Swimming and underwater content?

[giftforce]

Hey gang! Yoshida was pretty active on the forum this weekend, and while this is kind of an old topic, his post seemed to fit pretty well in here so... He touches a bit on the discussion around 'free running' (or sprinting) as well as underwater/swimming-related content.

Oh wow, they are considering adding interesting and new avenues of gameplay. I guess there is a chance for FFXIV after all.

But as I already mentioned in this thread (I think), some improvements to the water-rendering will be needed.

Currently the water isn't too great. I shudder to think what it would look like from a vantage point beneath the surface or floating on top. That seems to be a bigger hurdle from my perspective than the issue of creating new animations.

Also, did SE use an editive layer for their animations? If so, they can recycle some animations, I guess. Limiting the weapons useable under water would help alleviate some workload too.