Swimming and underwater content?

[Eekiki]

YEOUCH! Seafood soup!

[Aramyth]

I'm late coming to this thread, but I'm glad I found it.

Swimming and under water quests/exploration sounds awesome. I'd love for this game to have a more "open world" feel, as opposed to the way it is now where you can't jump or go in water.

[Andrien]

Can we resurrect Aerith?

why are you asking me for?

[syntaxlies]

Needing special gear would make things too complicated and out of place in this game. But.... we could use items and spells instead. A potion or spell that can let u breath underwater.

As i stated a simple breathing piece that you'd equip to your head slot would suffice. My thread i was referring to was about rpgs in history needing gear to access areas. Dragon warrior was my reference and you always needed a special pair of boots or something to get to the next higher lvl area. I dont see why this would be out of place. Having an area that requires everyone in the group to have gotten an item makes the game fun.
Another idea i had would be to have missions were you had to trick beastmen by wearing a goblin mask so you could walk by the guards at the entrance of a cave or something.

[Andrien]

underwater materia equipped in your armor is the only solution!


lol i jk. maybe

[Tempestmoon]

Bring on the underwater Content. This content does not have to be combat, But Salvaging type content for Limsa Fishers or Swimming in under water caverns to get to secret area's. Exploring Ship wreaks and plunder, while keeping hidden from Laviathan lol! I think the non-combat options are enless, and maybe some kind of under water dangers that can be avoided via some kind of under water skills. I believe an underwater city is not out of the question either.

Use your imagination people!

[Nuinn]

Yes to swimming, but only if you can drown. I'm tired of the bs 'explanations' that you know magic that lets you breathe under water for indefinite amounts of time.... nor any magic scroll, pendant, curse, magic bubble etc.
It would be nice, for once, seeing your character with a gas tank or some odd diving gear.....

It just totally makes me go 'yeah right....' when I can afk my char under water :/

[Dreadnought]

i think its hilarious how almost no one is against swimming as if underwater battles dont look rediculous... yet everyone and their mom argues against jumping because of how rediculous it looks.

i guess its that jumping can be done anywhere therefore has a chance to be in your face as to where swimming can only be done... in water - over there --->

oh well, maybe i can avoid underwater quests in this game unlike other MMOs.

[Nikita]

Yes to swimming, but only if you can drown. I'm tired of the bs 'explanations' that you know magic that lets you breathe under water for indefinite amounts of time.... nor any magic scroll, pendant, curse, magic bubble etc.
It would be nice, for once, seeing your character with a gas tank or some odd diving gear.....

It just totally makes me go 'yeah right....' when I can afk my char under water :/

lol, I know right!?

If you want real life, why are you playing a video game....

[Cichy]

Underwater content would need creatures with a head of a Chocobo and a body of a sea horse for us to ride.