In terms of speed… i think they need to reduce speed for medium / Heavy wearers…
I mean there isnt swimming because you cant swim in armor… but im pretty sure a person rolling in plate armor is going to be running a wee bit slower than someone in pajamas.
Have you tried it? This guy did, sort of:
Things weight less in water because of density. Water is very heavy. I have swam with heavy things. It is hard but possible. I have EVEN moved Rocks weighting several Tons underwater. Yep. TONS. Something nearly impossible outside water. (I lived next to a River)
In a fantasy world with magic and super human strength however, it makes sense for it to be quite possible. Albeit, there should indeed be a reduction in speed. And also, it makes a difference if you are a good swimmer already.
Also hard but possible. But if you add super human strength and comfortable craftsmanship, then it is possible.
I have run carrying heavy things too, including people, and you do run slower the more you carry. For weight like plate armor, I’d imagine it is a bit slower than someone running on Pajamas, HOWEVER, Stamina will drain a LOT faster in heavy armor.
But NW doesn’t have a stamina bar like other games tho. Bless have a stamina bar for running/dodging. Tho it depletes the same for plate and cloth it seems.
Oh, look, somebody tried this too:
Fun video though it doesn’t take into account age and fitness. A nobleman’s or king’s guard were all fit, of course, and thus why feared… but an aging king needed a lot of help to get into the saddle. What really was scary were the heavily armored heavy cavalry, just crushing everything. The original tank of the battlefield.
Anyway, surprised this topic is still going. So many much bigger issues than mounts in this game.
Yeah, Fitness is all that matters. I know 80 year olds that can do things 20 year olds can’t.
The people in the videos aren’t that fit tho. But yes, the more fit you are, the more you can do wearing heavy armors.
Sure, but the videos point out to scenes of movies where everyone in plate seem to need help getting into the horse and stuff. It is a misconception.
They are making Azoth easier to get and thus cheaper to buy also. They are also getting rid of distance charge on fast travel so hopefully this means no mounts and just cheap fast travel.
Yeah I don’t think azoth is a problem anymore. Tho teleports to maps outside your faction hurt like hell, I heard ags was gonna remove the restriction on increase azoth for weight.
Still, we gotta walk a lot in this game, and our Legs are getting ubber Buffed, so it is reasonable that we grow some Agility stat that increases our movement speed.
add mounts or decrease azoth costs to teleport ‘…’
I have none of them and walking like 5 min to reach one quest is so mucchhh boringgg.
Who’s quitting ? 
No, just no.
Please quit… Wait no don’t… AGS add mounts but make them go the same speed we do when we run. That will teach’em
broski you can buy Vials of suspended azoth on the trader for like 20g.
With the changes that have made Azoth so much cheaper, I don’t think we NEED a mount system.
Not that I wouldn’t like one though! 
But not a reason to quit over.
Definitely could get them tons of money from the cash shop.
Yeah problem is ur mad at game because it’s a little difficult at the start because you don’t know what you’re doing I fast travel all around everyday and always have max azoth. Maybe try learning a game before you start bashing it cry baby
Really? You guys keeping this thread from the 3rd of October going? Let it die already…
as you level up fast traveling becomes easier. i thought the same as a low level.
man i hope we get mounts but when we do it doesn’t change the speed, lol.
you wanted mounts you got them. its alot eaiser to change speed then to add more visual content.
running on road should gain 20% speed.
right now it’s just a logistical nightmare.
The only way I’d like mounts to be added is if we could tame one of those elks or bison to pull a cart or wagon so I don’t have to make 6,473,289,067 trips between towns to transfer things from one inventory to another. It could even go slower than running, such as walk speed (with protection from random mobs, of course, unless you leave your cart.) You’d have to stay on the road, and you can’t leave your cart for more than (X) time or it becomes vulnerable to attack from PvP, and you can’t access what the cart is carrying except in towns… I’d go for that.
just sayin…