Working as Designed Water doesn't slow player down (most of the time)

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Steam or GOG

Steam

Single Player/Multiplayer

Single

Operating System

Windows 10

Terraria Version

1.4.0.4

Controls Used

Keyboard/Mouse

Here's the bug: My character isn't normally affected by water physics unless I am holding Shift for auto-equip. In the clip I only use the flare gun, but it's also happened when using torches, as well as other armor/accessory loadouts.

 

[Leinfors]

The Trident now has a free-movement-in-water perk

 

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And it even says so in the tooltip. My goodness