This presumes the player is riding the horse and using a weapon [specifically the spear/lance that formed the basis of that thread], but this would seem applicable to being 'bumped' an equine, although knockback might be the primary effect rather than damage.
[This would not be realistic (ya know, like the rest of MC ) as equines will kick and bite, but do not intentionally trample anything large. (The behavior seems to be linked to protecting the legs as speed is typically the primary defence.) ]
Given the stated rational for not adding sharks, adding even partially realistic hazards to dealing with feral (ie untamed) 'neutral'/'passive' mobs seems logical….
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"Why does everything have to be so stoopid?" Harvey Pekar (from American Splendor)
WARNING: I have an extemely "grindy" playstyle; YMMV — if this doesn't seem fun to you, mine what you can from it & bin the rest.
It would be kinda fun to run over hostile mobs with horses like in a charge attack.
Finds a server that says "No PvP"
*Pushes AFK player off cliff*
Steals Player's Stuff
Admin Can't do anything cause I didn't hit him so "no actual PvP".
There was some discussion of linking damage to movement speed in these posts which might inform a similar effect for this suggestion
https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/minecraft-java-edition/suggestions/2949850-spear-lance?comment=4
https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/minecraft-java-edition/suggestions/2949850-spear-lance?comment=5
https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/minecraft-java-edition/suggestions/2949850-spear-lance?comment=10
This presumes the player is riding the horse and using a weapon [specifically the spear/lance that formed the basis of that thread], but this would seem applicable to being 'bumped' an equine, although knockback might be the primary effect rather than damage.
[This would not be realistic (ya know, like the rest of MC
) as equines will kick and bite, but do not intentionally trample anything large. (The behavior seems to be linked to protecting the legs as speed is typically the primary defence.) ]
Given the stated rational for not adding sharks, adding even partially realistic hazards to dealing with feral (ie untamed) 'neutral'/'passive' mobs seems logical….