Let's talk horses

[RyuNova]

Just now, Sgt Wa Ge said:

Yup, it doesn’t seem that way from the stats when you purchase a horse though. That and and what I mentioned earlier is why I think other breeds don’t get as much love as they should do.

 

Very true. I had the Raven Black Shire in Story Mode and loved him. My white Shire was the first Horse I bought and I still use him daily.

[Sgt Wa Ge]

27 minutes ago, RyuNova said:

My white Shire was the first Horse I bought and I still use him daily.

I absolutely adore my 3 Turkomans (even though the silver one is a giant p*ssy). I’ve been daily riding the Dark Bay one since I first unlocked it. My second favorite must be the Silver Tail Standardbred which is just gorgeous. I’ll get a shire next time I’m in a stable lol, I guess my female character is going to look a bit funny on it though 

[Direwrath]

4 hours ago, Sgt Wa Ge said:

I absolutely adore my 3 Turkomans (even though the silver one is a giant p*ssy). I’ve been daily riding the Dark Bay one since I first unlocked it. My second favorite must be the Silver Tail Standardbred which is just gorgeous. I’ll get a shire next time I’m in a stable lol, I guess my female character is going to look a bit funny on it though 

I love my Turks, they are my most ridden horses actually. My bay is actually my go to hunting mount, he is great at alerting me to the presence of cougars and panthers before they have a chance to even lock onto us. The only problem I have with him is rocks, he will seriously go wide just to avoid a small rock in the middle of the field.

[TheLordMarvel]

5 hours ago, RyuNova said:

I had the Raven Black Shire in Story Mode and loved him

I love my horsey, but if they added the RB shire, i would get it in a heartbeat.

[darkmaster234]

23 minutes ago, Direwrath said:

I love my Turks, they are my most ridden horses actually. My bay is actually my go to hunting mount, he is great at alerting me to the presence of cougars and panthers before they have a chance to even lock onto us. The only problem I have with him is rocks, he will seriously go wide just to avoid a small rock in the middle of the field.

with such a reduce stable space i am certainly against repeating breeds myself... and even so i ended with a gold and dark bay specimens in my stall... such a hint of how wonderful this breed is.

Edited September 2, 2020 by darkmaster234

[Direwrath]

14 minutes ago, darkmaster234 said:

with such a reduce stable space i am certainly against repeating breeds myself... and even so i ended with a gold and dark bay specimens in my stall... such a hint of how wonderful this breed is.

For some they might be too spirited, but I think if you learn their quirks they make rather sturdy, brave animals. 

[darkmaster234]

3 hours ago, Direwrath said:

For some they might be too spirited, but I think if you learn their quirks they make rather sturdy, brave animals. 

Puff... the dark bay is so graceful and elegant that puts to shame every other bay coat this game has aside maybe the andalusian... but the gold... dam!!! that beast is majestic... like proper of a king or a sultan...just wow.

[RyuNova]

5 hours ago, TheLordMarvel said:

I love my horsey, but if they added the RB shire, i would get it in a heartbeat.

 

Damn right. The Raven Black Shire from SP was a f*cking beast. Nothing rocked him.

[kcole4001]

I'm rather enjoying the Breton I just bought.

After watching a live stream by a fellow who was using one to great effect during LA missions, I thought I might give it a shot as every one of mine are wusses when it comes to predators and most gunfire, granted I bought them for speed and maneuverability primarily (white and chestnut Arabians, Turkoman, and Norfolk Roadster).

 

The new girl has handled ambush gunfire with hardly a flinch until she took enough damage to drop, never bucked me at all, that's a first!

I haven't tested her vs gators yet, I'm sure that will come very soon.

 

Steel grey Breton, named "PFortySeven Jug" after the WWII fighter known for taking immense punishment and still bringing it's pilot home safely:

 

 

For example this one hit a tree...and the tree lost

 

a few more...the first on may have lost a little oil before landing

 

 

[RyuNova]

8 hours ago, kcole4001 said:

I'm rather enjoying the Breton I just bought.

 

 

I was browsing the Horses a while back and decided to have a good look at the new ones. Came across the Seal Brown Breton and instantly bought him. He has the exact same colouring as one of my dogs.

[Direwrath]

18 hours ago, kcole4001 said:

I'm rather enjoying the Breton I just bought.

After watching a live stream by a fellow who was using one to great effect during LA missions, I thought I might give it a shot as every one of mine are wusses when it comes to predators and most gunfire, granted I bought them for speed and maneuverability primarily (white and chestnut Arabians, Turkoman, and Norfolk Roadster).

 

The new girl has handled ambush gunfire with hardly a flinch until she took enough damage to drop, never bucked me at all, that's a first!

I haven't tested her vs gators yet, I'm sure that will come very soon.

 

Steel grey Breton, named "PFortySeven Jug" after the WWII fighter known for taking immense punishment and still bringing it's pilot home safely:

The last updates turned my little brute steel grey Breton into somewhat of a chicken. I didn't notice until I pulled him out of the stall for the halloween season but he just seems to cower and buck a little more now, although he is still pretty stable during a gun fight. But before that he was a pretty brave little thing, even let the wolves circle around his legs without bucking me off. 

 

Here soon I am going to need a new stall for my stable, I want to get that grey Turkoman so I can call him Grey Ghost, an ode the popular racehorse Native Dancer. But I am having a hard time with parting away any of my horses,

R* needs to understand that some of us are horse collectors, I gotta have them all!

[Non Funkable Token]

YEP, more garage stable slots are needed here, it's about damn time. I hope they bring new properties and expand on horse collecting.  

[kcole4001]

Well, my hardy new Breton appears to be deathly afraid of snakes.  

I didn't get into any hostile gunfire situations last night, hopefully that doesn't downgrade, because she was brilliant during an ambush the day before.

I calmed her once and she didn't flinch at all then, but sniff a snake by the roadside and it's all snorting and whining again.

[RyuNova]

Speaking of Bretons...

 

 

Blackfoot. All my Horses have in game names but I nickname of them after my dogs.

[4eyedcoupe]

On 11/4/2020 at 8:06 AM, RyuNova said:

 

 

 All my Horses have in game names but I nickname of them after my dogs.

I name mine after pets too

 

Pics are awesome

Edited November 5, 2020 by 4eyedcoupe

[RyuNova]

38 minutes ago, 4eyedcoupe said:

I name mine after pets too

 

 

I named the Raven Black Shire after my dog but we can't get the RBS in Online So I bought a white one and still named him after my dog. I had a blonde Morgan in SP as well and she got named after my other dog and the Breton you see above is as well.

 

40 minutes ago, 4eyedcoupe said:

Pics are awesome

 

I was blown away by the detail that went into the horse's musculature in RDR1 on the 360. It's still amazing to see them in full gallop now.

[Direwrath]

1 hour ago, RyuNova said:

 

I named the Raven Black Shire after my dog but we can't get the RBS in Online So I bought a white one and still named him after my dog. I had a blonde Morgan in SP as well and she got named after my other dog and the Breton you see above is as well.

 

 

I was blown away by the detail that went into the horse's musculature in RDR1 on the 360. It's still amazing to see them in full gallop now.

 

There are the times when a name just comes to me, like when I had that sorrel Breton and I called her Flipside, or I name them after a cultural reference like my Dragula who is named after the race car in The Munsters.

I nearly named my silver dapple Breton Ozzy because he does look like an Ozzy and screams like the Prince of Darkness himself. That and riding him is like I'm on a crazy train... hehe, but I decided Epitaph felt more RDR.
My first horse in online was the chestnut Walker and I name him Admiral after the racehorse War Admiral. 

 

You are not lying about the details they put into the horses in this game, I just love walking mine down the path and watching him/her move. Their gait is just so right and if you watch closely you can see their ears twitch and turn at every noise like they are actually interacting with the environment. I love how they will actually turn their head as if they are interested in something they see along the way or when they pass by another horse. They also get aggravated when the flies are really biting in the swamps, it's pretty cool.

 

I do have a beef with the fact that some of the breeds do have strange conformation, but that's because they just used the same models and shaped them to look a bit different. So I understand the reason behind it.

 

 

[kcole4001]

Dammit!

Confirmed my Breton is an enormous wuss when it comes to any type of predator.

She panics with the slightest provocation.

 

Gunfire is nothing more bothersome than horseflies until she drops critically wounded, I just calm her once and she's good.

First thing I do is revive her, of course, even if it may mean failing the mission, it's the least I could do after such a brave performance.

 

I think I'm starting to like her best.

Her acceleration is less than stellar, and her turns at speed are reluctant, but she's usually so steady for long hard rides or a random ambush.

However, I've been able to calm her during hard riding since the launcher/social club update where before I couldn't calm her while riding.

Or maybe it's due to level 4 bonding now?

I'd assumed it was because she didn't mind some hard exercise.

 

Eidt: back to normal: hard riding doesn't bother this horse at all, must have been a snake in the near vicinity (20 mile radius )

Edited November 7, 2020 by kcole4001
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[darkmaster234]

On 11/5/2020 at 4:59 PM, Direwrath said:

 

There are the times when a name just comes to me, like when I had that sorrel Breton and I called her Flipside, or I name them after a cultural reference like my Dragula who is named after the race car in The Munsters.

I nearly named my silver dapple Breton Ozzy because he does look like an Ozzy and screams like the Prince of Darkness himself. That and riding him is like I'm on a crazy train... hehe, but I decided Epitaph felt more RDR.
My first horse in online was the chestnut Walker and I name him Admiral after the racehorse War Admiral. 

 

You are not lying about the details they put into the horses in this game, I just love walking mine down the path and watching him/her move. Their gait is just so right and if you watch closely you can see their ears twitch and turn at every noise like they are actually interacting with the environment. I love how they will actually turn their head as if they are interested in something they see along the way or when they pass by another horse. They also get aggravated when the flies are really biting in the swamps, it's pretty cool.

 

I do have a beef with the fact that some of the breeds do have strange conformation, but that's because they just used the same models and shaped them to look a bit different. So I understand the reason behind it.

 

 

The same model ? Damm i thoughr they were at least a few, like one per size lol.

[Direwrath]

3 hours ago, darkmaster234 said:

The same model ? Damm i thoughr they were at least a few, like one per size lol.

You can kind of see it with the newer breeds, the Cob is literally just the Shire body type only a smaller model size and with the head of one of the riding breeds. The Breton is basically like the Ardennes but with shorter legs, I even think they kept the large head on that one but it's also from one of the lighter breeds. The Criollo has the Trotter body with the head of the Morgan. They just resize or give a little different shape and there is your new breed, and I understand why they do that because some of these breeds are basically the same look to the untrained eye. 

And models can be limited on what can be done to their mesh before they break.

 

Not that they got them wrong, because for the most part the breeds do look close enough for what they have to work with.  

 

 I have a few different 3D horse models that I use myself and to get the different breeds I do the same thing, this just tells me they may be using the same model just apply different morphs available to them to fit.

 

 

 

 

[RyuNova]

17 hours ago, darkmaster234 said:

The same model ? Damm i thoughr they were at least a few, like one per size lol.

 

13 hours ago, Direwrath said:

Not that they got them wrong, because for the most part the breeds do look close enough for what they have to work with.  

 

 

They are all rigged to the same skeleton and the skeleton has so many points you are going to get issues like this if you look close enough. They need to scale the bodies so that the anchor points like where you sit, where cargo sits etc all line up. They also need to line up where breath appears from the nostrils for example.

You can only reshape the body and heads so much before the body does not fit the extremely complex skeleton.

 

But as Dire said, alot of the horses share bodies so why can't they share coats as well? I want my Raven Black Shire.

[mutaeh]

On 11/4/2020 at 5:06 AM, RyuNova said:

Speaking of Bretons...

 

 

Blackfoot. All my Horses have in game names but I nickname of them after my dogs.

 

Looking thicc, bro. 

. I personally have never owned a Breton as I am a proud Ardennes rider, but now I would like to join your ranks thanks to seeing these photos.

 

Spoiler

But for now, I shamelessly ride this thing. His name is Argo.

 

 

 

Edited November 8, 2020 by mutaeh
shameless insertion of photo of my own horse

[IamCourtney]

I figured I'd buy my last two stable stalls while they're on sale, and put a new black Andalusian in one of them since he was free. Great all-around horse so far, no complaints and I love the black coat. They really need to give us more stalls though.

[darkmaster234]

3 hours ago, mutaeh said:

 

Looking thicc, bro. 

. I personally have never owned a Breton as I am a proud Ardennes rider, but now I would like to join your ranks thanks to seeing these photos.

 

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But for now, I shamelessly ride this thing. His name is Argo.

 

 

 

Not that they exclude each other... if dont remember wrong the ardennes feels more powerful and heacy, like the nearer we got to a 4wd.

[Menstrual Deranged]

Is it possible for the exact same horse breed in a different coat color to act a bit different from the other coat color, even if they're the same rank horse?

 

Since I reached rank 20 bounty hunter months ago, I've been riding around on the rank 20 brown breton. They're a bit ornery and noisy but I like how sturdy and stocky they are. Just for a change, I decided to get the gray one the other day. I got him up to level four loyalty and keep him well-fed and clean but he acts like it's the end of the damn world all the time. I swear he is way more skittish and screams a lot more over absolutely nothing. Took him into Day of Reckoning the other day and he was trying to bolt from gunfire! And as soon as I'd hop off of him to rope a convict, he'd take off across the map! Lord Thicchoof never acted like a huge pusscake like that in Day of Reckoning or around gunfire. Same exact horse, just different coats.

 

I have the two rank 20 naturalist gypsy cobs as well and I haven't noticed any disparity in behavior. Not sure what's up with the difference between my two bretons but was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience?

Edited November 8, 2020 by Menstrual Deranged

[Direwrath]

2 hours ago, darkmaster234 said:

Not that they exclude each other... if dont remember wrong the ardennes feels more powerful and heacy, like the nearer we got to a 4wd.

Yeah they're like you're in a military Humvee, although the one that I had in story mode that I got for preorder of the game seemed to take turns quite well. He just had a huge head and I couldn't get over that so "Tank" that's his name, well he hardly ever leaves the stable.

 

26 minutes ago, Menstrual Deranged said:

Is it possible for the exact same horse breed in a different coat color to act a bit different from the other coat color, even if they're the same rank horse?

 

Since I reached rank 20 bounty hunter months ago, I've been riding around on the rank 20 brown breton. They're a bit ornery and noisy but I like how sturdy and stocky they are. Just for a change, I decided to get the gray one the other day. I got him up to level four loyalty and keep him well-fed and clean but he acts like it's the end of the damn world all the time. I swear he is way more skittish and screams a lot more over absolutely nothing. Took him into Day of Reckoning the other day and he was trying to bolt from gunfire! And as soon as I'd hop off of him to rope a convict, he'd take off across the map! Lord Thicchoof never acted like a huge pusscake like that in Day of Reckoning or around gunfire. Same exact horse, just different coats.

 

I have the two rank 20 naturalist gypsy cobs as well and I haven't noticed any disparity in behavior. Not sure what's up with the difference between my two bretons but was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience?

I have two Turkoman horses, the bay and the golden one. Bogey, the bay one, is the only one I will ride when it comes to hunting panthers or cougars, he takes on the predators like a champ. But Skids, my golden one will buck and flee before the cougar even has a chance to lunge at her. Neither one will throw me unless I am not vigilant enough to catch the cat before he ends up directly behind us. Bogey is my game horse, he's my go to cause he's a good boah.

Seems I love those Turks so much I am going to have to sell one of my babies to get the silver one.. I've heard that one is a bit skittish but he's just so pretty.

On the other hand my two Kladruber horses have basically the same temperament, and it was the same way with my two tier 3 Roadsters.

 

 I think that each horse is going to have their own temperament, and it's just random and only slightly based on the horse's breed. 

 

Also, oh my god are those Bretons noisy, my boy the silver dapple Epitaph is always snorting and snickering so much it's hard trying to get a peaceful ride. But I love that about him, it builds his personality. I have noticed though that he is far more skittish than he was before the naturalist update though, so I don't know what happened.

 

 

14 hours ago, RyuNova said:

But as Dire said, alot of the horses share bodies so why can't they share coats as well? I want my Raven Black Shire.

I wished they did, I would give gold to get me a chestnut Kladruber, just because it would be a rare coat. And I would love the dapple coat from the Breton on the Shire too. Some of the Cob pinto markings would look great on the Warmblood too..

 

Okay, I'll stop with the crazy horse girl raving. My apologies..

 

3 hours ago, IamCourtney said:

I figured I'd buy my last two stable stalls while they're on sale, and put a new black Andalusian in one of them since he was free. Great all-around horse so far, no complaints and I love the black coat. They really need to give us more stalls though.

I love the Andalusian, I bought one not long ago and he's quickly become my second favorite horse.

[RyuNova]

6 hours ago, mutaeh said:

Looking thicc, bro. 

 

 

I like big horses and I cannot lie...

 

6 hours ago, mutaeh said:

. I personally have never owned a Breton as I am a proud Ardennes rider, but now I would like to join your ranks thanks to seeing these photos.

 

 

I used to laugh at Bretons when riding my Shire but I saw that coat, it reminded me of my dog and I bought him.

 

Buy a Shire, you won't regret the big beautiful bastard.

[darkmaster234]

6 hours ago, Direwrath said:

Yeah they're like you're in a military Humvee, although the one that I had in story mode that I got for preorder of the game seemed to take turns quite well. He just had a huge head and I couldn't get over that so "Tank" that's his name, well he hardly ever leaves the stable.

 

I have two Turkoman horses, the bay and the golden one. Bogey, the bay one, is the only one I will ride when it comes to hunting panthers or cougars, he takes on the predators like a champ. But Skids, my golden one will buck and flee before the cougar even has a chance to lunge at her. Neither one will throw me unless I am not vigilant enough to catch the cat before he ends up directly behind us. Bogey is my game horse, he's my go to cause he's a good boah.

Seems I love those Turks so much I am going to have to sell one of my babies to get the silver one.. I've heard that one is a bit skittish but he's just so pretty.

On the other hand my two Kladruber horses have basically the same temperament, and it was the same way with my two tier 3 Roadsters.

 

 I think that each horse is going to have their own temperament, and it's just random and only slightly based on the horse's breed. 

 

Also, oh my god are those Bretons noisy, my boy the silver dapple Epitaph is always snorting and snickering so much it's hard trying to get a peaceful ride. But I love that about him, it builds his personality. I have noticed though that he is far more skittish than he was before the naturalist update though, so I don't know what happened.

 

 

I wished they did, I would give gold to get me a chestnut Kladruber, just because it would be a rare coat. And I would love the dapple coat from the Breton on the Shire too. Some of the Cob pinto markings would look great on the Warmblood too..

 

Okay, I'll stop with the crazy horse girl raving. My apologies..

 

I love the Andalusian, I bought one not long ago and he's quickly become my second favorite horse.

Oh dam you are such a horse lover and breed sucker hehehe... maybe you should wait until december, rockstar raised the stalls after one year from onlines birth more or less, it has been another year since that... maybe this update they will raise them again.

[Menstrual Deranged]

11 hours ago, Direwrath said:

I have two Turkoman horses, the bay and the golden one. Bogey, the bay one, is the only one I will ride when it comes to hunting panthers or cougars, he takes on the predators like a champ. But Skids, my golden one will buck and flee before the cougar even has a chance to lunge at her. Neither one will throw me unless I am not vigilant enough to catch the cat before he ends up directly behind us. Bogey is my game horse, he's my go to cause he's a good boah.

Seems I love those Turks so much I am going to have to sell one of my babies to get the silver one.. I've heard that one is a bit skittish but he's just so pretty.

On the other hand my two Kladruber horses have basically the same temperament, and it was the same way with my two tier 3 Roadsters.

 

 I think that each horse is going to have their own temperament, and it's just random and only slightly based on the horse's breed. 

 

Also, oh my god are those Bretons noisy, my boy the silver dapple Epitaph is always snorting and snickering so much it's hard trying to get a peaceful ride. But I love that about him, it builds his personality. I have noticed though that he is far more skittish than he was before the naturalist update though, so I don't know what happened.

Good to know, I was wondering if mine was just glitched out or something! Sadly, I think I'll have to put Mr. Ovar Ease away when I want to do Day of Reckoning because Lord Thicchoof wins him over in the badassery scale.

 

I've become a bit of a horse nut myself. I bought probably four in the span of two days. My husband thinks I'm weird. I got one of the Andalusians the other day as well. That's the only horse my husband can tolerate so I figured I'd try it as well. I got the light one with the blue eyes and named him Skullmoon.

[Veleno]

On 11/7/2020 at 10:02 PM, RyuNova said:

 

I want my Raven Black Shire.

 

will most likely be "buy with gold" only

 

and I will happily pay 50-70 gold for it. come on R* already.