Monk Mounted Combat

Tandrin

I am currently debating whether I should get a pair of mechanical spurs, but wasn't sure if being mounted was going to hinder me from being able to do some monk attacks.  Anyone know?

 

If so, does that mean a monk is better off buying artifacts such as the pogo stick then investing their beast with jumping etc?

Thanks.

Xenthos

I've never heard anything about monks being dissuaded from riding (mechanically).  It would be weird if they were cut off from an entire common skillset.

That said, the concept of a monk doing kicks from atop a beast is a bit amusing, but even so- I would expect it would work just fine.

You can always just test it by mounting up and doing some attacks though.  The major downside to mounted combat is that trying to stay mounted (as anything but a Cavalier) is a bit of a waste of time.  Even with spurs, you're just going to be doing it every time you stand, and some commands don't work when you're mounted so you'd have to alias it to try both ways.

On the whole, for a non-Cavalier I'd say it's better to go with a pogo stick.  Use spurs if you want to use the beast-abilities that require being mounted (so you can just alias them all to go at once), and otherwise don't worry about getting on.

Lerad

It works fine, I've tested. I rarely fight mounted because mounted stops me from using a few abilities from stealth and psymet (mostly movement abilities). But it doesn't stop anything in Kata. Not sure if the Harmony movement skills are stopped by being mounted, and Harmony wind is far better than leap, though it costs power, so you'll want to test and consider that before you decide.