Swim - Underwater Map! How about it SE!

[Ecks007]

Could be like Sea in XI, you know, where you didn't swim. It was like walking/running normally but everything had an underwater feel/look to it.

While I have actually enjoyed the underwater mechanics of games like GW2, because it actually gave the impression of my character really being underwater. I mean really, when you are in water of any kind about the only thing you can do fluidly is swim. So yeah.. fighting in the water would be slow somewhat in reality, and clunky because.. it's effing water. It slows you down, weighs you down (if you're wearing clothes other than a bathing suit or simple/light clothing).

That being said, I would like to see an underwater area, but honestly I don't think I'd want to swim through it. While it might be slightly immersion breaking, since this is a fantasy realm who's to say someone can't cook up some magic or magic device that lets us walk/run, breath and even talk normally while underwater.

[RazeLandale]

Nothing good in gaming has happened underwater since ecco the dolphin.

[Dreamer]

Nope. I've played Guild Wars 2. It had underwater combat which I really hated. It was clunky and so hard to navigate. Especially one dungeon where most of it was underwater... it was horrible.

I'll only accept Blitzball as something we do in water.

Wow, I completely blocked out the GW2 underwater stuff... *shudder* thanks for reminding me! xD

Just chiming in to disagree with the above. GW2 has the best underwater combat in the genre. If FFXIV did decide to incorporate swimming (which is not going to happen, let's be serious), that's the model I'd want them to follow.

[Nici]

I chip in my vote for no underwater experience please...well i'm lying a little, i would like to see swimming/exploring underwater but for DoL classes only, exploring while gathering would be interesting in my opinion, besides...i think a roe in heavy pld armor underwater would be silly to see to say the least or anything in heavy armor really. XD

[Chihaya]

One of the problems with underwater combat is that it adds another axis to the system.
On ground you only really have to worry about the X and Y axis, sure sometimes there's ledges an rocks but the target itself is not really moving in the Z-axis (altitude).

Anyone that played Aion and experience the flight combat would know that this is extremely disadvantageous for melee who have short attack range and now having to worry about their target now being able to escape by going over or under them.

To add some realism for underwater... people swim right? The movement should decreased effectively making you pretty much shark bait. And I wouldn't even think about casting fire or thunder magic underwater.

[KonaMochi]

No please. Ive yet to have seen any videogame- sngleplayer or multiplayer- do underwater scenes well at all.
Best keep the game on land...

[RocketUnderwear]

Something was bugging me when i was looking at the last Live letter, where they showed the next Primal.

We cant swim, and there are so meany places where would be nice to do it.

And how about underwater map, where we fight and adventure, wouldn't be nice?

What do you think about it, and do you think SE will do it ?

What self respected Miqo'te would ask for swimming option much less an entire underwater zone. You should be ashamed of you self.

[Skivvy]

Just chiming in to disagree with the above. GW2 has the best underwater combat in the genre. If FFXIV did decide to incorporate swimming (which is not going to happen, let's be serious), that's the model I'd want them to follow.

I really enjoyed it in GW2 also. While I wasn't the best at fighting underwater, I still loved getting to explore down there and thought they did a good job with it. Also liked how their zones had just about 0 invisible walls, but that's another topic all together right there >>;

[Vladislav]

minimum swim can't harm (remind me FFX) , but something like open sea , pirate ships would be nice

[AmalahRose]

Even if they never released an underwater area, I would settle for being able to swim at Mist or Costa Del Sol. Even if we were only treading water near the shore. *Sigh*