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Horses getting startled

All horses (tamed and wild) would be able to become startled if a mob is standing immediately behind them.  A startled horse would kick the mob dealing 3-5 poin6ts (1.5-2.5 hearts) of damage.  If the damage is lethal, the death message would read "<player> shouldn't have stood behind <horse>."

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    Yes, it can be dangerous to stand behind a horse.  But we can imagine that the minecraft characters are doing the things to make sure the horse knows they're there and won't be startled.

    I would support a horse being able to do kick damage to hostile mobs, tho.  As they can hurt the horse and are not going to be reassuring it.

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    Yes I agree Horses should become Neutral.

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    The goal of this feature would be to warn children about standing directly behind horses in real life.  If we assume that the players take the safe precautions, then players will be able to carelessly stand behind horses.  Taking the necessary precautions should be more deliberate.

     

    Also, horses would not necessarily be made neutral; they just have a behavior that makes standing behind them dangerous.

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    I was kicked by a horse, and it is painful. Horse safety is needed. 

     

    I think that the horse should be startled both when a player is on its back, and not. 

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    Yeah. It could also kick it you attack it.

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    The problem here is that monsters would then become hostile to the horse and end up killing the horse. I think it would be a better idea for the horse to just run.

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    I love this idea especially if it alowed rodeos into Minecraft I have been wanting that for a  while. I hope this gets added in