Quote Originally Posted by Wavaryen View Post
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People saying having too much gathering makes fishing harder?
People saying a sweet spot for fishing Silver Sovereigns is 350 gathering
Also heard the sweet spot for Silver Sovereigns is 310.
I have saw some saying gathering is only the check point for getting the fish.
I heard some saying perception higher makes it harder to catch fish.
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Some do say that too much gathering makes fishing harder, some say too much perception makes it harder, they are both wrong.

Get anywhere over the minimum gathering for Silver Sovereigns and as much perception as you can.

Gathering = the difference between hooking the fish and getting "your gathering is too low" message. More gathering may reduce "the fish gets away" messages or it may not.