Water PvP Mechanics
 

To my knowledge, you can cast on someone inside water while you are outside and the spell will land. It was not like this on live, I used to LoS/water people like crazy.

Yes, water and lava etc could be used to break spell los. It would still cast, oddly enough, but fail.

yep water was a great tool as a melee early

agreed - see someone casting a spell, just get your feet wet and the spell wouldn't land

not just feet.

middle of body? head? but yea water line-of-sight

ya this was a big tool that should b implemented

Water: If you’re underwater, you can only be casted on by other players underwater, and vice versa. Many people use water as a way to escape spells. So when someone casts on you, you get the "soandso tries to cast a spell on you, but you're protected" message. If you have levitate on, you can run above/below water freely. Great to have for ocean battles!

http://www.notacult.com/guide_trollshaman.html

I can confirm that spells can be landed on players under water while you are not. However, you cannot melee people underwater while you're not under water.

This is due to the line of sight code null put in that reduces range while still granting a chance to affect the player if they move out of LoS.

I verified that this is happening last night. I can also vouch for the validity that on live, you could not cast on someone who is in water while your not and vice versa. Melee typically had to rely on their environment and use tricks like this to gain an advantage. Just pointing it out cause at first it might seem like its not a big deal.

yes i remember a few days ago trying to melee a frog outside guk, had to get myself under water before being able to "see" it to attack. however in the shallow waters inside guk near the spiders, i could smack crocks fine