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Cramps

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Swimming is too easy.

There should be a random chance to get cramps while swimming, resulting in inability to tread water, and thus, drowning.
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Would give reasons to use the silver ring that saves you from drowning, BUT, its way too unforgiving to new chars who actually depend on swimming to get around and wouldn't really become a tax on older chars as they can afford hundreds of rings without doing as much as a dent o their silver stocks.
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Cramps should increase the chance basead on the duration that you're swimming. So new players would probably not be affected by it on the early game.
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Luanes wrote:Cramps should increase the chance basead on the duration that you're swimming. So new players would probably not be affected by it on the early game.
Good idea.
Swimming over small streams and rivers would probably not drown you, but for longer distances there would be a chance.
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Luanes wrote:Cramps should increase the chance basead on the duration that you're swimming. So new players would probably not be affected by it on the early game.
Then noone would ever be affected by it. Pointless and over punishing RNG.
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Caused by vitamin deficiency from unbalanced diet used to fast-feed characters... sure, all for it.
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Re: Cramps

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Isn't random cramps while swimming just a massive myth? Wouldn't mind more swimming hazards, I guess, but not sure I like it random. As is it is always very much your own fault if you get into trouble while swimming.
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jorb wrote:Isn't random cramps while swimming just a massive myth?
Well not really in 0°C water temperature.
Make friends with the other crabs or try to escape the bucket.
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shubla wrote:Swimming is too easy.

There should be a random chance to get cramps while swimming, resulting in inability to tread water, and thus, drowning.
no it isn't

no there shouldn't be

are you too fucking fat to swim 20 god damn feet? Swimming a lake isn't even impressive if you've been practicing for maybe a month, lightly. Or do you just have no arms?

People don't shit themselves and die the instant they cramp, it's mostly a moment of discomfort. Why do you post this many of these threads?
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jorb wrote:Isn't random cramps while swimming just a massive myth? Wouldn't mind more swimming hazards, I guess, but not sure I like it random. As is it is always very much your own fault if you get into trouble while swimming.
They're a thing under three situations:

Extreme cold. Too much food recently eaten. Lack of potassium.

Cramping is very real but it's mostly uncomfortable. You will not drown due to them, you'll complain.
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