Which horse unit should be fastest?

[tallstark]

Hi all, I just spent some time looking at The Palantir, the excellent unit guide. I noticed that every horse unit in the game has basically the same speed, either 9 or 10. I have never tried editing the descr files like I have seen suggested so many times, but since I usually play Rohan on vh/vh I was thinking of giving myself a .5 speed advantage to my scouts or Riders of the Fold, just to reflect that Rohan is supposed to be THE horse faction and they are not the super armored horse units. I am not up on lore like some of you, so I was just curious if that idea would be BS or would be "realistic." It just seems to me that a Rohan unit should be able to catch other horse units if they are in a race, especially if its a Serpent Guard or some heavier unit.

Is there a way to tie this to having Joust or something like that, or should I just go change the file? If so, how about a friendly reminder on how to do that LOL, I did a search for changing game files but could not find it...

[Point Blank]

There are 3 horse animation sets, fast horse, horse and heavy horse. You can then modify that further by using move_speed_mod in the EDU. In RR/RC Rohan and Elvish horses have a speed advantage.

[Twist of Cain]

Elvish horses

Half elf, half horse? Now we know why Elrond spends so much time in the stables...

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

Well if this gets to be a wish list....


Please make horse archers the fastest and the Elven ones available a bit earlier....

"Fast horse" for the light Cav & HA units please....The factions that use them need the speed....

Rohan, The Shire folk, High & Forest Elves, Dale , Ruhn, and Harad.

[FOR GONDOR]

Half elf, half horse? Now we know why Elrond spends so much time in the stables...

ay oh

[Point Blank]

I guess that explains why elves have pointy ears...

[Mish]

I noticed in game the high elf heavy cav is the same speed as eriador light cav. I think the light cav should be faster.

[nepereta]

As far as the books mention:

Mearas(sp?) are the kings of all horses. I can't quite remeber but I seem to remember some connection between the Mearas and Orome the Valar associated with hunting but is been an age since I read sim they are a cut above the normal horse in speed and longevity. They are definetely residents of Rohan Its not a huge stretch to imagine that they'd appear in other places though , there is no indication that they are numerous or cross breed with other horses. Shadowfax Gandalfs horse was one of these. There is conversation or two in the Two Towers when Gandalf meets

In the fellowship of the Ring you can see the effects of elves and to some degree rangers on horses and even pack animals. The horses and even ponies acquire higher levels of intelligence and training I think Sams pony makes it back to Rivendell from the gates of Moria. Elves and Rangers seem to bring the best out of horses.

[Vifarc]

Rohirrim are the masters of the horses, but not all of their horses were Mearas.

Elves, as for everything they do, are masters too.

[Twist of Cain]

Horses can be bred to different purposes, but in battle mass times velocity trumps a horses intelligence or a handful more or less of training, no matter how good they are at finding their way home after their rider is dead.