Fall Damage from Water

[Martyn]

I am absolutely loving this game so far, just wanted to point out, not sure if it's intentional or not; you take fall damage when hitting water, the same amount of damage as if you hit the ground from the same height

[Zen]

That's quite realistic actually.

[Jep]

Originally posted by Zen:

That's quite realistic actually.

how is that realistic?

[Zen]

Originally posted by Winkelwagen:

Originally posted by Zen:

That's quite realistic actually.

how is that realistic?

Really depends on how far up the jumping off point is. High enough, and when you hit the water it will be as hard as concrete, then, your lifeless body will slowly sink.

[Dagoth Ur did nothing wrong]

80m would turn your body into paste if you hit water from that high. Helicopter rescue squads who save people from shipwrecks have to train their divers how to dive from heights of 60m and up in case the helicopter can't get close to the water due to a storm or heavy waves. If they are off by a little bit the diver could die or be seriously injured. The way water works is SLIGHTLY colloidal. When something has enough mass and speed it can hit the water surface in such a way that keeps the surface intact (and it forms around the thing hitting the surface) and transfers the same force a concrete pad would. The only way to alleviate this phenomena is with straight legged pencil dives. Objects that come to a point (such as a pencil or spear) would not be subject to this force as the tip can pierce the weak surface in a way that a flat object cannot, thus allowing the pencil to keep most of its momentum and breach the water without much force transferring to it. I'm sure the fact that our bodies are 70% water don't help either, as density has a large impact in this equation as well.

TL;DR Big fat human bodies go splat on water from heights 80m and up. At 25-30m you're looking at severe injuries, broken bones, probably unconcious. Go watch HowRidiculous on YouTube and watch one of their 45m (150ft) drop videos to get an idea of what I mean. A Watermelon dropped from merely 25m will completely explode on impact with a body of water.

[J4MESOX4D]

The water isn't very deep so if you hit it hard, you will incur damage because you are essentially colliding with the ground. Also bear in mind as been said, hitting water from height in real life can cause injury.

[Martyn]

A few of these comments seem to ignore the part where I say "the same amount of damage as if you hit the ground from the same height"

[GroovyHobo]

Originally posted by Martyn:

A few of these comments seem to ignore the part where I say "the same amount of damage as if you hit the ground from the same height"

derp derp

something tells me you didn't read their replies

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by Martyn:

A few of these comments seem to ignore the part where I say "the same amount of damage as if you hit the ground from the same height"

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

The water isn't very deep so if you hit it hard, you will incur damage because you are essentially colliding with the ground

[soupisverydelicous]

Originally posted by Winkelwagen:

Originally posted by Zen:

That's quite realistic actually.

how is that realistic?

if you fall in water in real life the water slaps you