Current system of horse gear is a bit strange.
When you equip any kind of saddle speed of a horse becomes lower. I suggest one of ur designers try to gallop without a saddle, then tell us about max speed which he was able to reach and impressions of his butt.
To my mind saddle without bonus bags should improve speed and each additional bag should lower it. Other case is lowering horse speed with current weight in bags.
But definitely saddle have to improve speed.
Or mb it is bug of GUI and it indicates wrong numbers?
Hm… I think of it, that the horse must carry more weight, therefore it is slower. I dont think that stirrups help with speed - just to help up mount the horse and to stay in seddle? But I have no real life experience…
Saddle bags would tend to slow down the horse, especially, if they are filled with loot. Reigns are for steering and spurs are for getting a bit more speed from the horse, plus the perk that one can use for a faster horse too. It’s all about decisions!
Thanks ofc for explaining how is it implemented in KCD. But my post wasn’t a question about current mechanic, how does it work…