seriously WTF I'm doing a rank 10 leve at skull valley and i'm rank 12 and all i get is "Nothing bites" and "You lost what feels like...." WTF?!?!? I have the right bait, I have gear appropriate, everything I'm doing right and its a pain in the &*%$in ass...
WTF is wrong with fishing?/?!??!!??!!??!/!
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04-28-2011, 06:59 AMMackWTF is wrong with fishing?/?!??!!??!!??!/!
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04-28-2011, 07:07 AMMega
Funny how you don't mention your bait and yet "everything I'm doing right". Clearly, you're doing something wrong. Thats why you're here. I for one am a fishing expert - rank 30 holla!!!! What bait are ya using?
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04-28-2011, 07:23 AMRjain
Fishing is by far one of the easiest job classes in the game to level.
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04-28-2011, 07:28 AMMega
Because your fishing is five levels higher than your botany must mean fishing is super easy!!!
Really, lets not talk about how challenging FFXIV is. Unless you really want to. -
04-28-2011, 07:30 AMBelialFixed for errors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega
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04-28-2011, 07:32 AMMega
^ *whoosh*
I'm sure your edit will aid the rest. -
04-28-2011, 07:34 AMMisha
Fishing is just a horrid system atm which needs alot of work... even if you use all the right stuff!
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04-28-2011, 07:37 AMBelialI don't have faith in our playerbase... /frownQuote:
Originally Posted by Mega
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04-28-2011, 07:38 AMTheVedisfishing is a pain in the ass til you get a few more levels on you, i noticed i had issues too til i got into the mid teensQuote:
Originally Posted by Mack
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04-28-2011, 07:45 AMMackI said I was using the right bait....funny how you don't read. Its not me doing something wrong, I'm using Ocean bait, the yellow worm, can't remember its name...and go figure after i struggle for 20 minutes with catching anything and come on here and vent I get 3 catches in a row to finish the leve. Fishing in this game sucks so far but I think the weather has something to do with the problem I was having because soon as it stopped raining I started catching more regularly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega
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04-28-2011, 08:13 AMdarkstarpoet1
it's not really the weather. it takes a while to get into a rythm fishing, but after you do it does become alot easier.
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04-28-2011, 08:22 AMMegaHey you, I can read just fine! I was getting at, you have a problem yet you are not supplying the details. Now you have. But I have lost interest in your cause, good luck brah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mack
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04-28-2011, 08:46 AMMackAhhh chucks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega
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04-28-2011, 09:00 AMZenaku
You have 2500 points every time you get a fish you lose 5points and you get 100point every few hours Do the math you hit fishing surplus that what am guessing.
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04-28-2011, 09:02 AMRjain
Here's a tip:
Midge Baskets + Camp Brittlebark ponds (Mor Dhona).
You're welcome.
It's not very high because I'm lazy, but considering you don't even need to move to get from 1 to 50 faster than most classes, yep.Quote:
Because your fishing is five levels higher than your botany must mean fishing is super easy!!!
Really, lets not talk about how challenging FFXIV is. Unless you really want to.
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04-28-2011, 09:09 AMMackI haven't fished in over a week, I'm sure if I had surplus It would have reset.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zenaku
Can I buy midge baskets anywhere?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjain
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04-28-2011, 09:12 AMRjain
They drop really fast from puks. An hour of puk grinding would probably give you several hundred.
Edit: I got most of mine from Cellar Puks in Nanawa. There might be better drop rates from other puks. -
04-28-2011, 09:16 AMZenakuI fish for 1hour and hit surplus lol once you reach 1k points you get less and less fish so you get that Message. That or you don't know how to really fish and you doing something wrong and you get that message when i first start fishing i had the same problem too i found out to win in that dumb fishing game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mack
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04-28-2011, 09:23 AMMackOk then let me put it this way, I know how to fish, and this leve was the first fishing I've done in two weeks. The game's fishing mechanics suck and I know how to work with them to find the "sweet spot" but its kind of hard when no fish are biting....you get it now?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zenaku
OK thanks. I've used Midge Baskets before in Thanalan and they're great but I just didn't know where to get more of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjain
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04-28-2011, 09:46 AMKaiKatzchen
Only time I do fishing is when we do our Drunk Fishing event in the shell every other week.
like Rijain said::
Midge Baskets (also Rat Tails) and the Mor Dhona area = Win!
Went from 1-20 doing fishing here drunk hahahaha! XD
Good luck with the fishing, its actually pretty fun... or maybe its all the alcohol making it fun. ROFL -
04-28-2011, 03:03 PMNeptune
This thread is pretty entertaining.
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04-28-2011, 09:33 PMdarkstarpoet1
i see people say midge baskets and while they are good i must also say syphrid baskets and rat tails also. if you do not have a high battleclass i wouldn't advise going to brittlebark to fish. they have some grade 6-10 waters in limsa, grid, and uldah. you want 6-10 at this point for grinding although you will only get grade 1 fish out of those waters.
midge baskets yes nawana is the best place to sit and farm those. i'll go and spend a few hours and get 9-10 stacks of baskets and tons of cotton bolls for my weaving. if you do not do weaving nor alchemy you can sell the cotton bolls and puk wings and have a constant supply of gil. those 9-10 stacks are enough to fatigue my fisher with right at 100k sp on a one day fishing grind quite easily. -
04-29-2011, 12:12 AMNeroi lol'd hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjain
No its far slower than most other classes.. just a few Reason and maybe you will understand why.
1. You are TIMEBOUND. you cant be faster than the animations.
2. Not every try ends up in a catch.
3. Your average SP is between 80SP -> 240SP
4. Only 2 Leves per City available ( speaking of Rankchoosing ), and only 1 of them is good SP up to 1000+ a Catch.. You can get 3k a Leve but only 1 per City and only every 36 Hours. The other leves are mainly a waste of time since you have to run around and dont get uberSP. Better stay at your spot and Fish.
5. There are no Rank50+ Fishes which makes it boring at some Point, since you will Fish after Grade 5 the same fish again and again... and again.
So please.. if you are not even near HALF WAY of Mastering Fishing you shouldnt talk about Stuff you dont know. It has nothing to do with lazyness, like you said... its more you dont even have an idea how Fishing slows down after 36. Beside that there is Surplus and a Penalty if you fish straight for hours. -
04-29-2011, 03:54 AMVesper
I would say look less at what's wrong with fishing and look at once what could be wrong on your end. That is not a flame or meant to be taken as a bash, but somewhere along the line you are doing some incorrectly. Whether your jigging just a bit to far, too little.
More than likely though I would say check your stats, the last patch made fishing more stat based, as it should have been. If you stats are crap for the job then that is probably your issue. I have noticed many lower rank fishers complaining about its difficulty lately and nearly all of them are not using appropriate level rods/gear or have junk stats, I am not saying that is your case, but clearly there is something that you need to fix.
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04-29-2011, 03:56 AMMoth
I love fishing :) super fun. I remember when I first started it though it was a little hard for me to grasp. There are many fishing tutorials on youtube that can help ya with fishing tricks, when to jig, etc. Gl!
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05-24-2011, 04:32 AMPunainen
Protip: your fish wont wait on the line for more than a few seconds if inactivity. If you neglect to jig the line in time, you'll lose your catch,
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05-29-2011, 04:14 PMsanji101
I was doing the same thing with the bait :P, took me ages to find out what i was doing wrong.