Climbing Ladders & Swimming

Well I see a bunch of ladders to cool looking places I want to chill at and can't climb, so I want climbing ladders.

Swimming has been discussed and should be coming someday, but who else is in this boat?

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Originally Posted by MyKotoShi

...but who else is in this boat?

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Everyone, because we can't swim.

Badum, tsh.

Underwater battles like FFX would be so cool.

Also actually swimming in Costa Del Sol... please god let it happen.

Look out, swimming might lead to an entire zone being underwater.

In other words bring on the swimming. Under the seas in RPGs is the place to be. :cool:

(bonus points if Emerald Weapon shows up to crash the beach party)

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Originally Posted by Seif

Underwater battles like FFX would be so cool.

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Echoing this. FFX is actually a really good reference because they used the ocean and underwater areas in that game to incredibly cool, atmospheric effect. Come to think of it, they did the same thing in Chrono Cross.

Altogether, Square has a good track record with this sort of thing.

Also, new PvP arena: BLITZBALL

Yes to both! Especially the climbing ladders.

also id love to sit properly in the beach chairs...

Yes to all? ...Hell yes to all.

Have of the problems of the ARR world feeling rather restrictive could probably be fixed with those two things and a little reconstruction. You want to jump off the cliff into that river, be my guest. Might take a while to find the ladder that leads back up though. ...Also, there be treasure in said river...

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Originally Posted by Mahri

Also, new PvP arena: BLITZBALL

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Unlike the current arena, that may well be incredibly addictive. If done well, I would love this.

Yes to climbing ladders. Make sure all you girls wear miniskirts!

Would love it if swimming is available, even better if there's an option to sunbathe xD

A Blitzball where everyone actually controls their characters would be really interesting to play. That's PvP I could get into! It could have different classes, with special abilities going into the crosshotbar and hotbars.

Bring on the swimming!

If they add underwater combat, I kind of want something similar to Guild Wars 2, where underwater combat changes abilities. I absolutely loved that, since it was interesting to feel how different combat on land and in water was.

A thought occurred to me on swimming.

At this time many places are designed to be difficult to get out of the water if you were to jump in. most area's are surrounded by, essentially, cliffs.
If open world swimming is introduced, and I certainly hope that it is open world and not restricted to instances, then the ability to teleport and return while swimming is paramount.
The general animation for every race is a slight hover when teleporting/returning. I would assume the general animation for doing such while swimming would allow the player to hover over the water.

In addition to climbing, if ever introduced and knowing SE's interest to short-cut things, I would recommend an animation that shows your character grabbing to the ladder instead of the awkward warp you can see for example, an NPC getting up from the ground during cut-scenes.