Bears and sandbars...

[CG62]

(A critique, not an idea, so shut up about how I post too much here. I literally have no life )


So, I was out hunting with Chak yesterday and we came across a bear. Usually when this happens, I run like hell leaving nothing to mark my stay but a steady stream of urine. But today was different. Chak had his combat gear, and I had just gotten my marksmanship up to a decent level, and had a decent bow and a quiver full of decent arrows. But decent isn't enough to kill a bear. For that, you need a SANDBAR!

I positioned myself out at the farthest shallow point on the sandbar and waited for chak to lure the L. VI bear to me. In about 2 minutes it was butchered, and I was 8k LP stronger.

So, I ask, why can't bears walk in shallow water? It seems like a relatively simple thing to add, with a system similar to players walking in shallow water. I'm aware that most shallow water is the 1-2 tiles on the banks of a river, within easy striking distance of a bear, but sandbars are somewhat common. I mean, I was able to kill a bear with 25-ish marksmanship. There's something wrong with that picture.

So, I propose that
A) Bows are unusable in shallow water due to, well, the water?
or
B) Bears gain the ability to walk in shallow water


Although I couldn't care less. Bear meat is delicious, and it's hide makes an excellent cape

[theTrav]

Bears should be able to swim.

They should also be able to knock down bear traps made from cheap building sites

[g1real]

The search function would turn up some nice posts about animals not being able to walk in shallow water.