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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Meepo" data-source="post: 5729143" data-attributes="member: 78756"><p>The problem is a mount that exceeds its normal carrying capacity is <em><strong>slowed</strong></em> (speed 2). So item 1 goes from an advantage to a disadvantage, and a pretty substantial one at that. (The mount would have to run all the time and still wouldn't keep up with the other PCs that are walking.) This also clearly limits the effectiveness of advantage 2 during combat.</p><p></p><p>As for point 3, mounts share your actions, so even if they can fight, you are usually better off using your own attacks. The only time this really becomes an advantage is when they have a mount power that conditionally gives you and extra attack, but that still costs a feat to use.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The problem is that weight and encumbrance in 4e was clearly not well thought out. A suit of plate that a halfling wears is just as heavy as a suit of plate that a goliath wears. How does that make any sense?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Meepo, post: 5729143, member: 78756"] The problem is a mount that exceeds its normal carrying capacity is [I][B]slowed[/B][/I] (speed 2). So item 1 goes from an advantage to a disadvantage, and a pretty substantial one at that. (The mount would have to run all the time and still wouldn't keep up with the other PCs that are walking.) This also clearly limits the effectiveness of advantage 2 during combat. As for point 3, mounts share your actions, so even if they can fight, you are usually better off using your own attacks. The only time this really becomes an advantage is when they have a mount power that conditionally gives you and extra attack, but that still costs a feat to use. The problem is that weight and encumbrance in 4e was clearly not well thought out. A suit of plate that a halfling wears is just as heavy as a suit of plate that a goliath wears. How does that make any sense? [/QUOTE]
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