Drowning mechanic is utter trash

[Cik]

4 seconds, firstly, and secondly, how is it that a character can't leverage itself out of water is beyond me.

[opop]

I would prefer if they made the drown-able rivers a different color than what we are accustomed to being safe or just make a invisible wall

[Marty_]

Yeah trying to cross a little bit of water to only drop in and it be 10 feet deep is pretty lame

[Cik]

Bottom-line, there isn't one recruit that would remain in Basic if they couldn't tread water with gear on; this needs to be addressed.

[Delta Green]

Originally posted by datCookie:

Originally posted by Cik:

Bottom-line, there isn't one recruit that would remain in Basic if they couldn't tread water with gear on; this needs to be addressed.

Sounds like it would be an animation related thing if anything. That being said, it isnt easy to stay afloat with 75lbs of gear on your person. Many soldiers died getting off the boats on DDay because their gear weighed them down.

Absolutely. You even see a few soldiers in difficulty at the beginning of Saving Private Ryan.

I think there needs to be a new mechanic and animation, and one that could be affected by a variety of elements - injuries, time on the field, class items already used (for example, a rifleman having already used his ammo crate would essentially be carrying less). Holding your weapon would be severely impacted too.

[Digital Merc]

75+ lbs of gear on a soldier + water = death.
find a way around.

[Marty_]

You guys keep trying to justify it with real world reasons but its a game. Fact is that not knowing what water will kill you and having to take a chance just flat out isn't fun.

[Delta Green]

Originally posted by Martubb:

You guys keep trying to justify it with real world reasons but its a game. Fact is that not knowing what water will kill you and having to take a chance just flat out isn't fun.

If it is just a game, then lets change the water to molten hot lava and be done with it!

Hell Let Loose is a realistic World War Two first person shooter. This is taken from the first sentence of the store page description, so I'd rather reasons to justify this and that, based on logic and real world problems and solutions.

[Digital Merc]

Originally posted by Martubb:

You guys keep trying to justify it with real world reasons but its a game. Fact is that not knowing what water will kill you and having to take a chance just flat out isn't fun.

there's a huge difference between 'fun' and 'arcade trash'

being able to magically jump out of water with 75+ lbs of gear on is 'arcade trash' just because other shooter titles made it popular, doesn't mean it makes any damn sense ;)

[Cik]

75+ lbs of gear on a soldier + water does not = death.

This is not normandy beach; its g-dam stream. lol

With a side that I can jump to but then slide backwards into and die in 4 seconds - hahaha - who can't hold their breadth for 4 seconds? lol

[Digital Merc]

its not a stream, its a river and you can drown in an inch of water so your point is moot.

[Cik]

Originally posted by Digital Merc:

its not a stream, its a river and you can drown in an inch of water so your point is moot.

Its not a river. Its a field stream.

[Digital Merc]

Originally posted by Cik:

Originally posted by Digital Merc:

its not a stream, its a river and you can drown in an inch of water so your point is moot.

Its not a river. Its a field stream.

[DannyArt]

Hey All! Please look at the in-game Map before crossing any river. The ones that are marked Red are too deep, the ones that are Blue are passable and safe.

[Frappete]

Lost a tank in it and died several times, like a foot trap.. it's looks like a normal river like other maps.. but when you step on it, you will go to the center of earth in another dimension.. and you will know all secret of universe.

legend says there are white sharks in it..

[Delta Green]

Originally posted by Frappete:

legend says there are white sharks in it..

...Megalodon?