Official Discussion Thread for "Update 45 Preview—Base Game Improvements"

Spiros78;c-8277824

The change for mount speed feels the same as before, literally no speed increase after your tricky stats changes in tree and gallop, meant to make us believe you actually made mounts faster. IF there is any increase, that is no more than 10% and will not be noticeable or feel different. Good mockery in our face. :|

In the patch notes (both PTS patch notes and current live patch notes) we highlight that the changes impact the mount starter experience. Below is the section from the patch notes and we bolded the specific reference for clarity. [quote="ZOS_Kevin;c-8277651"] Updates to Initial Mount Speed The team wanted your initial experience unlocking a mount to be more impactful, so we've made significant improvements to the speed of mounts prior to unlocking Major Gallop. The end result of these changes is that mounts will start out noticeably faster than they did previously, i.e. you are now much less likely to be overtaken on foot when mounted, while still ending up at the same speed (or very slightly faster at the top end). The details of these changes are:

• Increased the base mounted speed bonus to 42%, up from 15%.
• Major Gallop is now Gallop, and counts as a Minor buff instead of a Major buff. The multiplicative bonus of Gallop is now 15% instead of 30%.
• Note: Due to the way that this bonus multiplies with base speed, this ends up being no change for fully trained mounts, or a very slight buff if you’re also using the Gifted Rider champion star. See below for more detail!

Here are the percent changes different folks can expect to see, as a percentage change from their prior speed:

• Sprinting on a brand new mount: +19%
• Sprinting on a trained mount: +13%
• Sprinting on a brand new mount with Gallop: +5%
• Sprinting on a trained mount with Gallop: No Change
• Sprinting on a trained mount with Gallop and Gifted Rider: +1%