There are occasions where it is jarring to be travelling at full speed all the time. Navigating tight corridors, taking up a group formation, or even participating in a dressage routine all benefit from improved control over your mount.
Implement a system where riders can step down the speed of their mount at will. An ideal system might see horses set to walking speed anytime they're brought to a halt, while use of the W and S keys would cause the horse to auto-run at increasing or decreasing levels of speed. Perhaps riders would not be able to dismount a horse that wasn't in "walk" speed? I suspect we haven't got the tools to implement this, however.
There are occasions where it is jarring to be travelling at full speed all the time. Navigating tight corridors, taking up a group formation, or even participating in a dressage routine all benefit from improved control over your mount.
Implement a system where riders can step down the speed of their mount at will. An ideal system might see horses set to walking speed anytime they're brought to a halt, while use of the W and S keys would cause the horse to auto-run at increasing or decreasing levels of speed. Perhaps riders would not be able to dismount a horse that wasn't in "walk" speed? I suspect we haven't got the tools to implement this, however.