09-01-2010, 03:53 PM
All right, I won't keep you waiting, much. *Starts Laughing Evilly* :twisted:
All right my first results were the use of the rope stirrup as a mounting instrument as opposed to the Celtic saddle. I found that wearing leather armour was a breeze and therefore it wouldn't be much work to wear it all day, meaning that you'd be ready for an attack almost all day. So basically all you'd have to do is jump on your horse and ride off to battle. Not as easy as it sounds.
Here are my parameters for effective mounting of a horse:
1. You need to get on the horse quickly
2. the fastest one is likely more effective
3. you must be able to run fifteen feet first before mounting. Roughly the distance between tent and horse
Though it's only my fifth time "Riding Roman" I found vaulting getting easier and easier, yet even so I timed myself at a 70 seconds, or a minute ten, to get into the saddle vaulting, it took a few tries though I guess someone with more experience could do it faster but still; it takes a few tries to get and on top of that you have to swing your eintire torso around, exposing yourself to anyone with a bow or javelins. However the primitive rope stirrups allowed me to get on the horse right away, as well as minimizing hang time in which I'd be a sitting duck to anyone with a North Germanic bodkin arrow, IE. any Anglo-Saxon wanting to kill me. With stirrups it took me half a minute to get away from the starting zone and presumably get away from or attack the Saxons who assaulted the camp. Feel free to post while I'm gone, and don't die of suspense. My next results are putting kit on while on a moving horse. Which adds to the ability to become combat-ready in a short period of time. Stay tuned.
All right my first results were the use of the rope stirrup as a mounting instrument as opposed to the Celtic saddle. I found that wearing leather armour was a breeze and therefore it wouldn't be much work to wear it all day, meaning that you'd be ready for an attack almost all day. So basically all you'd have to do is jump on your horse and ride off to battle. Not as easy as it sounds.
Here are my parameters for effective mounting of a horse:
1. You need to get on the horse quickly
2. the fastest one is likely more effective
3. you must be able to run fifteen feet first before mounting. Roughly the distance between tent and horse
Though it's only my fifth time "Riding Roman" I found vaulting getting easier and easier, yet even so I timed myself at a 70 seconds, or a minute ten, to get into the saddle vaulting, it took a few tries though I guess someone with more experience could do it faster but still; it takes a few tries to get and on top of that you have to swing your eintire torso around, exposing yourself to anyone with a bow or javelins. However the primitive rope stirrups allowed me to get on the horse right away, as well as minimizing hang time in which I'd be a sitting duck to anyone with a North Germanic bodkin arrow, IE. any Anglo-Saxon wanting to kill me. With stirrups it took me half a minute to get away from the starting zone and presumably get away from or attack the Saxons who assaulted the camp. Feel free to post while I'm gone, and don't die of suspense. My next results are putting kit on while on a moving horse. Which adds to the ability to become combat-ready in a short period of time. Stay tuned.
Nicholas
