: There are a few examples of horses in the fields and
: hauling carts. As to why they're not used by the
: Legion? There are several reasons.
: 1) Horsemen are extremely expensive and difficult to
: raise/train properly. Upkeep is also a problem.
: 2) The Province's "Legions" are a variant on
: Rome's,fufilling a role which men on horseback don't
: do as well. Namely, yield no step of ground until it
: is soaked in blood.
: 3) Undead and wicked things scare horses worse then men,
: I'm sure.
: 4) You can march men in a fifty/ten (fifty minutes
: marching, ten resting) way and cover long distances
: quickly. Horses don't hold up to that kind of abuse
: well, but the Legion kind of needs to be able to do
: it.
: As to why Bungie didn't include cavalry? Its apparently
: possible in the Myth engine, the Freedom (And/or
: Freedom 2?) usermade campaign involves what are
: basically Myth 1 warriors on horses as part of the
: unit options. My guess is that it didn't make sense
: within the storyline, for the above reasons among
: others.
: I may be missing something blindingly obvious, but this
: should answer your questions.
Illuminating response. It doesn't settle all my questions, but does explain a lot.
Still, I wonder why there is no reference to a pony express-type communication system which works on a local basis i.e. which could have been used to warn Tallow instead of a runner?
I haven't gotten through much of the levels, so I haven't seen horses being used by farmers yet. I'll keep an eye open. (In which levels can they be seen?)
Thanks once again.
