You can take a swim in Stockholm in November and see if you like it.
I actually live in Stockholm and yes I do take a swim in the lakes if it’s not frozen 
It’s really refreshing! you should try it 
But I do agree if you don’t get to a warm place or have som spare dry clothes you’ll become less happy fairly quickly.
I think swimming would would be very beneficial and it would grant us more ways to explore the world . What do you guys think ?
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Swimming is not allowed, so it will create artificial game area boundary. So you don’t swim out to the playable area.
Sure it would nice to go over some lakes or river, so you don’t need find bridge or route around. But as it is game area boundary thing, i think it will never change.
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Yes probably, but it would still be nise to swim over lakes and rivers and then just block off swimming from other island
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There’s been a few suggestions about this topic already. There are various of answers, like mentioned above, but also swedish waters in November are frigid, and very deadly. But GZ isn’t that much a game steeped in realism, more about fun gameplay in a believable setting.
Like @Lonewolf mentioned, the no-swimming mechanic acts as a way to keep players within the game’s playable boundaries.
Personally though, I’d like to see swimming ingame, albeit limited. Perhaps some HUD elements to measure how long you’ve got until you freeze, or simply your health ticking down slowly. Or only being allowed to swim closer to the island, due to the danger of strong currents. Or all of it, combined.
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What could be very interesting was if you could go by boat to those smaller islands , having secrets there to discover, either new clues, small bunkers to explore some curiosities and easter eggs or even small “enemy bases”, maybe machine ammo and fuel depots, which you would have to destroy from time to time (yes like a small raid) to prevent great numbers of Apocalypse class outside Himjall (or some other new and more difficult machine class).
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Like another dlc i could see that being very interesting
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Swimming could be a good idea but like you said the unplayable areas could be reached. There could be some blocked off areas with boats supposedly shipping off robots and some invisible wall where alpine unrest is. The game has under water effects there should be a way to use them tho
At least some kind of swimming for short periods of time or not too far from the coast.
Merged several topics where people have requested swimming, into one, neat topic.
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Swimming has been a commonly asked feature and I have an idea how it can be implemented without us being able to reach unpaid for islands.
The less you carry the longer you can swim for and the more you carry the less you can swim for. This could be upgraded in the survival skill tree where u could increase the amount u can swim for. This is just an idea since drowning isn’t the nicest thing when u slip off a cliff or a dock.
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Same feature request topics merged.
@MVTracks, you’ve replied in the topic above, yet you cross-post the same feature request twice. Why is that?
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I didn’t remember I’d posted on here before 
That was may time (too long ago to remember) I’m sorry for a repost
I’ve said it before, and i’ll say it again: Do use Forum Search before making a new topic. 
Ok, will do (post must be 20 character)
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NO SWimming, it is not a common idea and just adds needless complications to the game, bad idea.
Just a correction, alot of people on live streams and on the forum have had requested swimming alot since it is very annoying when you drown, many people ik who play this game also wish for swimming
If you would die from drowning, then, maybe, you could say it is annoying. But you get booted back to shore, without any damage to yourself. How is that annoying? 
Also, it doesn’t make sense for your char to go swimming in the middle of Sweden’s winter, with full gear on you. Either you’d sink to the bottom due to the weight you carry or even if you somehow make it, you’d die from hypothermia.
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