Official: Swimming in Gyldemar

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[/URL] http://www.play.net/images/transparent.gifhttp://www.play.net/images/transparent.gif[URL="http://www.play.net/forums/help/closed_topic.asp?forum=102&category=1&topic=1"] (http://forum.gsplayers.com/)Dateline 4/16/2008: SWIMMING IN GYLDEMAR - UPDATE RELEASED

Swimming to and from Old Ta'Faendryl has never been easy--and it hasn't gotten any harder. Players should be aware, though, that changes have been released that may make failure more consequential.

-- A bug that caused the system to forget whether you were swimming eastward or westward has been fixed, so once you set off swimming, you must now either succeed or die trying.

-- Any items in hand on death are dropped. It is possible, however, to retrieve these items.

-- It is now possible to drop coins or items in hand to lighten your load, which will improve your chances of getting out alive.

Cheers,
GM Bernt

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[The Ponzzz]

Droppage in prime!

[Fallen]

Who is stupid enough, outside of CvC situations, to attempt that swim with crap in their hands?

[fallenSaint]

Who is stupid enough, outside of CvC situations, to attempt that swim with crap in their hands?

Just wait for the first "OMG I LOST <insert something nifty here>" post and you'll know.

[Xaerve]

I'm glad these are the changes coming through, keep up the great work dev's!

[Stanley Burrell]

I don't even know what this means, but Bernt did it, so it has to be good.

[graysun]

Who is stupid enough, outside of CvC situations, to attempt that swim with crap in their hands?

Uhh....::raises his hand:: I am stupid enough.

Just after I returned from a seven-year hiatus last spring, my plat ranger walked into the river when I misread the map and ran him into it on my way to Faeroth. Dropped his nicest sword and shield - whoops!

The GM could see the items at the bottom, and died a couple times going down after the stuff. Ended up replacing the items as my "one-time" replacement. (I wonder if I could have that back....)

Anyway, how much swimming does a character need to get across the black river?

My ranger is about 1x in climbing and swimming combined and I am wondering how much of each to allocate for some of the older hunting grounds that need climb/swim to be accessed. Right now he's at 40 ranks climb and 30 ranks swim.

[Askip]

I think 25-30 ranks is safe, I went to 50 ranks to avoid any problems and to prepare for the Teras Temple.

Askip

P.S. I always swim with my runestaff out.

:D

[R2-D2]

BEEP!

[Asha]

This will work even more in House Dreadnaughts ambush revenge tactics.

[StJimmy]

I only have 30 ranks in swimming and usually always swim it with my runestaff in my hand. Dunno ... never had any problems previously.