Is there a point in leveling Fisher to 50?

I've read in a post that there are no new fish in higher grade waters. If that is true, what is the point? Why should anyone fish in grade 6 and above?

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Originally Posted by Kroguys

I've read in a post that there are no new fish in higher grade waters. If that is true, what is the point? Why should anyone fish in grade 6 and above?

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To level to 50 if you are not, and be prepared for future content.

Future content would have to wait. I have 15 other jobs to grind for Present content :)

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Originally Posted by Kroguys

Future content would have to wait. I have 15 other jobs to grind for Present content :)

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Who is atm none :P

Are you kidding? There are so much to do and never enough time to do them. Can you make the crap bow? Can you make the armor and jewelry to go with you mighty archer class? Can you make the scale glue for red coral arrows? Can you make the fletching? Is you archer 50? Does it have all the support skills? On and on and on and on.

nope, no point, even worse then botany and mining
atleast with botany and mining there was top items that got easier with the levels, all of the available fish are more then easy enough at R40

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Originally Posted by Kroguys

Are you kidding? There are so much to do and never enough time to do them. Can you make the crap bow? Can you make the armor and jewelry to go with you mighty archer class? Can you make the scale glue for red coral arrows? Can you make the fletching? Is you archer 50? Does it have all the support skills? On and on and on and on.

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I was talking about "content"

r30 you get star spangled subligar, after that I don't see much worth besides if you wanted to then level up cul or alc

When you reach 45 and grade 5 give you suck sp and then you want to move to higher grade ( 6 )
You'll find out that grade 6 fishing spots most of them have aggressive mob around and that can kill you with 1 shot =='
More worse.. when you fishing at grade 6 you'll get fish that likely you can fish at grade 1 or 2. ( it gave low lv fish only )

My point is.. it suck to lv FSH to 50 atm cuz there's no super-high lv fish yet.
Only high lv fish that worth fishing is in grade 4-5 only ( worth to break to crystal )
Also... there's CUL don't play big role in this game so it's no point to fishing much..
except you need it to make crystal/shard for other craft class.

As a rank 50 fisherman I will agree that any fishing spot over grade 6 has utterly useless fish; however, on the point of why to take the class to 50 is a simple answer. I make more gil with my fisherman than I do any other class, and because I'm rank 50 I can wear the better gear and boost my perception, gathering and output stats by quite a lot compared to the rank 30 gear. Which in turn means I catch more fish per cast, and get more bites and I don't need to fight the fish nearly as hard. Just because all the worthwhile fish are in lower rank pools, doesn't mean you shouldn't rank your fisherman up past that point.

My main goal is to be able to catch +3 Red Corals to make the crap bow. I think r45 fisher will be able to do that. At L45 I will be able to wear the L47 gears(even if I do lose some stats). With so many other jobs that actually need L50 to be more effective, I just can't justify grinding for hours/days with fishing past rank 45 at this point.

But there are plenty of grade 6 waters with no agro mobs around. That's not really an issue.

I would have to say to be ready for future content when it comes out, a raised level cap, new high level fish, etc etc. And perhaps also the ability to catch those grade 5 fishies eaiser xD I have noticed that ever since I reached 50 I am able to catch the black soles with no problem at all.

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Originally Posted by Miyochan

When you reach 45 and grade 5 give you suck sp and then you want to move to higher grade ( 6 )
You'll find out that grade 6 fishing spots most of them have aggressive mob around and that can kill you with 1 shot =='

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Look somewhere else? I have found just as many if not more perfectly safe spots to Fish in G6+, stop looking in the obvious and closer high grade and try, well I don't know, some exploration?

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More worse.. when you fishing at grade 6 you'll get fish that likely you can fish at grade 1 or 2. ( it gave low lv fish only )

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Yeah, they are placeholder fish until the level cap is increase. Please play a botanist or miner to that rank and then you will have a right to complain.

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My point is.. it suck to lv FSH to 50 atm cuz there's no super-high lv fish yet.

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lol? So apparent the level of the fish is what makes them good? Not what they are used for... Okay.. There are plenty of High Level fish in this game that actually have a use. The ranks of fish match the ranks of players, as is should be.

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Only high lv fish that worth fishing is in grade 4-5 only ( worth to break to crystal )

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Wrong again. There are fish in all rank ranges in this game that are worth fishing up. Corals for Arrows and Bows, Fish for Oils, Spearfishing for dye materials and poisons, fishing for repair materials, fishing for food materials and of course fishing for crystals and shards which are used is every damn recipe in the game. (Yes food is weak atm, but it can still be useful even in its broken state)

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Also... there's CUL don't play big role in this game so it's no point to fishing much..
except you need it to make crystal/shard for other craft class.

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Culinarian does suck at the moment, the one thing I will agree with you on. It's an absolute failure on SE's part for launching the game with the job so screwed up and its even a bigger fail to have 6 months later done absolutely nothing to fix the issues at hand for the job.

But there are plenty of uses for fish other than food.

Rank 50 allows you to have more output, which in turn allows you to have more attempts at grade 5 nodes and below. Also, grade 10 nodes are the best to fish at (Isles of Umbra) because the casts are so easy, you are guaranteed around 300 sp, and practically a guaranteed catch since the fish are only grade 1. With sweat of brow (Rank 25 botany skill), I'd say leveling Fishing to 50 is quick, easy, and profitable. But...that's just me, and I'm working on all my gathering to 50...so....think what you want!

Umm, this is fishing. There are no nodes. You park yourself at a spot and fish for hours. Only significant fish that I need the school of fish for are red and blue corals, but they are both at Cedar Grade 4. Level to 50 because it's easy and quick is not a real reason. Tell me I need r50 fisher to catch the white whale, then I can agree with you. Don't care about money, everybody on the server is a millionaire. Gil is cheaper than dirt in this game.

To be honest it can't be hard for SE to add a few new fish to the grade 6 fishing spots. Come on SE, this is a bit ridiculous !

Someone should perhaps start a petition :P, although considering only 1% of the servers fish it won't get many signatures :P

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Originally Posted by Jinko

To be honest it can't be hard for SE to add a few new fish to the grade 6 fishing spots. Come on SE, this is a bit ridiculous !

Someone should perhaps start a petition :P, although considering only 1% of the servers fish it won't get many signatures :P

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The problem is if they add new G6 they need to add new recipes, then they need to add new botanist and miner items as well, then new recipes again. Which also means adding in new items and balancing those againt class, rank and other items in game. It more complicate than just "here you go, a Marlin is in game now"

They don't need new fish. The can take Black Sole from the grade 3 water(which it doesn't belong) and put it in grade 6. Toss in some leather and shoe strings, maybe we can fish new boots out of the water. But yeah, it's probably not a high priority. Especially since they've already added all the new shard/crystal recipes.

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Originally Posted by Kroguys

They don't need new fish. The can take Black Sole from the grade 3 water(which it doesn't belong) and put it in grade 6. Toss in some leather and shoe strings, maybe we can fish new boots out of the water. But yeah, it's probably not a high priority. Especially since they've already added all the new shard/crystal recipes.

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DOL's are just not a priority on their list currently. Which is sad, yes killing crap is likely to always be the main draw in this an MMO. But if you are going to release a game that allows you to play as a crafter, a fighter/mage and a Gatherer then you should show an equal amount of support to all the three types of gameplay. I understand battle needs alot of work, but at the very lease there should be some comments here and there about the concerns and question from DOLs. They don't need to say it will be fixed asap, but at least let us know what their thoughts are and if anything is going to be done eventually. The only comment that was DOL specific I can recall a response on is gathering fatigue.

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Originally Posted by Moth

I have noticed that ever since I reached 50 I am able to catch the black soles with no problem at all.

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Yea, they are optimal for R46. This is the only reason why I ranked to 50.

There will be legendary fish, and I'm sure fishing will be tied alot more to cooking than it is now. You'd also be surprised some of the items you can get with HQ fish +3ing sands...