Soo-Won has nothing to do with the “horrors from the deep”

[maxwelgm.4315]

5 hours ago, AliamRationem.5172 said:

That would be about as ridiculous as diving into a volcano...oh, wait...

This thought pretty much confirms we are diving into the crushing depths eventually, as soon as Anet overcomes their fear of underwater combat being terrible

[AliamRationem.5172]

1 hour ago, maxwelgm.4315 said:

This thought pretty much confirms we are diving into the crushing depths eventually, as soon as Anet overcomes their fear of underwater combat being terrible

That fear is justified.

[Ellon.4316]

Anet will never overcome that fear, doesn’t mean we can’t go to the deep. Largos and quaggan have legs which are not the most useful underwater. So I guess you can explain that with a lot of deep underwater caves with air trapped inside of them.

Or Anet never addresses the “horrors of the deep” and just leaves it as a mystery or future plot hook. Then when it get’s addressed in 10 years time we get a nice YouTube video about how the evidence was always there 😜. 

 

[Eekasqueak.7850]

Given the turtle can walk in the bottom of bodies of water they could always add areas where we do the same too. 

[Konig Des Todes.2086]

On 1/18/2023 at 5:30 AM, maxwelgm.4315 said:

This thought pretty much confirms we are diving into the crushing depths eventually, as soon as Anet overcomes their fear of underwater combat being terrible

To be honest, underwater combat is not bad in this game. It's become a bit of a stigma for little reason. The worst (and imo only really bad part) is just the limited selection of skills and traits, and the lack of automatically swapping traits between land and underwater skill sets.

That said, EoD introduced a new mechanic that ArenaNet can - and probably will sooner or later - use to give players low-grav normal gameplay underwater. The Siege Turtle underwater walking function - just slap a mastery chain with this ability, and add a mastery button next to the fishing/skiff/waypoint buttons, and there you go...

Whether that'll be any fun for combat is anyone's guess, and mine is "no, normal underwater combat will be leagues better".