4.0 Swimming

[ErzaScarlet77]

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

[cyborgmermaid]

then it isn't exactly swimming then, is it?

TIL fish don't swim. Because, you know, they do it underwater.

People, please quit comparing this to flying. Flying is not something humans or any of the Eorzean human-like races can do. Swimming is. The only issue is breathing. And as far as that is concerned, the "hurdle" for swimming, as aether currents was with flying, would be some sort of explanation for infinite breath underwater, whether it be some aether bullshit, or an item Cid shat out on a Tuesday afternoon.

If it were up to me, I'd have the "swimming expansion" begin with regular breathing, then somewhere probably about 75-80% through the story obtain the means for infinite breath. That way, areas that were inaccessible before due to lack of air could now be explored, much like flying with 3.0.

[Blacksail]

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!

[Velisra]

*has flashbacks to Vashj'ir*

OHGODNO

This.

I HATED Vashj'ir (still do and avoid it in favor of other zones if I'm playing Warcraft), and I despised the entire Nightmare Tide expansion from RIFT.

Please. Just no to swimming if it's "required" to deal with it to level or progress. /shudder

[Blacksail]

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..

[MeeDeggiThePunisher]

No thanks. I just never liked swimming in games.

[Noshpan]

I don't know how I feel about that. I still remember questing in Vashj'ir during Cataclysm. So, I guess so long as it isn't like that... maybe?







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[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.

[Duelle]

but swimming is often something I end up trying to avoid in other MMOs, especially when underwater combat is involved. My hope is that flight is kept as standard from here on out, and if anything, swimming is an added bonus.

I've never understood why people have a problem with swimming and underwater combat. I greatly enjoy swimming because it allows the devs to put more into the world/zone for people to see and find. It creates some variation in set pieces for dungeons. The fact this game forces you to face your target when you perform an attack would make underwater combat a lot easier, too.

I'm also curious to see what Soken's take on underwater music would be. One of the few good things that came from Cataclysm was the underwater theme that conveyed the massive underwater setting you were in at the time quite well.

I don't know how I feel about that. I still remember questing in Vashj'ir during Cataclysm. So, I guess so long as it isn't like that... maybe?

The only problem with the Vash'jiir questline was that you were "trapped" there story-wise. The setting itself was amazing and was believably vast. Just like it you be if you went diving.

[Kallera]

TIL fish don't swim. Because, you know, they do it underwater.

I'm not sure where you were going with this, so I'm going to clarify what I meant.

If swimming, is implemented as neither a means of navigation around a open world map nor a way to "hang out at a swimming pool" then it is not exactly swimming, it would be no different than a choco porter between one dry land to another. which would be a cheap way around it.