I wanna be able to swim!

i wanna be able to swim in this game. more than anything.
you can in wow and sooo many other mmo games.
i hope we get it eventually or ill be sad. :(

Same, I'd like to, too. Hehe

PS3 limitations. Please look forward to it.

yes its something i wanted to see for a long time.

The PS3 being the reason is complete crap. it does have limitations, mainly load times ( something to do with its HDD and lack of RAM) and a allot of people sorted it out by putting in an SSD drive.
I don't think its the PS3 stopping this because games like GTA5 allow swimming. its more likely the lazy ass developers etc thought it was to much work.

I'm on a PC but i ill defend either when complete bullshit is mentioned about either platform.

Considering no other FF game allows you to swim (no, riding a submarine to an 'underwater cavern' doesn't count), somehow I don't see ARR allowing that any time soon (and besides, the development team have already stated it's because they would have to devote time to adding 'underwater' areas which would eat into processing resources.

Personally I'd much rather the existing surface zones be expanded upon/new ones added/missing zones brought back, rather than some cheep underwater stage that would just look like the first part of Sastasha Seagrot repeated ad nasum.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Considering no other FF game allows you to swim (no, riding a submarine to an 'underwater cavern' doesn't count), somehow I don't see ARR allowing that any time soon (and besides, the development team have already stated it's because they would have to devote time to adding 'underwater' areas which would eat into processing resources.

Personally I'd much rather the existing surface zones be expanded upon/new ones added/missing zones brought back, rather than some cheep underwater stage that would just look like the first part of Sastasha Seagrot repeated ad nasum.

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FFX had a lot of swimming sections.

I'll never forget when I first tried to run and jump into one of the rivers in the shroud only to hit an invisible wall. It was so dissapointing. :(

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Originally Posted by CerinGloom

FFX had a lot of swimming sections.

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Doh! You're right, I forgot about that - but then I hated FFX with a passion so yeah. :p So I concede to that point.

I still stand by my comments about why it wouldn't work in ARR though.

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Originally Posted by fantasticm

PS3 limitations. Please look forward to it.

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I heard that the only reason Final Fantasy is still using Roman numerals is because the PS3 can't handle real numbers.

Also, yeah, I'd love to swim at Costa del Sol.

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Originally Posted by CerinGloom

FFX had a lot of swimming sections.

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Wow... If they could include a team based Blitzball mini-game I would be so impressed and extremely excited!

Couldn't care less about swimming. That being said he if they ever added it, which I doubt they will I hope it won't have anything to do with combat. Underwater combat never works.

"please add X because other MMOs have it" does not appear to be a valid reason for me. we do not even have real boat trips in the game.
Please do not turn this into any more an amalgamation of lesser MMOs than it already is.
I left EQ for FFXI after 24 hours of release. I left FFXI when they finally destroyed it with abyssea. Please do not bring any more generic MMO junk into XIV.

As a fisherman, Yes Give me a harpoon and let me go to those bastards!

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Originally Posted by Battlewrench

Couldn't care less about swimming. That being said he if they ever added it, which I doubt they will I hope it won't have anything to do with combat. Underwater combat never works.

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Guild wars 2,

lol sounds like the Jumping drama all over again =p

Generic mmo junk? Wow.

I'd be more than happy if they even simply added surface swimming, as it would open up the maps considerably. Right now every stream that is not ankle-deep has invisible walls around it!

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Originally Posted by Battlewrench

Couldn't care less about swimming. That being said he if they ever added it, which I doubt they will I hope it won't have anything to do with combat. Underwater combat never works.

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It'll be cool if we had swimming.
Just because GW2 was a train wreck, it was still fun going underwater and seeing all the cool stuff.
The UW combat needed a huge ass buff was all. We could also have minigames and such.
Doesn't always have to be combat. Treasure Hunts to find sunken treasure or something.

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Originally Posted by Arriverderci

It'll be cool if we had swimming.
Just because GW2 was a train wreck, it was still fun going underwater and seeing all the cool stuff.
The UW combat needed a huge ass buff was all. We could also have minigames and such.
Doesn't always have to be combat. Treasure Hunts to find sunken treasure or something.

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Treasure hunts!!! That's a great idea!

Yeah I hope they add swimming, ti would be really cool. And allow people to enjoy the game even more, and more RP possibilities.

They don't really have to add underwater content, not much anyway just a bit maybe on some beaches. They do however have to open up all those closed areas, like lakes and the coast etc etc.

Would be amazing.! Hoping they decide to add it, and not too far from now! :P

I took my wolf puppy out into the waters of the Mist neighborhood.. He coulda drowned!!! No floating!!

I could see swimming being something implemented only for the leviathan primal fight....Might make for some interesting mechanics if done correctly.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Considering no other FF game allows you to swim (no, riding a submarine to an 'underwater cavern' doesn't count), somehow I don't see ARR allowing that any time soon (and besides, the development team have already stated it's because they would have to devote time to adding 'underwater' areas which would eat into processing resources.

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Ah yes, the lazy excuse. Heaven forbid we expect Squeenix to fully flesh out their game's world. The invisible walls barring you from water are infuriating.

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Originally Posted by Griever86

i wanna be able to swim in this game. more than anything.
you can in wow and sooo many other mmo games.
i hope we get it eventually or ill be sad. :(

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If we do get the ablity to swim, I hope its very exclusive.
I like how you can't fall so easily.
If you ever watch the letter from Producer videos,
you will notice Yoshida and the others like to try to jump off the edge a lot.
Just to make sure you can't.

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Originally Posted by katattax

I want this too. Sitting in ankle-deep water in Costa isn't the same. ; ;

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water level above my head!

http://i.imgur.com/0eSpL7G.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MOwVZoq.jpg

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Originally Posted by fantasticm

PS3 limitations. Please look forward to it.

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No PS3 game has ever had swimming.

Ever.

/sarcasm

Swimming could be nice if properly handled. I really don't want to see fully clothed/armoured characters swimming like there were in swimsuits.

I have an actual armour that I use for LARPs. Over 50 pounds of solid steel, plates and chains, head to toe. A place I go has an artificial lake (about 15 feet deep) and I swear it gives me nightmares. If I fall in that, I don't think even my lifeguard training is going to be enough to get back to the surface (In my prime, I used to be able to lift a 200 pounds male adult, both shoulders out of the water, across 50 feet of deep water, in training). The strength, endurance and willpower it takes just to manage to get your head out of the water in armour is insane. In simpler term, most people would drown. Being fully clothed isn't a walk in the park either.

But, if SquareEnix is to implement swimming sections, where players would need their swimsuits in order to swim, that would be very nice. Would also give some purpose to swimsuits.

It's a fantasy game. You can swim in heavy armor because magic! Those who played GW2 will know how wonderful the underwater world was. It's like a whole new zone. It makes the world open for more events and exploration: Fights, farm, treasure hunting (as someone suggested) FATEs, dungeons and/or Primals. I would love to see this system implemented.

While i would love to be able to swim, being able to sit in the beach chairs under that umbrella in the pictures above would be a good thing, too.

I thought there was plans for this in the future or something but I am not positive. I would like it too but especially with spear fishing, clam cages and treasure diving type stuff, maybe underwater cave exploration. I would really like ferry fishing back though with diving from the ferry. heh.

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nice pix KingZeus!

This game needs more Blitzball.

Anything that allows us to interact with the environment more is always a good thing, swimming would be pretty cool.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Doh! You're right, I forgot about that - but then I hated FFX with a passion so yeah. :p So I concede to that point.

I still stand by my comments about why it wouldn't work in ARR though.

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FF6 and Serpent's Trench!