I love it. So responsive and getting ride by attacks is so easy. Changing directions on the double jump has saved my life countless times. Idk what people are talking about ref getting knocked off of it. It can tank hits from a giant for you, if you're hit multiple times in a row, it disappears and that's for balance because if not, normal enemies would never be a challenge while on horseback if you were unfazed. Don't get hung up in a pack or suffer the consequences.
Strike weapons are very handy against shielded foes while in horseback, I noticed that I dead stop for a second when I attack with a katana and it was blocked, but when I switched to my hammer I'd keep riding by.
If this were a single post in the OT, most people would agree. Since you made it it's own thread, the haters are coming in droves, lol