Can't upgrade to horseman despite having extra horses?
Trying to upgrade a Watchman to a Scout and it says Required: Horse (You Have None) despite me having a dozen horses in my inventory.
What am I missing?
Posted Mar 30, 2020, 9:03 PM UTC
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You need a horse and you need to buy saddles, then you’re good to go. They practice safe riding, they won’t ride bareback.
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I have a mule, and sumpter horse, and I think one other.Would not upgrade Watchman to Mercenary Scout citing needing a horse.
Cleared a Desert camp and got a "Desert Horse" and now I can upgrade it.
Kinda weird.
Edit:
Gotta be bugged because All of them say "Type: Horse" but only the Desert Horse works.
Edit2:
Seems like Sumpter Horse and Mule are "Type: Horse" whereas Desert Horse are also this plus an extra tag... "Horse Type: Horse" There is another "Horse Type: War Horse" but I think that one won't work according to others. I think it is an error that these do not have this tag.
For now, I guess go to the desert. They are sold by the hundreds over there and work. It's an expensive upgrade. The upgrade cost itself plus having to buy a horse (~150 or so) so it's more like a 200 gold upgrade. Calvary is expensive in this game. IMO, the upgrade shouldn't cost anything. You bought their ass a horse, so... yeah. That should be the cost.
Edit3:
OK, so I guess I didn't realize a "sumpter horse" is a "pack animal". Might as well say "mule". I had to google the meaning. It's confusing if you don't know the meaning or that "horse" doesn't necessarily mean "horse". Should be clear with the "horse type" being "pack horse" or something. It's not a horse you ride. Instead of the correct ones saying "horse type: horse" they should say "riding horse" or something.
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Looks like today's patch addresses this issue. As I noted in my other post, the problem was just asking for a horse, not a riding horse.
" Added Weight Carrying Mount and Speed Mount icons in inventory mount tooltip panel. "
Don't use pack mules or pack horses. Except on companion's "civil" loadout, maybe. Not sure if that is actually ever used, but it let's you ride them.
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Has to be a certain type of horse. Are you sure you have the right one?
nope because it only says requires "Horse"
Some horses literally are classified as horses while other are not. Compare a Sumpter horse to a saddle horse and you'll see there is a difference in their item tags
I have mules, sumpter horses, steppe horses, and imperial chargers.
So definently the mules and the sumpter horses they can't use. Try just getting a saddle horse as I think they are the first level up for actual horses.
Saw someone earlier mention that higher tier cav needs warhorses. Could that be it?