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Allow horses to climb ant hills

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Played on a server in WU a while back that had somehow relaxed the restrictions on the slopes a horse can climb.

 

I've always felt the horses in Wurm Online were strangely limited.  A horse can climb a pretty steep hill, even with a person on their back if the person leans forward to help out (weight over withers).  Having that restriction relaxed a bit was a really nice difference.

 

So... a few ideas.

  • @JockII suggested a new trait of "Goat legs" here.
  • Another option:
    • I think a current trait like Very Strong Leg Muscles could be used as well. 
      • It currently allows less speed penalty on a slope.  The algorithm could be tweaked to allow a steeper slope w/ speed penalty && the regular slope w/ less speed penalty.
    • Carry More Than Average could also come into play.
      • Perhaps require both traits on a horse to unlock the extra slope capacity of Very Strong Leg Muscles.
  • Or, relax the limit across the board on every horse everywhere without condition.
    • Sounds a bit boring as a solution and a missed opportunity to add a bit of value to animal husbandry

 

Problems?

  • PvP:  Defensive designs are based on current horse climbing slopes?
    • If the steeper slope carries a speed penalty with Very Strong Leg Muscles, that would leave the enemy vulnerable even if they could get over a slope on horseback...?
    • PvPers ain't afraid o' no slope.

 

Thoughts?  If you're going to -1, please remember to encapsulate that in |..| as we will only be considering the absolute value of responses for now.

Thanks!

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+1 if it's using the 2x trait combo OR.. new trait idea as a bonus 6th trait that is On or Off.. by whatever % chance.. but not in the usual trait table..

adding a new trait to existing table.. with 5x or even expanding to 6x traits on horses is going to unlock such variety.. or good/bad traits... resulting in more slaughter and less useful horses.. with their week to 1.5week creation and growth time.... mega farms are going to need to expand a few times.. to cope with the new rng.

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Make horses able to climb up and down, but prevent them from galloping for a while after. Nothing like getting off your horse but falling down the cliff because 3s delay between getting off and climbing. Uneven slopes like natural hills are hard for the horse to traverse, but they can run up/down a 40 slope, doesn't make a lot of sense.

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