Swimspeed in Wildshape

[NothingGoldCanStay]

Character: Larese Drysien
Wildshape: Powerful form - Shark
EfUSS Swimming: 10

I get slowed to a crippling speed, even as a shark when I am swimming.. but only when the wildshape "refreshes" (That is, when it makes the noise and shows the polymorph VFX.)

[putrid_plum]

it's always been this way unless recently changed, sadly you need freedom spell to move normal underwater

[Heart Of Oak]

Sometimes shifting (to Shark) before you dive in can help.
 

[xXCrystal_Rose]

It happens because it is refreshing your armor and provoking a new swimming check, so it takes a second for the swimming check to refresh and re-recognize that you are not wearing any armor. Just a six second pause in the swimming check at most. Same thing happens when you equip/unequip a shield or two handed weapon for instance. There isn't really anything that can be done about the wildshape forms refreshing though. It just happens sometimes.

[NothingGoldCanStay]

No, I get a permanent slow.. not just 6 seconds.