Mermaid Mode

[SirensLure]

Just was thinking about the possibility of a Mermaid mode, giving players a chance to explore the waters a little bit more. If you were to have it set up so one of two ways are played explore (where players can just swim around and learn maybe help get over fear of sharks) and have a survival mode.

The survival mode for this could have a few balancing tweaks to make it tougher giving the player a slower speed on land unable to climb trees, dehydrate faster on land, can not benefit as much if at all from potatoes, decreases hydration while near fire sources, it in forces the player to be in the water more. To help balance it out give the player a faster swim speed still not faster then sharks, much longer ability to hold breath, slowly rehydrate while in the water, more food gain from fish and sharks.

I feel while it would make the islands less needed it does have more of a risk factor since you can no longer flee to a raft or stay on land it lets new players have a chance to explore the waters more while still offering a challenge for more experience players since your denying areas that used to be safe.

[Omen3608]

Sounds more like a Subnautica mode to me. :P

[SirensLure]

Yeah but how many sharks would attack a sub lol, besides it does offer a challenge of denial of land food.

[Omen3608]

From what I've seen, there is a lot of diving around in a neat divers suit. A perfect target...

I personally am looking forward to more landfood, instead of denying it.

[SirensLure]

I do plenty of land stuff not too much underwater stuff I never actually stop to enjoy the underwater bit because I am too worry about the sharks, I suffer from a phobia of them (so bad I can't even be in a swimming pool alone with out it creeping up, I mean come on it is a damn swimming pool) so I would like a chance to be forced off of land it is too easy and safe up there I am to the point where I am making Kolbold yips as I thrust a spear at them. My little hut on land has literally everything I need which has me wondering just how well would people do with out the safety of the raft or land. If they add more land stuff what is the whole point of the ocean bit then might was well get to the land and stay there almost all of the stuff in the wrecks is for water stuff anyways.