Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-25178962-20140716145327/@comment-24108228-20140719094540

You still haven't tackled the main issue. Transport.

There is nothing in the centre of mainland worth spending metals on to get to quicker, and boats are faster, cheaper, and better. All of mainlands goodies are coastal, therefore charging around on a horse is pointless.

There is nothing on desert to go to quickly. The only reason anyone would go there is for mithril or prickly pears. You don't need many prickly pears, and they're close to the coast, and a horse won't help with mithril mining.

Therefore the only use for them is general purpose speed boosts. However, since it would take 10x as long to get a horse to another island as it would to just sail from A-B and walk to your destination on the island, there isn't any point.

Tackle this issue. Don't work around it.