Celtic Heroes

Even better idea buy the horse at a basic cost like you suggest but then you can level it up or upgrade it over time
Example: buy a horse for 10k gold
This horse has basic stats and points, you then can pay to upgrade it at a vendor (horse trainer) could purchas skills,
Them your horse has hp and stuff just like you it can lvl up with you, if it dies it gives you the option to spend a idol to have it respawn next to you or respawn at laystone and wait for you there.
So basically it is lvls up and acts just like you when you started the game. And the stats from the horse can add to your own kind of deal

Even better idea buy the horse at a basic cost like you suggest but then you can level it up or upgrade it over time
Example: buy a horse for 10k gold
This horse has basic stats and points, you then can pay to upgrade it at a vendor (horse trainer) could purchas skills,
Them your horse has hp and stuff just like you it can lvl up with you, if it dies it gives you the option to spend a idol to have it respawn next to you or respawn at laystone and wait for you there.
So basically it is lvls up and acts just like you when you started the game. And the stats from the horse can add to your own kind of deal

Yeah A companion!!!

Even better idea buy the horse at a basic cost like you suggest but then you can level it up or upgrade it over time
Example: buy a horse for 10k gold
This horse has basic stats and points, you then can pay to upgrade it at a vendor (horse trainer) could purchas skills,
Them your horse has hp and stuff just like you it can lvl up with you, if it dies it gives you the option to spend a idol to have it respawn next to you or respawn at laystone and wait for you there.
So basically it is lvls up and acts just like you when you started the game. And the stats from the horse can add to your own kind of deal

That is an awesome idea, +1 for you an I'm going to edit this in as very first thing on the post.

I'm having a hard time understanding how it would work for the horse (or whatever kind of mount) to earn xp and have it's own hp and energy meter. I'm not saying it's not possible. It sounds like a great idea, but I just don't have a good understanding of how it fits in practically. It seems a bit complicated to add equipment and leveling for your horse. That's why i was initially thinking it would need to be based on something like "Mouting" ability level, not experience/levels earned.

If you go into battle on horseback, aren't u essentially using your horse as a meatshield to take the initial damage until it dies? Then you send it back to a stable/leystone and continue the fight on your own?
If you win a fight on horseback, does your horse and your toon both get xp? Or would you have to chose to level either your horse (mounted) or your toon (on foot)? It would change the entire xp distribution system when grouping if toons and mounts all got xp.

I understand wanting horses to be accessible to players early on, without being only expensive luxury items and that sounds good to me. It seems easy enough to incorporated a basic horse reward in the quest line (possibly around the "Behind Enemy Lines" quest in Shalemont, or Tamlin's quest in Stonevale). However, I'd also like to see more valuable forms of upgrading mounts via a lux shop kind of vendor.

I'm not in favor of paying an upfront fee for horses plus essentially "renting" them per day. I say just pay one price like all other items.

Admin how much will these horses cost?

A old idea with the horses me and my friends talked about in update 1 Is what I was basing my last comment off of,
So think of it like this "horse is a luxury item that adds stats to your character
Here's an example of the horse stats(obviously the stats are just an example)

Shire horse
+50 vitality
+50 focus
+50 strength
+50 dexterity
+25% speed bonus
50 crushing damage
50 inventory slots
50 armor

This would be like a really good horse costing like 100-200k
And then after you buy the horse you can buy skills for it and when your fighting with your horse you and the horse share the xp so it would like leveling in a group (but only sharing xp lol)
So I think it should basically be like this and your horse would level up just like you

Sounds interesting. Thanks for expanding!

I'm looking forward to seeing how devs decide to implement mounts.

I'm looking forward to equipping a horse, and then equipping a flying carpet for a weapon. Flying horses FTW!!

(joking btw)

Well I think you should be able to buy at lv 10 some leather armour for your horse lv 20 iron level 40 copper plated steel lv 60 quartz armour lv 80 diamond armour

It shouldnt cost money to cast it, you should be able to buy food for it to lvl up then it will add stat boosts and extra speed boost