Swimming Toggle has no other effect?

[mmo4gamer]

Is there a reason you can not have the swimming skill active after you learn it? I don't see why we have to toggle it on and off when there doesn't appear to be any negative affects to keeping it on all the time.

[jorb]

Allows you to walk on water, like Jesus did. ^^

[TeckXKnight]

There will assumably be negative effects associated with it in the future.

[Zou]

Oh please. The jesus-effect was clearly intended the entire time.

[milonti]

As anyone from HnH will tell you, swimming used to be horribly unsafe at lower levels. If theres eventually some sort of drain (and risk of drowning) associated with it, you'll be glad there is a toggle.

[Qukatt]

I assume they'll put the risk in when they add the boats in for seamanship skill

Edit:

I hope it's a toggle for as long as it takes for me to walk across any water between me and my new home preferably on a good sized island in a large lake XD

[Sevenless]

As anyone from HnH will tell you, swimming used to be horribly unsafe at lower levels. If theres eventually some sort of drain (and risk of drowning) associated with it, you'll be glad there is a toggle.

Oh please, horribly unsafe? A two month old character was I when I decided to first swim a river with 50 con. Holy **** I was on the edge of my seat screaming as I made it to shore with my last 5% of stamina.

Do note for the non-HnHers, drowning was permadeath in that game.

[EnderWiggin]

Oh please, horribly unsafe? A two month old character was I when I decided to first swim a river with 50 con. Holy **** I was on the edge of my seat screaming as I made it to shore with my last 5% of stamina.

You was lucky it was clearly not w3 - you would have drowned half way through river with 50con back then.