Warpshark Mounts?

[Zarnax]

I wonder, considering how quick Mark Jacobs is to write off Nurgle/Slaanesh and Khorne, if there is ANY chance of our characters having the option to get Discs of Tzeentch for mounts?

[Chilltouch]

Maybe the Disc could be the "special stage" mount that dwarfs don't get... Hm. I'm still wondering if they are willing to do mounted combat. It doesn't seem likely in a MMORPG like this. Besides, what would the advantages be?

[Ken]

I was trying to find the FAQ I read it in...because I think I read it off the main site, but if you look at their Question Goodie Bags, it looks like they cut out some stuff... Like I can't find this ANYWHERE anymore. I even googled it. And the only thing I got was...my post.

http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showpost.php?p=134086&postcount=33

So...maybe they took the idea of mounted combat out, but that was the question/answer for that question not too long ago.

Sorry if that counted as cross posting. >.< I think it doesn't since the time frame in between.

I hope they didn't scrap the idea of mounted combat. It would have been cool.

Besides, what would the advantages be?

Well, I mean this is just pure speculation, but I think it'd be cool if like...Let's take a Knight for example. He's on his mount riding along, and he has a few skills that require him on a mount. Not a lot, but just basic ones. Mainly for opening a fight. Like maybe some kind of...whatever. A stun? An opening damage shot. Kind of like how a rogue in WoW needs stealth to use, or how a hunter needs range to use his Aimed Shot.

A daze or something that gives him a little CC before getting off his mount to fight.

I think if they did scrap this idea, it'd probably be because they couldn't give everyone something like this. They seem to be following a line like that...Give one guy -this- so you have to give everyone else -this- or a different variation of -this-.

Like Ironbreaker's grudge...shamans get stronger as time progresses...black orcs have chain attacks...etc etc etc.

Just speculating.

[Cremok the feared]

It'd still be cool to have discs just to whiz about on but, i really hope they do put in mounts

[MachiavelliDisciple]

Regardless of use in combat a 'Disc of Tzeench' would be very entertaining as a mode of transport. No boring demonic steeds for me, I prefer to levitate to the destination of my choice.

[Titanium]

well tzeentch suck, if they had khorne(cc people after all) they would be able to put juggernouts. simply steed, not everybody flying around on dvd and cds

[Brother Olius]

This is just my opinion, but I would like to see an army of warriors just shouting CHAAAAAAAAARGE! as they run into each other, weapons blazing. Also if they did have the "stun" CC, then the people on foot should be able to knock those men of their perches, such as a squig herder with its bow or spear, could have a move called "direct shot" where it pierces into the middle of the soldiers armor and flings him off his horse/disc/griffon or something like that. Id rather have that ability if they do plan to have mounted cavalry.

(these are just my 2 cents.)

[Cremok the feared]

I don't really see how mounted combat on discs would work because you're standing on them, and not sitting down. Surely it would be like normal combat except you're levitating.

[MachiavelliDisciple]

You may not be sitting down, but you are in a tenuous position: it wouldn't be too difficult to knock someone off of a perch situated three feet in the air.

[Cremok the feared]

what i mean is it wouldn't be like riding a horse while hacking and slashing. It would just be standing in mid-air. so surely it woud be like combat without a mount only floating. But for someone on horseback/cold one, it would be a whole new experience

[Chilltouch]

Discs go slightly faster than sprinting barded horses, according to TT rules.

The key point is, give a man on a Disc a lance, make them go full speed, you've effective got cavalry.

[Sluf]

I wouldn't count on it. It's simply too diffrient to actual mounts for it to be likely. Perhaps as a transportation device, but not in combat classified under Mount.

It could defenently be used in combat though, and I could think of examples to nearly all other realms to match this feature, except Empire.

[MachiavelliDisciple]

I wouldn't count on it. It's simply too diffrient to actual mounts for it to be likely. Perhaps as a transportation device, but not in combat classified under Mount.

It could defenently be used in combat though, and I could think of examples to nearly all other realms to match this feature, except Empire.

I disagree: I think you could make it work in mount combat. While I agree that it would be different, that isn't necessary a bad thing. From a disc you could slash downwards, charge forwards and would make casting on a mount more feasible. However if it can only be implemented into the game as a mode of transport I can cope with that.

[Rammsoldat]

if this game has mounted combat its gonna win so hard.

[Crooked]

Maybe other races will have the charge attacks that people are speculating about in mounted combat, but Tzeentch will be more oriented to casting from a mount.

[Mortej]

Tzeentch is mainly a magic orientated god, the chaos warriors on discs are usually magic based so I'd say they'll probably only have chaos steeds.

I wish they chose khorne....:(

[Inkosi]

ah a fellow khorne follower

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD !!

ok now

1stly as stated in the armybook 1.it hovers above ground 2. it flies but has a shorter range than fliers.

so if they do include mounts, most probably would be horses. fliers would be at an advantage over people on foot.

like it or not, they most probably wldnt allow such an advantage to occur

[[1stMI] Magonis]

if anything they should have a sperate mount for sourcers and warriors ies warriors get chaos steeds and the sourcers get disks.

as for mounted combat disks would be better due to the fact they would be able to strafe where as landbound mounts couldnt. so there for they would have more of an edge in combat

while calvery is almost a must for most tabletops and a few roleplaying it just dosent fit in with the feel of this game maybe in the near future.

[Nerror]

Tzeentch isn't only about magic. He has armies of non-magical rank and file soldiers. His armies excel at strategy and tactics. Remember, WAR isn't WFB Online. It's its own separate game in the WH universe, with its own units and rules.

As for the discs, Mythic either has to make them hover 4-5 feet above the ground only, or give the other 5 factions a similar flying device. I honestly doubt very much we'll see them available to players. Also, if the discs only hover, they actually make for really poor combat platforms. A real horse-lancer would giggle with glee if he went up against a guy standing on a hovering disc holding a lance. The horse-lancer would easily topple the disc-lancer over. A trained horse is a weapon in itself, and the added momentum and weight it adds is part of what makes mounted soldiers more dangerous than those on foot.

But many chaos soldiers use regular horses. Take the Kurgan and the Hung: They spend most of their lives on horseback, and they certainly fight on horseback. If we get mounted combat, I am betting we'll see regular horses being used for the Chaos faction.