by Loopoo » Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:28 pm
The reason I died cause of swimming is:
1) The damn river was a small tributary (or so I thought), and because of that, I thought it was the smallest and easiest to cross. Little did I know, my Hearthling is a fat fuck of a person and can barely lift his own weight in damn water. Jesus Christ. I was in the water for 4 seconds, perhaps a tile or two from the other side, and I drowned. It's fucking stupid.
2) The river drains your stamina like a motherfucker. It's silly how chipping away at rock (AT ROCK) drains so little stamina, and mining drains a bit more, yet swimming? The easiest out of the them all.
When I was a kid and couldn't swim, I could still fucking float. Or i'd just doggy paddle around. It's insane and too fucking tough.
Also, the fact that the server was lagging like a bitch didn't help. I shouldn't have attempted it, but with all the warnings, I thought it would count for BIG rivers, not little tiny ones like the one North West of RoB...
I lost EVERYTHING, and only got 4k lp out of my 15k lp (I had all skills except the big 20k and 30k ones). I had 22 Strength (took ages to get it) and 28 Constitution. I had 15 melee and 10 Marksmanship. All lost in 4 seconds.
I'd spent the last week or so hoarding all my points to be ready for this new map and i've gone and fucked up. I saw Jorb resets the map or atleast respawns the people who died today. I don't feel like grinding everything all over again. LP that coulda gone into my melee or something, wasted on getting other shitty skills I already had.