From the Hosts, News May 25, 2012

Mounted Combat Added to Skyrim!

Yes you read that title correctly! The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim now has mounted combat! Part of the 1.6 Update, Skyrim now allows you to travel the world and fight baddies without ever leaving the back of your trusted steed! As of now, this feature is only available to PC users who opt into the Beta patch via Steam, but will eventually be pushed to the consoles as well.

In addition to Mounted Combat being added to Skyrim, the patch fixes a plethora of bug fixes for the PC, as well as a few fixes for those experiencing bugs using the Kinect support on the Xbox 360.

Full patch notes can be found here.

For players who wish to opt into the Beta on Steam, make sure you back up your saved games!

DOWNLOADING THE BETA UPDATE ON STEAM

If you’d like to download the 1.6 Beta Update on Steam, you’ll need to follow these steps:

Log into Steam
Click on Steam in the upper menu
Select Settings
Under the Account tab, go to the Beta Participation section and select Change.
A drop down menu will appear. Select Skyrim Beta.
Select OK.
Steam will now restart. After Steam restarts, Skyrim will be updated to the Beta version currently available.

Source: BethBlog
Image by Bethblog

Tags: mounted combat, Skyrim, tesv, the elder scrolls v: skyrim

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Lover of all things Tolkien since he was 14, Joseph Has read The Hobbit, LOTR and The Silmarillion at least once a year since then. Joseph hopes to someday become a published authority on the Languages of Middle-earth. For now, he spends his days living life with his Lúthien Tinúviel and their 2 year old daughter he affectionately calls "Glorfinniel." When not studying the works of JRR Tolkien, Joseph is usually found in some lounge in his native Las Vegas, seeking out the best live musicians in the Greatest City on Earth.

5 Responses to “Mounted Combat Added to Skyrim!” Subscribe

John May 25, 2012 at 5:25 am #

EPIK!

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- Joseph Bradford May 25, 2012 at 6:17 am #
  
  Yea! Means these horses are worth more than just quick travel and easy storage when they die!
  
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Forky May 25, 2012 at 5:27 am #

The new 1.6 update is brilliant! Just wish I hadn’t thrown Shadowmere off of the Throat of the World!

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The Thunder May 25, 2012 at 4:09 pm #

Cant wait till it hits console right now shadowmere is just a waist.

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Melarchivals May 27, 2012 at 3:50 pm #

This means that the Knight class (and a couple of others) now becomes more viable than before. And the battles have just become more epic.

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