» Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:08 pm - We the players of Skyrim, though proud people, can also be attributed with a sense of compassion and pity like when we ride our horse towards a distant location (because fast travel is for lamers) and look behind us, and lo, we detect a speck of a visage fading into the horizon as the gap between us and them widens. We immediately recognize due to the familiar and frequent circumstance that it is Lydia (should she have not made it to Sovngarde yet) trailing behind and likely to be attacked viciously and mauled to death by a bear soon enough. We breath a sigh of regret as we recognize how inconsiderate we've been. Companions should either (1) have their own horse even if that means having to shell out another 1000g or (2) ride in the b*t*h seat.
- Horses of Skyrim, lay down thy hooves unless the threat is no greater than a common wolf or skeever. If it is a dragon, then run the f**k away and spare us some coinage and remorse. Though you may be proud beasts as is your owners who ride upon thee, you most assuredly have nothing to protect your delicate hide from even the least powerful of assaults. Horse armor will come in a future DLC and to every sensible persons dismay, thy forums shall floodeth over with threads declaring outrage and unspeakable retaliation. Copies of Skyrim will burneth in a pyre of rebellion towards the $2.99 price tag. Plastic Alduin statues will be hurled into Bethesda HQ windows (minus their cheap hollow bases), successfully shattering the 6 inch thick polycarbonate laminated bulletproof glass with it's high-quality PVC structure. Alas, such an attack would provoke The Howard as he unleashes his secret weapon and reanimates the small dragon statues to do his nefarious bidding. Until this prophesy unfurls, I beg of you to act in a way that comes natural to a naturally skittish creature. Run away, horse, run away. When this feature goes live, that only means we will need:
- Whistling is the production of sound by means of carefully controlling a stream of air flowing through a small hole. Whistling can be achieved by creating a small opening with one's lips and then blowing or svcking air through the hole. Whistling has long been used as a specialized communication. Such a use was commonly utilized in order to direct attention to oneself. There are many examples in more fanciful depictions where whistling called forth a loyal steed to a riders side. ...........Please teach our Dovakiin how to whistle for the purpose of calling our horse (only if it is within close proximity). An alternate use could be to call our companion away from what they are doing, you know, like when they keep fighting when you know you should flee.
I never ride horses in Skyrim. The mouse-keyboard controlls are not to my liking, and the third person view annoys me. In Oblivion only the north was difficult (with the mountains) but this time almost the whole of the land is hilly and mountainous. I tried, but I drove the horse like a drunk 
Poor animal. I got off and let my legs do the work. Well, not exactly my legs, but you get the point.
