Will we see mounted combat in SotA as we did in UO ? As far as I am concerned Ultima Online was as close to a perfect game as possible. Change the grafix, and maybe add a few things, but all in all UO pvp worked like a charm in every sense. Id like SotA to be as close to UO in pvp as possible. If the pvp in the game turns out to be an itembased bore like in WoW or its likes, I will not play it. Nor will my friends from UO.
Mounts wont be introduced in the first episode, so for the moment no. Perhaps in some of the later expansions.