Why can't Deek swim? (minor spoilers might occur)

[Varg]

He literally says in a cutscene that he swam 7 times back and forth to bring his dead friends ashore.

[Widget]

You answered it yourself, he has a trauma, weren't those 7 dead bodies? I can't remember correctly. It was during war and he almost drowned. I also have a fear of water because I once almost drowned.

[Tox]

Take your pick:
- Trauma from the experiences he went through.
- He's carrying 4 weapons (technically 5 including the knife), throwables, traps, distractions, medical supplies, and heaps of crafting resources, ears, meat, herbs/berries/mushrooms.
- Balance (there are a few areas surrounded by water which require an upgraded bike to access via jumps).

[Varg]

Originally posted by Toxicity:

Take your pick:
- Trauma from the experiences he went through.
- He's carrying 4 weapons (technically 5 including the knife), throwables, traps, distractions, medical supplies, and heaps of crafting resources, ears, meat, herbs/berries/mushrooms.
- Balance (there are a few areas surrounded by water which require an upgraded bike to access via jumps).

The carrying stuff is not really valid imo since it's not realistic that he could carry all that stuff to begin with.
Jumps could be done in other ways so balancing I don't think is a good reason either.
But yeah, probably it was an easy way to cut off areas to enforce using the trails.

Trauma... I could buy that I suppose. Wish they would make it a bit more clear from the beginning in that case.

[Kain]

Originally posted by Ulcerus:

Originally posted by Toxicity:

Take your pick:
- Trauma from the experiences he went through.
- He's carrying 4 weapons (technically 5 including the knife), throwables, traps, distractions, medical supplies, and heaps of crafting resources, ears, meat, herbs/berries/mushrooms.
- Balance (there are a few areas surrounded by water which require an upgraded bike to access via jumps).

The carrying stuff is not really valid imo since it's not realistic that he could carry all that stuff to begin with.
Jumps could be done in other ways so balancing I don't think is a good reason either.
But yeah, probably it was an easy way to cut off areas to enforce using the trails.

Trauma... I could buy that I suppose. Wish they would make it a bit more clear from the beginning in that case.

I'm happy they didn't, he probably would repeat all the time something like "oh water, yeah, yeah, this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ water, you wanna drown me, well you picked the wrong man to drown you water son of a bish"

Or when he is close go something like "another ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ water encampment"