25 minutes for 3 swimming skill? Really?
 

I sure as fuck didn't need over 24 hours to max swimming in classic by AFK numlocking into a corner. And here not only does it take that long, but I can't even do it while afk? I shouldn't actually have to cross WK in the water every time I want 1 skillup, right?

Rabble rabble rabble.

There was another thread that mentioned the "randomness" of skill-ups, at least how they seem to come in bunches at time (and then lay dormant at others). Maybe swimming is in the same boat?

I'm up to 50 skill just by running along the water's edge as I travel. Sometimes I won't get a single skillup, other times I'll get several back to back. Feels #classic to me.

-Mcoy

Maybe try swimming outside of the boat. You'll skillup faster *Flies away*

You got low int? That should have an impact.

Also try running in a circle over parts of Innothule where you aren't quite swimming but still partially submerged. My swimming secret has been leaked.

It did take quite a while on live to get it up, couldn't say exactly how long but wasn't super quick.

I'm afraid I'm about the opposite of an erudite when it comes to int. I assumed agi or dex affected swimming, heh.

Tecmos is right, swimming skill ups were nerfed a while back on blue even. I noticed the impact when making a new character and figured it was probably in preparation for green. It takes wwaayyy longer than it should to level swimming. I'm not sure the reason behind it. How could swimming be exploited?

Sigh. Disregard all of that.

Wait we can't actually afk numlock to level swimming... y tho

Thats like as dumb as not being able to bind sense heading. If that's true.

I doubt anyone, and definitely not the majority, want to level swimming manually. And if they say they do then they're lying.

if you swim in a circle or otherwise move around it goes up normally

Is it possible to outpace certain mobs by maxxing out our swimming skill? It doesn't seem like it?