Reduced Fall damage in water Confirmed. Thoughts?

Now that this has been confirmed to be a feature of ashes, what are your thoughts on this? Good? Bad?

I for one am ok with this, Steven's reasons seem perfectly fine but maybe others feel differently?

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Voidwalkers

I'm just glad that fall damage on water is NOT zero.

Can't wait to see the loads of ppl coming from WoW & GW2 jumping off cliffs thinking it's safe

I assume it's perfectly fine to scam/trick ppl into taking a dive and then loot their corpses?

Speaking of fall ... If I knocked a non-combatant off a cliff and he dies from fall-damage, does that count as a kill / do I get flagged as corrupted?

Mowaby

Voidwalkers wrote: »

I'm just glad that fall damage on water is NOT zero.

Can't wait to see the loads of ppl coming from WoW & GW2 jumping off cliffs thinking it's safe
I assume it's perfectly fine to scam/trick ppl into taking a dive and then loot their corpses?

Speaking of fall ... If I knocked a non-combatant off a cliff and he dies from fall-damage, does that count as a kill / do I get flagged as corrupted?

I would think so. You would have to be attacking them to cause a harmful effect.

Merek

You should only take damage if the height is greater than 15 meters. Past that height, the amount of damage you take should start to increase as the height does, obviously.

Volgaire

Love the idea, it's a no brainer that falling into water from a certain height will cause injury, this also makes players think a bit more instead of relying on a water escape route.

Frostshot1

After watching the jump ability in one of the Alpha previews, I don't think the fall damage will be that extreme. Probably more along the lines of, if your almost dead don't fall off a cliff to escape.

McMackMuck

I think everyone should have a "Fall Allowance" on land and then a Fall Allowance into water, which is 2-3x higher. You only start taking damage if you fall further than your fall allowance.

If the devs wanted to get detailed about it then armor, equipment weight, strength, agility and acrobatics should figure into the equation. It would certainly add to the immersion if done well.

I'm happy to see "feather fall" / damage reduction type spells and abilities.
I wouldn't want to see any skanky "get an ability off just before impact" exploits to avoid damage.

McMackMuck

Tyranthraxus wrote: »

Seems reasonable. I'll be zig-zagging my ship through those straights, as to ensure you darn, dirty pirates land in the water and get eaten by giant turtles - instead of getting my bountiful shipment of sugarcane, tobacco and spices!

I think I'd rather the pirates landed on my deck and died from fall damage, so long as they don't go through. I'd have their Darwin awards ready for them with a commemorative screenshot!

Atama

Sathrago wrote: »

Rumbler wrote: »

I think it would cool if there were underwater caves that could only be accessed by jumping off a cliff at the right spot...(if depth was tied to jump height)...

That could lead to some fun "mario tunnel" puzzles XD Jump down one and a geyser shoots you out of another or something like that.

Can they also incorporate the giant green pipes the Tulnar built?

Khronus

Falling at about 325km/hr into water makes the water act like concrete with your body in real life. I am glad there is damage when jumping into the water. If only all those Druids in my past would have died when jumping into the water in WOW.....would have been a lovely time.

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