When we heard experiences that the Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds check patch adding climbing & vaulting additionally digs a pond in a woodland glade, we despatched RPS wild swimming correspondent Alice O’Connor onto the check server to analyze.
Bad information: The new pond is garbage for swimming.
Good information: If you’re in search of someplace for a pleasant stroll, to sit down and chat with an in depth buddy, for a tense remaining battle, or to make use of as cowl as you cross what was one a large flat plain of sure loss of life, it’s actually fairly good. I hope extra of Plunk Island is revisited and reworked like this.
North of Mansion, south-east of Yasnaya Polyana, and east of that hill you may ramp sikk tips off, the place as soon as was an uncovered plain there now lies a dense wooden with a pond at its coronary heart.
Experienced outside swimmers perceive the significance of inspecting a physique of water for exit factors and potential hazards earlier than getting in. If you head straight to the best rock and attempt to leap in like a hooligan.
Perhaps shouting “SPRING BREAK FOREVER!” as you flail in the direction of the water.
You will probably slip or crunch your ankles as your physique discovers the water is simply knee-deep.
As I mentioned, garbage for swimming. At greatest, you’ll scootch alongside the underside of the pond in your palms like a mudskipper. This can actually be pleasurable as a component of horseplay, monkeyshines, or antics, however don’t go anticipating a superb swim.
I’d even be cautious of stagnant water, because it’s small and shallow and doesn’t seem like fed by a recent supply.
But as a spot to go to or stroll previous? Oh mate, completely go for it. You’ll discover nice sitting-on boulders, a small sandy seashore to play on, reeds to poke round in, birds circling overhead to look at, fallen timber to take pleasure in balancing on and strolling throughout, a number of burnt stumps to kick within the ashes of, and some alternatives for challenges.
If your mate bets you they’ll bounce from the shore to those rocks, pay attention for splashes and examine their toes for wetness.
That’s all good on sunny days however what number of of them will we see as winter attracts close to? I personally all the time take pleasure in sitting on a rock close to water within the rain.
And timber provide loads of cowl too, should you’d somewhat merely embody the pond in a stroll by way of the woods.
It’s a great spot for brooding on a foggy morning too. Ghostly.
I’m barely involved concerning the pond’s proximity to that mansion complicated. While it’s outdoors their grounds, it’s as a superbly uncomfortable distance. You know: they’re shut sufficient to really feel a way of possession over the pond and be irritated when folks go there, presumably even popping out to complain concerning the noise, however they’re far sufficient you can’t ever inform if anybody’s watching. I crept into the homes a number of occasions and all the time discovered a shotgun and even an assault rifle on an overlooking balcony so, ah, I’m not completely snug with that.
You might huddle down or cuddle up out of sight on the rocks on the south-east nook, thoughts. That could be good.
Thankfully I’ve not been disturbed throughout any of my visits, however this entire wooden does appear a cracking spot for a struggle. What was simply one other flat patch of land with sparse timber, a spot for boring fights you may have wherever or to get murdered by folks holding Mansion, is de facto fascinating. The floor is stuffed with dips, swells, and hills. The timber are dense. Rocks, stumps, and fallen timber are throughout. I hope the builders equally rework extra of the island, as so many areas are simply flat land with timber and possibly a hill. This form of terrain is a lot extra fascinating to me. And I’m actually glad to have the choice of this wooden offering cowl once I want to maneuver previous Mansion.
This patch shouldn’t be stay within the common model of Plunkbat, as a substitute being on the separate check server shopper. While among the adjustments on this replace are being held again for the complete model 1.zero launch later this yr, most notably vaulting and climbing, I do hope this little wooden could be added to the common early entry shopper quickly.
Just bear in mind to not get too distracted by the pond, as your go to is more likely to be transient.
