"Will Underwater Combat Suck?"

Only if you're a Fire Elementalist.

Originally posted by ironfungus

"Will Underwater Combat Suck?"

 

Only if you're a Fire Elementalist.

but thats magic, so it isnt affected by physics :D

Fire Ele becomes Steam Ele, and there was much rejoicing.

Underwater will be pretty awesome imo, I'm glad they've chosen to redo many (all?) abilities to work properly underwater.

And to drowning whiners. You can breathe water if it has enough oxygen in it. Water in Tyria has a higher O² content than water on Earth. Fixed. Would also fix the fire ele problem too :p

I've played two MMOs with underwater combat: EQ and DAoC. It sucked in both of them.

Originally posted by ironfungus

"Will Underwater Combat Suck?"

Only if you're a Fire Elementalist.

Or uses guns.. I am pretty sure bows wouldn't work under water either.

On the plus side is the jellyfish pet cool. :)

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Originally posted by Loke666

Or uses guns.. I am pretty sure bows wouldn't work under water either.
On the plus side is the jellyfish pet cool. :)

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Going slightly off topic... Modern guns do work underwater, you just have to remove any air-bubbles in the barrel before firing or else you could end up with a back-fire. Revolvers work best underwater. Flint-lock type... never would they work underwater.

Bows also works under water, but the range is severely impaired because of the drag on the fletching, and any curvature on the arrow would send it into an unpredictable trajectory.

Back on topic:

Given the industry's past examples of underwater/3-dimensional combat (flying), I have to have reservations about it. But given that this is Anet, I will remain cautiously optimistic.

no

this is the reason why GW2 is taking so long to finish, underwater combat mechanics
they got it nailed down already that you will be using diff skills while underwater
i just hope that it wont be gimmicky skills/builds, like when inside a junundu or skills like in BMPs and Keiran's skills in HoN
something more customizable i hope so it wont suck
i doubt that there will be underwater in structured pvp & WvWvW

from everything that I've heard, the underwater combat is so great that you're going to want to buy a bigger bathtub. People are going to start GW2 LARP at swimming pools. People will wear scuba-gear to work on casual dress day.  Kids will pass up on getting nose-rings and get "gill" tattoo's instead. People will sell t-shirts that read "I fought leviathan and all I got was this crummy t-shirt"

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Originally posted by Loke666

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Originally posted by ironfungus
"Will Underwater Combat Suck?"
Only if you're a Fire Elementalist.

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Or uses guns.. I am pretty sure bows wouldn't work under water either.
On the plus side is the jellyfish pet cool. :)

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@Loke666 that's the second time you referenced the jellyfish, I think someone is looking forward to that pet :)

Most games do get underwater movement wrong, sluggish, difficult to control and one eye on the timer never made a good experience, really hoping Anet get it right or at least much better. I'm really hoping to see some in the next demo.

Originally posted by Loke666

On the plus side is the jellyfish pet cool. :)

^ Scary do nut want pls V_V

Underwater exploration sounds cool. I doubt that they will just make you unable to drown without any appropriate measures though. Same as in WOW; as an engineer you could make a helmet thingy to gain permanent underwater time. Alternatively cast spells / use pots, etc. Could be something like that I suppose, they'll just make it easy to get I think.

Fear not the Water, Fear what comes from it.

" Charlie Mike "