Swiming

[Seif]

Underwater battles like in X would be cool. I imagine they could make lakes their own instances and/or patch in access to bodies of water one by one.

Swimming in Costa del Sol anyone? We already have the gear for that. I don't think the animation issues would be impossible given how all classes now use basically the same mo-cap data.

[Mirakumi]

Wouldn't mind under water battles if the only thing that would change is the design of the area. ;p
Looks like were underwater, monster *feels* like were underwater. so we just might be underwater. ! *But were really not! *
xD

No but on a serious note, really wish I could take a dip sometimes or /lay down in the water at Costa Del Sol - my sitting emote doesn't cut it sometimes. lol *Reminds me of all the times of sitting on Selbina's beaches staring out into the sunset - oh water if only you weren't so unreachable~* j/k

[Amiantos]

For the whole boundary thing I understand but correct me if I'm wrong. Back when I played WoW during a break from FFXI before TBC came out, I remember thinking "I'll try to swim from the night elf island place to the main continent." After a certain point there was a fatigue or something that prevented me from doing so and would kill me if I kept pressing on. Why not something like that?

[LineageRazor]

For the whole boundary thing I understand but correct me if I'm wrong. Back when I played WoW during a break from FFXI before TBC came out, I remember thinking "I'll try to swim from the night elf island place to the main continent." After a certain point there was a fatigue or something that prevented me from doing so and would kill me if I kept pressing on. Why not something like that?

This doesn't really change the amount of research and work SE would need to put into it. They'd still need to examine all current existing water-bordered areas to determine how quickly fatigue should set in to prevent folks from reaching places they shouldn't reach.

On the other hand, if folks just want to be able to swim because, hey, we have swimsuits, we should be able to swim somewhere, I could certainly see SE adding special self-contained areas where folks can do just that for fun, and possibly also with minigames involved. Costa del Sol seems like natural place to set something like that up. But implementing an all-around swim ability, where your character can dive right in as long as the water's deep enough? I don't see that happening anytimes soon, if ever.