Big Fish and you: What bait is needed when to land the big one

[Desidious]

I'm up to 12. Almost halfway there.

[LlenCoram]

seriously

i fished another 3+ hours this morning and only got one more

I'm at 10 hours now and just caught my 9th HQ. I'm really regretting having bought the hat now, I'm not sure it's helping at all. I'd have my rod now if it weren't for it.

Sigh... Yoshi, seriously. Just because I've caught over 34k fish doesn't mean I should be penalized like this.

EDIT: For the record, I went about two hours without catching a single sovereign, HQ or otherwise. I finally snapped, cursing the gods in LS chat (to shocked silence) and promptly caught 5 sovereigns in a row, one of which was HQ. I think maybe the gods feed on our rage. That or Llymlaen likes to see me suffer.

[Lafier]

I would just like to toss this out there. I was out there fishing for about 5 hours today. During that time I ate some food at some points and not at others. I was at 333 gathering and 266 perception for part of the time. Even with that much gathering I was STILL getting the 'fish gets away' message. Not to mention a friend of mine was out there fishing and he caught an HQ with 293 gathering. Really, that's a difference of 40 points! His gathering was 12% less than mine, and I really didn't notice any difference between us. Also, during my ~5 hours of fishing I got 28 NQ and 3 HQ.

I'm really not pleased that this fishing pole is better than the achievement fishing pole, even though it looks like we'll have to put in an equal amount of time to get them! /endsarcasm.

[LlenCoram]

I'm really not pleased that this fishing pole is better than the achievement fishing pole, even though it looks like we'll have to put in an equal amount of time to get them! /endsarcasm.

I was wondering about that actually, whether the "the fish gets away" message is tied to gathering or not. I guess it isn't, or we need a whole heck of a lot to guarantee landing the fish every time.

As for the time put in, this is nowhere close 1.xx's luminary rod. This morning is the start of my third day and I'm only missing 6 more fish. It took me 6 weeks of fishing almost every day to get the luminary back then. 21,960 fish later... The difference is that was just patience, since any fish counted. This is pure RNG and getting luck.

EDIT: Got to 19/20 and have to go to work. This is going to be a long eight hours...

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Earlier in the thread someone mentions using i70 jewelry pieces, melded for gathering. Is there a specific reason to do that? Do those pieces have higher Gathering and Perception caps than the Raptorskin Ring, Militia Bracelets, Electrum Earrings, and Raptorskin Choker?

[KingZeus]

Raptorskin Ring, Militia Bracelets, Electrum Earrings, and Raptorskin Choker?

http://www.disciplesoftheland.com/fo...g=posts&t=1246

[Desidious]

EDIT: Got to 19/20 and have to go to work. This is going to be a long eight hours...

One away myself and I had to go to work. Long shift indeed. Had two get away at the end too. The more gathering you have the bigger the fish you actually catch. Just from what I've gathered anyways.

[KingZeus]

46nq
7hq
15 misses


this is not fun at all
i'm eating shepards pie so i have 325g 267p

[dragonflie]

Reading the comments of http://xivdb.com/?item/7693/Navigator%27s-Brand

The consensus is a clear weather. The time of the catch seems to be from mostly in the daytime.

[KingZeus]

ok this is laughable lol