In an interesting move Turbine has released a video Developer Diary (something we haven’t seen in a while) in which several different people speak about the development and implementation of the system.
Some of the information from the video includes:
- War-steeds will allow players to build up momentum which will allow for skills to be more effective and cause more damage.
- Mounted combat will be much more movement based than traditional combat.
- Some players may stay closer to the target to gain aggro or corral the targets
- Others may flank or break away from the targets to perform different skills
- Some of the new abilities are charges which will make the mount go to its maximum speed or stop completely at a very quick pace.
- Mounted combat is not instanced (at this point) so players will be running into one another
I have to say that the presentation of this video was excellent and mounted combat seems more and more incredible as information keeps being released!
July 26, 2012 at 12:08 pm
All I can say is WOW! I’m super excited!
July 26, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Holy Moly! Did you guys see the Warden? They finally showed a warden!!!! The warden looks so natural using a spear on horseback. I got to stop watching these videos I can’t wait for the xpac.
July 26, 2012 at 2:57 pm
The Warden class does look excellent
July 26, 2012 at 5:09 pm
They showed the warden for a while. He did look quite natural, but I was also paying attention to the skills he was using. It looks like warden’s won’t have to build gambits on horseback, I saw War-cry, Spear of Virtue, and Warden’s Triumph, to name a few, just sitting on the hotbar ready to be used. And they had a longish CD.
I am not sure that I really like that idea, but looking forward to everything else!
July 26, 2012 at 2:03 pm
… saw a RK, still didn’t see a Minstrel or any indication of healing.
BUT, it was ACTUAL GAMEPLAY.
July 26, 2012 at 2:58 pm
I did see a Minstrel in one of the screenshots, but I’m with you. You’d think they’d show off the healing aspect sometime soon. Here’s hoping!
July 26, 2012 at 3:50 pm
At 0:53 you see Jesse King and behind him is concept art of the Argonath. Awesome. But.. are these guys facing south? See the waterfall? Is that lore?
July 26, 2012 at 8:17 pm
I watched this again, and at first blush it looks like a waterfall, but if you look a bit closer its flat water running south between the Argonath (facing north) with light reflecting off it.
July 26, 2012 at 6:13 pm
I really hope they implement the following skill for me specifically:
“Clumsily fall off mount in comical fashion so I can lurch back up and talk about how it “was deliberate”"