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  1. #11
    Player Alhanelem's Avatar
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    Mar 2011
    Location
    Bastok
    Posts
    10,095
    Character
    Tahngarthor
    World
    Shiva
    Main Class
    SMN Lv 99
    I've never heard of rods affecting skillups.
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  2. #12
    Player Sueno's Avatar
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    Mar 2021
    Posts
    29
    Character
    Sueno
    World
    Phoenix
    Main Class
    BLU Lv 99
    I dont know the code for fishing or what the hidden effects on rods are,all I can give you is my observation so far. I have not used any skill up rings or support.

    From 0-4 I used halcyon rod and insect ball for moat carp in mog garden;I was getting .1 skill up per 20-30 fish caught.

    Yesterday I did 15-18.5 in norg with willow rod and lugworm on quus. I broke 12 rods. Half of the fish caught were bastore sardine, which give no skill up at this lvl and I still managed 3.5 lvls in a day.

    Today I did 18.5-23 in yorcia weald with willow rod and little worm. I did not catch 1 fish and either broke the line or rod every time. The game tells me the yorchete are too heavy for the willow rod to reel in. I went through 9 stacks of light Crystal's to repair the rods and 1 1/2 stacks of little worms.

    This may change at later levels,but so far there is a big difference in skill up frequency between the halcyon and willow rods. As I go up in level I will come back and post if the willow rods start giving skill up less often.
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  3. #13
    Player Sueno's Avatar
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    Mar 2021
    Posts
    29
    Character
    Sueno
    World
    Phoenix
    Main Class
    BLU Lv 99
    I dont know the code for fishing or what the hidden effects on rods are,all I can give you is my observation so far. I have not used any skill up rings or support.

    From 0-4 I used halcyon rod and insect ball for moat carp in mog garden;I was getting .1 skill up per 20-30 fish caught.

    Yesterday I did 15-18.5 in norg with willow rod and lugworm on quus. I broke 12 rods. Half of the fish caught were bastore sardine, which give no skill up at this lvl and I still managed 3.5 lvls in a day.

    Today I did 18.5-23 in yorcia weald with willow rod and little worm. I did not catch 1 fish and either broke the line or rod every time. The game tells me the yorchete are too heavy for the willow rod to reel in. I went through 9 stacks of light Crystal's to repair the rods and 1 1/2 stacks of little worms.

    This may change at later levels,but so far there is a big difference in skill up frequency between the halcyon and willow rods. As I go up in level I will come back and post if the willow rods start giving skill up less often.
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  4. #14
    Player Immortal's Avatar
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    Aug 2019
    Posts
    414
    Character
    Lilymon
    World
    Asura
    Main Class
    THF Lv 1
    There are probably anti-RMT things going on with low level fishing. I remember trying to skill it up ages ago on a character and it would just not gain any skill no matter how many I caught until a certain time after.
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  5. #15
    Player Voidstorm's Avatar
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    Apr 2015
    Posts
    245
    Character
    Voidstorm
    World
    Ragnarok
    Main Class
    SCH Lv 99
    Only one I remember as actually bad to use is Lu Shang's @ <50 skill. It has drastically reduced skillup rate prior to it.
    I didn't actually care though and just did lu shang's anyway mainly targeting RoEs while skilling up at the same time.
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  6. #16
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    Apr 2022
    Posts
    261
    I don't remember it being that bad. But then again, it was probably about 8 years ago and I had a lot more free time back then.
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