New tool idea

[Gimpypirate 2]

Flippers.

Nothing too fancy, just another item for the toolbelt. Having them in your inventory gives a passive 100% boost to swim speed. Thoughts?

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Perhaps if item loss in water was disabed, aside from that seems kinda pointless as very few aspects of the game are water-based.

[General Dickbutt 41]

Flippers.

Nothing too fancy, just another item for the toolbelt. Having them in your inventory gives a passive 100% boost to swim speed. Thoughts?

No, but however I do feel like the swimming speed needs to be increased a little

[S3V3N 1402]

Maybe in Arma 3. Also, I'd leave my backpackon the coast, if I went swimming, so...

There is no real point in swimming now, except if you want to make it to the one large island near the coast. Swimming sped up is a good idea in general. I feel a lot of speeds are quite unbalanced. The cars are much to fast imho. Would be more fun with slower cars and actually a few zombies that pose a threat to them or get in the way.

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Maybe in Arma 3. Also, I'd leave my backpackon the coast, if I went swimming, so...

There is no real point in swimming now, except if you want to make it to the one large island near the coast. Swimming sped up is a good idea in general. I feel a lot of speeds are quite unbalanced. The cars are much to fast imho. Would be more fun with slower cars and actually a few zombies that pose a threat to them or get in the way.

If you think about it a typical car that doesnt have bull bars or anything similar would prolly withstand 3-4 zombie impacts to the front radiator before it broke, after which the engine would overheat then stop. I dont really agree with making them slower, but making them a bit more vulnerable to impacts, yes.

[Gimpypirate 2]

You know what's weird? When I first started Dayz I noticed the item loss in water immediately. About a week ago I must have spent a cumulative 90 minutes swimming to and from Skalisty Island. Didn't lose a single item. So is item loss still possible or did I just get really lucky?

At any rate, you're correct. It really doesn't add a whole lot to the game. The main practical use for them would ultimately be faster travel to the islands. But I figure it may be relatively easy to code into the game. And if it IS something fairly simple to implement, it just gives a couple more options for players without access to boats or helicopters.

As for current swim speed, I'm actually okay with it. I figure if I'm strapped with a backpack, possibly a few weapons, and other miscellaneous items (*EDIT* and swimming fully clothed? Have YOU ever tried that?) then I'm not going to be the speediest swimmer. Hence, flippers.

Edited August 3, 2012 by Gimpypirate

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I think youll find item loss on swimming is a server-side option. Seems that it was always "on" before they added it as a variable in june.

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?136172-ARMA-2-OA-beta-build-93965-%281-60-MP-compatible-build-post-1-60-release%29