Bad Reputation
Will: Drainage System has a bit of a bad reputation. Mostly to new players as being a
miserable experience, learning to swim in tight tunnels with no easy chance to fix your
mistakes. As well as many one way paths that lock the player into rough areas of the region.
Will: We wanted to change the region up, without destroying the personality that the
rough edges give it. Would it still be Drainage System if we removed all the drowning?
Will: Aside from the fluxing water we added for Artificer, we added some more poles and paths. A way to return to
the upper levels of the region, and at the same time making the drowning tunnel a sort of "fast travel" for the region.
Will: Our changes to swimming also cut down on drowning related incidents, without entirely removing the danger of the tunnel.