Climbing & Swimming

[RakaMaimhov]

I haven't heard this mentioned since beta... wow.

There are ladders in south shroud that drive me insane I can't climb.

As for swimming, I believe they made an official statement about why they cannot implement it in the game. So no pun intended but, don't hold your breath waiting for swimming to be added.

You never know, though. They also said flying mounts would be unlikely and yeah...

[kyuven]

I haven't heard this mentioned since beta... wow.

There are ladders in south shroud that drive me insane I can't climb.

As for swimming, I believe they made an official statement about why they cannot implement it in the game. So no pun intended but, don't hold your breath waiting for swimming to be added.

You never know, though. They also said flying mounts would be unlikely and yeah...

Swimming is probably due to PS3 limitations, since water physics are a problem for a game that's already pushing the limits of what the PS3 can handle.

[Tauu]

Speaking of climbing: Ever since I found out characters could jump in 2.0, I thought that would set up the perfect opportunity for a crazier version of FFXI's Attohwa Chasm mountain climb! Ahh, the potential is so great! If you fail to time your jumps right or mess up the angle, down you go! Throw in the unexpected smoke plumes with knockback and you have the makings for some platforming goodness, which would be a nice change of pace.

[Meier]

I haven't heard this mentioned since beta... wow.

There are ladders in south shroud that drive me insane I can't climb.

As for swimming, I believe they made an official statement about why they cannot implement it in the game. So no pun intended but, don't hold your breath waiting for swimming to be added.

You never know, though. They also said flying mounts would be unlikely and yeah...

Actually...on the beta forums they made a HUGE list of all the changes and things they are making. One of them was swimming. It was under the "Coming, but as for when, we dunno" section of it.

[Alukah]

Actually...on the beta forums they made a HUGE list of all the changes and things they are making. One of them was swimming. It was under the "Coming, but as for when, we dunno" section of it.

Yeah IIRC for the first expansion they had to pick between sea themed or sky themed and decided to go with sky. Underwater combat is indeed hard to implement on an already ongoing MMO, but that's what expansions are for.