Put on your bikini armor, it's time for Underwater combat!

[:1]Read all the details here, http://www.arena.net/blog/jonathan-s...erwater-combat
And discuss...|||Doesn't tell me much, but it might debunk all the theory on how anything like electricity and fire would change in mechanics underwater.
Interested in hearing whether there'll be any sort of PvP that'll be using underwater combat.|||A few questions:
Are these three weapons the only ones usable underwater? When it comes to weapon switching classes, it seems somewhat limiting if, for example, a player mostly does all ranged ranger, but only ends up with one option when underwater.
It seemed in the description that AoE spells work as columns rather than spheres (or other shapes. Is this the case, or do AoE spells work more like spheres, or some other system?
Do necromancers get to summon skeletal sharks?
Overall, really cool to see. It's nice in particular to see Anet take care of a lot of convenience details (like breathing) to make underwater activities much more fun to do.

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Doesn't tell me much, but it might debunk all the theory on how anything like electricity and fire would change in mechanics underwater.




Those threads were mostly talking about skill changes, and many of these theoretical changes are pretty clearly in the game from this post and others.|||I'm sure we'll get underwater PvP (why not)...
Interesting news are:
1) You get 3 weapon types to use underwater, 2 are ranged... everyone gets a ranged type, and some can bring a melee instead. (bof)
2) Some of your skills have underwater version
3) Depth is important, when drowning (underwater downed) you can swim up to restore your life.
Also, a bit of underwater combat can be seen at the end of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh428dRV7IY|||The Ele has only one underwater weapon (Trident), but I want to know if he can change attunements too? On Rubi's screen shots I can only see the Fire Attunement switched on. (With Magma Orb, Steam, Boil, Lava Chains & Heatwave) and Signet of Harmony and Signets of Fire, Earth and Air + a locked Elite slot.
It looks fantastic!|||5 of 7 professions have access to the spear (melee weapon) except engineers and elementalists. All professions have access to trident or harpoon (not both) which are ranged.
Attunements and underwater kits seem plausible.|||Interesting how there's only a handful of underwater weapons...
From the video, underwater combat looks great. I can't wait to explore where Orr was sunken! For some reason, I've always had this pull toward Orr since I learned about it.|||Interesting, animations in part (I'll come back and give examples when I have time) look a it glitchy; but I am sure it is not finished yet. Best underwater game play I have seen yet though.|||Never been a big fan of underwater combat, but this actually looks worth trying out.|||Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea
Sorry couldn't resist.