Thread: 4.0 Swimming

Well, with flying in the game now we have three dimensional movement, so the system is already in place. They would just need to tweak it a bit to work in water, and of course design some killer underwater areas.
My only question is, would there be a limit to how long you could stay underwater? If so would it put stacks of "Can't Friggin' Breathe" on you until it killed you at 5? Or would it work like it did in FFX, where you can pretty much breathe underwater?

Originally Posted by Hakuro89

Well, with flying in the game now we have three dimensional movement, so the system is already in place. They would just need to tweak it a bit to work in water, and of course design some killer underwater areas.
My only question is, would there be a limit to how long you could stay underwater? If so would it put stacks of "Can't Friggin' Breathe" on you until it killed you at 5? Or would it work like it did in FFX, where you can pretty much breathe underwater?

Could swim under water for a limited time w/ a breath gauge, and then have to search for under water aether currents to attune for prolonged swimming in certain areas!

i remember playing gw2 and swimming was done pretty well there. would be nice if ff14 can do the same

People saying no to swimming.. think all the things swimming could offer! not just the physics of swimming.. but underwater cities, mining, botany, seafolk race? Underwater dungeons based around the surrounding cities and quests/npcs.. The possibilites seem endless to me and can't wait to see what we get in the future!

Underwater swimming would not have to handled the same as other games do it.. aswell as underwater combat.. we could just move around like normal but still have the aesthetics of "being underwater" flying mounts would work fine under there too.. What's not to like about being able to swim! I can think of some hella scary stuff to explore that would be in eorzea's waters..

Currently the main reason we can not fly in the ARR zones is because the zones are not designed to be flown around in. If they add swimming I hope they use it as an excuse to update the ARR zones to allow for both swimming and flying.

If swimming is added I fully expect it to be linked with Oxyale.

No thanks. I just never liked swimming in games.

Along with swimming I would also appreciate if they updated ARR areas for flight and swimming as well. Imagine fishing on your own boat mount or taking a few friends on a boat ride or a ride on your new sea serpent mount.

There are so many magnificent possibilities with this.

Originally Posted by Tanama

Along with swimming I would also appreciate if they updated ARR areas for flight and swimming as well. Imagine fishing on your own boat mount or taking a few friends on a boat ride or a ride on your new sea serpent mount.

There are so many magnificent possibilities with this.

I have had dreams about personal boats in XIV... dreams!