Why can't we swim in the deep water?

Inhuman003

The reason why I’m asking is it too much to development being put into to it or otherwise.

WhiteMage

The world has boundaries because it is finite. If you've ever gap-closed through a delve wall, you know what these boundaries look like: a checkered floor that eventually drops off. If you jump over that, it's sort of like falling off a flat world. That sort of boundary doesn't exist for us on earth, so naturally the devs want to give us a more, well, natural boundary, like a geographical one. In some places, you'll see a mountain range that you can't cross, often because there is nothing beyond there. Such a large, physical boundary is difficult to justify in the open ocean, so to keep players out, they kill them and prevent respawn. Being eaten by slaughterfish makes it seem just a little bit more natural.

In short, if you're getting attacked by slaughterfish, that tells you that there's nothing there to see, so turn back or be forced back; you're leaving the developed map. Creating an infinite ocean would just be a pointless waste of resources. Unlike the real world, if there's nothing out there, there's really nothing out there.

Autolycus

WhiteMage wrote: »

The world has boundaries because it is finite. If you've ever gap-closed through a delve wall, you know what these boundaries look like: a checkered floor that eventually drops off. If you jump over that, it's sort of like falling off a flat world. That sort of boundary doesn't exist for us on earth, so naturally the devs want to give us a more, well, natural boundary, like a geographical one. In some places, you'll see a mountain range that you can't cross, often because there is nothing beyond there. Such a large, physical boundary is difficult to justify in the open ocean, so to keep players out, they kill them and prevent respawn. Being eaten by slaughterfish makes it seem just a little bit more natural.

In short, if you're getting attacked by slaughterfish, that tells you that there's nothing there to see, so turn back or be forced back; you're leaving the developed map. Creating an infinite ocean would just be a pointless waste of resources. Unlike the real world, if there's nothing out there, there's really nothing out there.

This is probably among the top 5 most pleasant and developed explanations that exist on these forums. I rate you +1 for being smooth and classy.

wenchmore420b14_ESO

Well, on ESO-Live Episode 17 from May 2015, they had a segment, "Armchair Developer" and discuss the hows and why's of game development and they use Underwater Exploration as a example and tell in detail why that (and flying mounts), cant work with ESO. Hope this sheds some light...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxigt8ipK1g
Huzzah!
Edit: I know the OP wasn't about this now. Sorry, a noob at reading...lmao! but hope it informative anyway

DHale

No life guards lead to increased liability. The argonians do not want do it and so they don't want to get a lawsuit.

SirAndy

Someone has to feed all those slaughterfish ...

Robbmrp

SirAndy wrote: »

Someone has to feed all those slaughterfish ...

Even the Devs are afraid of the Slaughterfish!

Inhuman003

The reason why I ask so I wanted to hide in water in PVP and use potions to help me breathe, For the hunt.

CapnPhoton

Because the deeper you go, the more pressure there is, and the less effective holding your breath is. You can also get the bends.

People want more realism...

dem0n1k

Inhuman003 wrote: »

The reason why I ask so I wanted to hide in water in PVP and use potions to help me breathe, For the hunt.

You can't cloak while swimming so the enemy can see you straight away & attack you from the land... while you can't do anything but swim.