upon a horse. These weapons could be tools traditionally used upon a horse such as bows or lances. These could be specific to each class or weapons usable by any class.

Horse "Charge"
An interesting idea would be to allow horses to deal damage when running through mobs. Perhaps armour could be added to horses so that they can enable the use of this ability. This is probably the simplest and my personal favourite addition.

EDIT:

Horse Charge with Knockback
Alternatively, the horse charge could just deal knockback without damage to mobs.

JUST ALLOW USE OF REGULAR WEAPONS
Although this may not be possible, this seems like the most obvious solution to the vulnerable state of the player while riding a horse. However, this idea does not add any new or interesting features to the game.

However for balancing reasons, horse weapons and regular weapons should not involve spells if these propositions are added.

 

This can lead to AFK farming...so no.

 

Afk farming is possible rn, its just not allowed.

However, ya, i'm not too much into this suggestion, cause that would make ws build even less useful, because you could go fast and still be able to do damages :/

I think that horses should be used only for travel purposes.

 

This is completely intentional; Extra speed doesn't come without a risk

Having any attacking would make horses even more overpowered than they already are, which is why they're disabled

 

Would horses that only give knockback be a better solution?

 

No horses are fine the way they are... horses are not like wolves that fight with you. Their purpose is for the player to ride on, not to fight.

 

I honestly like the idea but it wouldn't really work here. Also about attacking mobs, it's really not that hard to get off and attacking with melee or spells.

 

Suggestion:
2 types of horses
Horse
Battle-Charger
horse = horse
Battle-Charger = starts at 5/5 or whatever maxes at 20 or something, but has ur attacks
ok there

 

That's actually not a bad idea...

 

I meant that AFK framing would become even easier. Sorry for the misconception.

 

One flaw; horses will defend themselves the best they can if attacked. Have you ever seen warhorses? Still, the balance is kept by this particular feature.

Good idea. Here are my additions:

• The Battle Charger is much slower than a regular horse and has fewer levels
• The Battle Charger additionally damages enemies it runs through, like any horse would (Have you ever played Breath of the Wild? And if you have, have you ever run a horse into a guardian?)
• The Battle charger has health. If it runs out of health, it takes time to recharge its health before it can be used again; you are still getting a tad more speed, as well as more damage, so making it possible for it to die will balance it.
• You can buy armors for the Battle Charger as an emerald sink and to protect your horse.
• The battle charger can level up 5 times instead of 10 times, and gets half as many levels as regular horses. If you get 10 per horse upgrade (I don't recall right now) than the Battle Charger gets 5 instead. If regular horses get 5 per upgrade, the Battle Charger has half the maximum level.

Pros:

• Very good money sink
• More speed but with defense

Cons:

• Programming time

 

Bruh nothing would attack a horse anyways...

 

Ranged attack against you while moving can easily hit the horse.

 

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