Swimming

[grehyton]

I was wondering why everyone starts at full swimming. Its an easy skill to bring up but really adds a little bit to those that do it. Would be cool if you made it so swimming had to be trained or practiced.

Thanks!

 

[iaeolan]

it would indeed not be cool...

1 - holds up raids w/ water due to retards who dont train
2 - such a nuisance when you first need to swim
3 - can be trained by afking in a corner... not really a skill imo...

 

[JayelleNephilim]

i3 - can be trained by afking in a corner... not really a skill imo...

LAWL! That is EXACTLY what I did to get my skill up (at level 61 mind you) in the Nexus on live! I'd have to agree with Iae on this one.

 

[GuiardoTuneweaver]

As a bard on live, you could work up both swimming AND the instrument skill for the EB song (forgot which now, it's been a looong time) at the same time. Did my time in the little lake by the casters area in Freeport.

Presumably, the SoD staff would come up with a better implementation that would prevent this afk skill gain to some extent.

But I agree with the other 2 points, it's more of a hassle than it's worth for the RP.

 

[Manluas]

As a bard on live, you could work up both swimming AND the instrument skill for the EB song (forgot which now, it's been a looong time) at the same time. Did my time in the little lake by the casters area in Freeport.

Presumably, the SoD staff would come up with a better implementation that would prevent this afk skill gain to some extent.

But I agree with the other 2 points, it's more of a hassle than it's worth for the RP.

Just OT: It was Brass Instruments

 

[grehyton]

it would indeed not be cool...

1 - holds up raids w/ water due to retards who dont train
2 - such a nuisance when you first need to swim
3 - can be trained by afking in a corner... not really a skill imo...

Well, I think its cool to train it up, as you said its so easy to do....Whats a raid level person doing with no skill in swimming? The nuisance part adds to the experience of the game. Its quite a nuisance as well not to have offense at 100, or 1hb at 100 isnt it?

 

[rab]

IIRC, we don't really know how the server recognizes someone swimming, or something along those lines. When I first started, you had zero swimming and could never skill up (because they didn't know how to get it to recognize you were in the water, or something). Starting with 100 is just a compromise.

But then again, I could be totally wrong (and I'll edit this post so that no one will know MUAHAHA).

 

[JayelleNephilim]

IIRC, we don't really know how the server recognizes someone swimming, or something along those lines. When I first started, you had zero swimming and could never skill up (because they didn't know how to get it to recognize you were in the water, or something). Starting with 100 is just a compromise.

But then again, I could be totally wrong (and I'll edit this post so that no one will know MUAHAHA).

*evil grin*

 

[GuiardoTuneweaver]

IIRC, we don't really know how the server recognizes someone swimming, or something along those lines.

It knows enough when you're in the water to not let you fish. :roll:

 

[moghedancarns]

Swimming is a Froglok racial trait.

You just sink more slowly than you would otherwise =)

 

[iaeolan]

Sadly I did the exact same thing swimming in the corner of efreeport... brass and swimming max in the morning

 

[Llanoldar Lluindar]

What about an AA to increase swimming?

You'd have to work for the benefit so there's no freeloading (more or less).

Now, I don't know about the programmers' capacity to add/fiddle with AAs so I can't say anything about feasibility. And there'd have to be some tweak so that it doesn't make the Froglok racial bonus to swimming obsolete (something like the way critical hit AAs don't make class based crit rates obsolete).