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The idea is simple. Allow Elytra to be equipped to Horses to allow them to fly. However what would make this different is that the horses could do their charge jumps while flying to gain altitude, allowing a player riding a horse to be able to take off from ground level.
Edit: Guess i might not have explained it well enough. The elytra would function the same on a horse, having the same gliding style as it would while equipped to a player, how ever the horse would be able to give itself hight boosts by doing charged jumps while gliding. I horse with a high enough jump could in theory take off from level ground and fly ending up on a potentially higher elevation than where it started. I don't feel this would be any more over powered than the move speed and all around terrain navigation riding a horse vs running on foot does already.
I want to vote no just because it seems like the kind of thing Bronies would like...
But landing on your horse from a flight and going into a full-gallop immediately sounds pretty cool. I'll vote yes, but I doubt it will be implemented.
Partial suppport because they should not be able to gain any altitude while soaring. It should feel heavier, not less heavy, to ride a horse.
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I somewhat support this, but with different reasoning and a few stipulations...
My reasoning for strapping an Elytra on a horse is not necessarily to have a "gliding mount", but more of a way to get the darn things over rough terrain/water. Maybe I'm just stupid, but I quite often jump my horse off a cliff or into water because of the blazing speeds at which we ride.
I don't quite 100% support your model of this, but what I would change is this:
You can't gain altitude. You just can't. I know this is Minecraft, but there's science behind this somewhere! (You could theoretically jump high and then glide, though, to get a bit higher)
And one of these two (or both, but less so) things would have to apply:
The Elytra takes twice, or around twice the durability hit while flying. You're carrying, at minimum, an 800lb horse, in addition to your 100-200lb or so player now. Naturally, it should have heavier strain.
OR
(This makes more sense) The glide distance is nerfed while on a horse. Maybe about 70-80% total possible distance of what you can achieve as a player. Again, you're carrying about 800lb more than you would as just a player. You shouldn't be able to glide as far.
Edit: Or, something else I just thought of. The flight distance/durability stay the same, but you have to "affix" the elytra to a saddle. You craft an elytra, a saddle, and a bit of leather and iron together to make something like a "Gliding Saddle". This, IMO, would justify keeping the stats of the regular elytra, as you're "extending" the gliding wings with the iron and leather, and you're also losing a regular elytra, so it's not as easy to do.
Edit: Or, something else I just thought of. The flight distance/durability stay the same, but you have to "affix" the elytra to a saddle. You craft an elytra, a saddle, and a bit of leather and iron together to make something like a "Gliding Saddle". This, IMO, would justify keeping the stats of the regular elytra, as you're "extending" the gliding wings with the iron and leather, and you're also losing a regular elytra, so it's not as easy to do.
I like this idea.
I support Gliding Saddles.
AND YOU COULD ATTACH THEM TO PIGS! Finally, pigs can fly.
I want to vote no just because it seems like the kind of thing Bronies would like...
False. Retexturing the winged horses like Rainbow Dash is what bronies would call for.
Also, really? I don't want to start a war here, but does the fact that some folks watch a show you don't like really affect you so much that you have a bad opinion on a vaguely related MC suggestion?
The idea is simple. Allow Elytra to be equipped to Horses to allow them to fly. However what would make this different is that the horses could do their charge jumps while flying to gain altitude, allowing a player riding a horse to be able to take off from ground level.
Edit: Guess i might not have explained it well enough. The elytra would function the same on a horse, having the same gliding style as it would while equipped to a player, how ever the horse would be able to give itself hight boosts by doing charged jumps while gliding. I horse with a high enough jump could in theory take off from level ground and fly ending up on a potentially higher elevation than where it started. I don't feel this would be any more over powered than the move speed and all around terrain navigation riding a horse vs running on foot does already.
This may be a little bit overpowered, maybe more of a glide or high jump would work.
But having horses equip Elytra would be awesome!
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Clarified a few things in the main post, maybe you guys might like it better now.
I want to vote no just because it seems like the kind of thing Bronies would like...
But landing on your horse from a flight and going into a full-gallop immediately sounds pretty cool. I'll vote yes, but I doubt it will be implemented.
Partial suppport because they should not be able to gain any altitude while soaring. It should feel heavier, not less heavy, to ride a horse.
I somewhat support this, but with different reasoning and a few stipulations...
My reasoning for strapping an Elytra on a horse is not necessarily to have a "gliding mount", but more of a way to get the darn things over rough terrain/water. Maybe I'm just stupid, but I quite often jump my horse off a cliff or into water because of the blazing speeds at which we ride.
I don't quite 100% support your model of this, but what I would change is this:
You can't gain altitude. You just can't. I know this is Minecraft, but there's science behind this somewhere! (You could theoretically jump high and then glide, though, to get a bit higher)
And one of these two (or both, but less so) things would have to apply:
The Elytra takes twice, or around twice the durability hit while flying. You're carrying, at minimum, an 800lb horse, in addition to your 100-200lb or so player now. Naturally, it should have heavier strain.
OR
(This makes more sense) The glide distance is nerfed while on a horse. Maybe about 70-80% total possible distance of what you can achieve as a player. Again, you're carrying about 800lb more than you would as just a player. You shouldn't be able to glide as far.
Edit: Or, something else I just thought of. The flight distance/durability stay the same, but you have to "affix" the elytra to a saddle. You craft an elytra, a saddle, and a bit of leather and iron together to make something like a "Gliding Saddle". This, IMO, would justify keeping the stats of the regular elytra, as you're "extending" the gliding wings with the iron and leather, and you're also losing a regular elytra, so it's not as easy to do.
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I like this idea.
I support Gliding Saddles.
AND YOU COULD ATTACH THEM TO PIGS! Finally, pigs can fly.
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False. Retexturing the winged horses like Rainbow Dash is what bronies would call for.
Also, really? I don't want to start a war here, but does the fact that some folks watch a show you don't like really affect you so much that you have a bad opinion on a vaguely related MC suggestion?
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As Broccoli_Monkey has indicated, there is already an active thread for this suggestion subject:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/minecraft-discussion/suggestions/2668262-1-9-suggestion-horse-elytra-wings-pegasus
Please use that thread for this concept.
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