One worry I have for vehicle balance is horses. I feel like they may be too slow or be too easy to kill when going up against planes, tanks, and machine guns. Do you think they will be useless, or do you think DICE will find a way to balance horses to allow them to be a viable option in BF1?
Substitute “quadrunner” for “horse” and “BF4” for “BF1” and I think you’ll have your answer to your question.
I’m thinking you don’t give DICE enough credit here. Also, they don’t actually have to rank up to anything else. They will always be faster than being on foot, and not always be within machine gun range. They might actually be the most useful ground based anti-tank vehicle, allowing you to move quickly around the slow tank and use your anti-tank grenades. You also have to realize that they WERE on the way out. You didn’t see too many lancer charges in WW1 specifically because they got slaughtered, but a single horse? Can still be very useful in large maps. Think of them as the Jeeps, if you will.
Well if you’re on horse back why would you be looking to go against a plane, tank or machine gun nest? Obviously horses won’t stack up to a plane or tank your question is kind of pointless and self explanatory.
I’m quite certain you won’t be able to kill horses. They will simply be for transport. If shot at their direction they will kick off the rider and run away. Don’t think EA approved involving the horses in combat due to the sensitivity of the issue. I’d be fine with it as it’s just a video game but EA would not want the backlash and that’s why I believe there’s going to a mechanic making horses not take any damage.
Well if you’re on horse back why would you be looking to go against a plane, tank or machine gun nest? Obviously horses won’t stack up to a plane or tank your question is kind of pointless and self explanatory. [/quote]
I don’t mean in terms of combat, I mean transportation. I’m not expecting a horse to take out a tank or plane. I’m just saying I’m not sure how they are going to be implemented in a way that makes them useful because of how exposed you are on a horse.
The horses’ usefulness will be in how abundant and conveniently located the horses will be around the map.
Again, substitute “horse” for “quadrunner” or even “motorcycle” and you’ll understand why someone might choose a horse over a plane for transportation.
well, you have to realize the tanks of ww1 where really slow, like you could out run them by speed walking, the planes however where more centered to air to air, but i’d be like a jet vs jeep, 9.99/10 times the jets gonna win as long as there is a skilled pilot, (but these planes are a lot slower so more easily shot down). however, i dont see the ability to do cavalry charges in game simply because of how useless horses became.
this might be correct, but I really hope that an added dimension will be to allow the rider to attack with a fixed weapon/melee attack…similar to mount and blade when on horseback
I don’t mean in terms of combat, I mean transportation. I’m not expecting a horse to take out a tank or plane. I’m just saying I’m not sure how they are going to be implemented in a way that makes them useful because of how exposed you are on a horse.[/quote]
Gotcha sorry thought you where saying in terms of combat but horses should be faster than tanks I’m pretty sure the max speed was 5mph on the British tanks.
No one knows there history here, cavalry charge’s worked well in ww1 … Have a look at the cavalry charge Beersheba by the light horseman. It was just done with horse and bayonet.
From the move The light horseman..
I’m worried they will move to slow
We need unicorns. I want to spear the red baron in his stupid face.
Horses will go where the transport can’t like up steep hills, over trenches etc. Faster than on foot but a target for all of the opposing team to take the rider out.
ooooooo can you imagine the field day those nuts at P.E.T.A. would have?
I wonder if we’ll be able to jihad on a horse?
You might get in trouble with Brigitte Bardot !
8 days to go and then we know, neebs is going to try this for sure!
I believe that it is the last successful horse back charge.
you should be able to run over people with horses.