Guild Wars 2

The swim to the surface message when downed needs to be removed. Since it has been nerfed the message is no longer relevent and swimming to the surface does nothing for you. It used to be swimming to the surface ment you were safe, but now it just means you are going to die with no way to rally once on the surface unless foes pull you under.

When was this nerfed? I’ve only had to swim to the surface a couple times. Either I died underwater, or I made it was was immediately “downed” on the surface. My downed skills on the water were always non-responsive, but I always assumed it was a bug. At least I know it’s what is supposed to happen now… although I don’t like it and it doesn’t make sense lol.

As far as I know, swimming to the surface is the exact same as using your fourth downed skill, except you are immobilized and enemies can still beat you up.

Isnt it better then to simply swim away and use your heal skill in hopes of rallying since you arent a sitting duck?

I always thought you continued to take some dmg when downed even while using the 4th skill. That way it was slower, but if you got to the surface it negated the “drowning” dmg.

Might be wrong though, will have to test it sometime.

You were never safe when above water. If the “nerf” you were talking about where players exploited a glitch where you were invulnerable to dmg then congratulations, you just admitted to everyone you did that. I’m glad your dying in combat now with the rest of us who play the game fair.