You are too tired to swim

[memestream]

Perhaps we could get this message if we attempt to start swimming with less than a certain % of stamina? I know there's a toggle, but it doesn't make a lot of sense that a hearthling would get into the water when they too exhausted and drown as soon as they took a step off into the deep end.

[Spiff]

Did somebody drown?

[theTrav]

I believe the plan is to make swimming less lethal, so if they touch it, that's probably what they'll do.

For the moment, just don't use swimming... at all... ever...

[memestream]

Did somebody drown?

Yep, drowned when I clicked over from another window and I stepped into the water with 1% stamina.

I'm still plenty strong though thankfully, a minor setback at worst thanks to the heirloom I was wearing. Got all my gear back to boot. I'm not asking for a retcon or anything, I can handle the fact that I made a stupid mistake. It was just a cheap way for a 4m+ character to get rubbed out.

[Delamore]

Swimming should also be impossible to buy before 40 con.

[sabinati]

Did somebody drown?

Yep, drowned when I clicked over from another window and I stepped into the water with 1% stamina.

I'm still plenty strong though thankfully, a minor setback at worst thanks to the heirloom I was wearing. Got all my gear back to boot. I'm not asking for a retcon or anything, I can handle the fact that I made a stupid mistake. It was just a cheap way for a 4m+ character to get rubbed out.

how'd you get all your gear back?

[theTrav]

Yep, drowned when I clicked over from another window and I stepped into the water with 1% stamina.

There's a toggle for swimming which you should get OCD about switching off after every swim.

Basically I don't think any amount of catches is going to stop people dying while swimming is so lethal, the fix is to make it non-lethal except in extreme circumstances.

[memestream]

Did somebody drown?

Yep, drowned when I clicked over from another window and I stepped into the water with 1% stamina.

I'm still plenty strong though thankfully, a minor setback at worst thanks to the heirloom I was wearing. Got all my gear back to boot. I'm not asking for a retcon or anything, I can handle the fact that I made a stupid mistake. It was just a cheap way for a 4m+ character to get rubbed out.

how'd you get all your gear back?

That's what's stupid, I stepped out of the water before(after?) I was dead somehow. Have screenshots to prove it.

Swimming should also be impossible to buy before 40 con.

I had 90, but I agree.

[niltrias]

This happened to me once when I was playing with swimming on an alt. I clicked the far bank of a river, died in the middle, but continued on and washed up on the far side.