User blog comment:AgentG231/What specifically is the bug in the Animus 1.28 that made Altair can't swim?/@comment-3251634-20130426230122/@comment-4519956-20130427134345

UbiGabe answered this question before about armour removal. He said that it, "breaks the game". It has to do with development, not the Animus.

Eagle: lol nevermind.