Game Mechanics: Swimming wasn't level capped in the classic era.

[ricquire]

I remember doing mine either in Kunark or Vel on most chars in OT at the jetty/wall out in the water. Was never longer than an overnight affair.

[Dolalin]

Originally Posted by DMN [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And ya I think the OP is correct and swimming was certainly either not limited by your player level or there was an incredibly generous skill/level cap ratio that made it seem like such. I also recall people celebrating get maxing sense heading well before they shold have if they had the typical level/skill cap(x5). No idea about the other ones listed, but it seems likely it is true.

I mean the stuff I'm seeing is directly contradicting you. Three or four times in my above quotes people mention an explicit level skill cap for swimming, from May 1999 to January 2001 inclusive. And sense heading too come to think of it.

This must certainly have been one of those things that was changed later on (Poop or Shit outta Luck eras) if it ever was, and people are misremembering. Happy to be proven wrong but I'm just not seeing it.

[Dolalin]

Iksar had some special coding for stamina and breath-holding too. They could always hold their breath for the max-stamina-equivalent amount of time:

9/13/02

> I think it was proven that how long you can hold your breath is
> determined entirely by STA not by swim skill. And I've swum for
> ages with my sta down around 0 and not gone "Glub Glub Glub" [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Except for Iksar. They always last as long as anyone else does with Max
Stamina. All other races tested Stamina does change how long you last
before you drown. So, get the friendly Iksar, he has 130 seconds before he
starts to drown, regardless of his stamina.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....k/x4oTuDw67aUJ

And from that same discussion, people are still saying swimming is capped by level in 2002:

9/13/02

Nobody drowns in EQ unless you go too deep or leave the keyboard. No
matter how bad your swim skill is. At level 17 you can get your skill up
to around 85 which should be fine. I'd suggest, if you are going to get
it yourself, that you just go swim around in a safe area until you max
it out, then ride the boat to near the zone, jump off, swim after the
boat until you hit the zone line and dive. You'll find it. I've swum all
over OoT and you'll be surprised at how shallow the water is. Just make
sure you have a /corpse hotkey set up.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....k/bf6WJtPydy4J