Diablo 4’s Most Infuriating Foes Appear to Be Its Horses

Diablo 4 players are having a right ‘mare when it comes to the game’s horses. Hell demons, corrupt villagers, and the undead are no match for The Wanderer, but it looks as though some players have met their match when it comes to horse riding.

“I keep getting caught on tiny trees or rocks,” said one player who took to Reddit to complain. “Going downwards on the screen is beyond awkward too, making my horse stutter step and waste the charge. They’re still really useful as long as you’re going anywhere other than further down the map lmao”

And other players were somewhat less tactful. “The horse is objectively awful. Seems super sensitive to server desync, too. The Elden Ring horse is like a f**king spaceship compared to this turd.”

Some players point out that you should use roads “as you would irl”, but others have been quick to counter that horses don’t usually need roads to get about.

On top of terrain issues, it looks as though players aren’t happy with their horse’s cooldowns, either. The most irritating thing for some seems to be that even when you purposely dismount, this triggers a 10-second cooldown before you can get back on your horse.

“What currently happens is you have to dismount, wait a second for the game to register that you’ve dismounted, and then press spacebar to interact,” said another Reddit user. “Then, you have to continue to wait the full 10-second cooldown before you can mount up again.”

Of course, players have already suggested plenty of improvements, with the most sensible suggesting that Blizzard should remove the cooldown when out of combat. “I love dismounting to break a barricade and then waiting 20 seconds to mount again,” said another.

As well as weird cooldowns and terrain issues, some players have also noticed something odd about the game’s riding speed. Essentially, it seems to be linked to how far away your cursor is from your character.

“I’m sure there are others that won’t realize this and may be wondering why they spur their horse but it doesn’t go faster,” pointed out a helpful Reddit user. “If the cursor is too close to the character then it doesn’t do much. Conversely, having your cursor far away makes it go zoom.”

IGN’s Diablo 4 review gave it 9/10 and said: “Diablo 4 is a stunning sequel with near-perfect endgame and progression design that makes it absolutely excruciating to put down.”

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Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.