silver sovereign...it can't be this bad, can it?

[Shadygrove]

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http://na.ff14angler.com/ has the exact odds on catching any fish divided up by bait.

SS = 5.9%

[Garlyle]

http://na.ff14angler.com/ has the exact odds on catching any fish divided up by bait.

SS = 5.9%

Those numbers, however, are displayed based on total fishing at that location - not in any way reflecting things like when the fish became available, or what happens to rates based on other conditional aspects (such as fish that are time or weather gated at a location).

[Shadygrove]

Those numbers, however, are displayed based on total fishing at that location - not in any way reflecting things like when the fish became available, or what happens to rates based on other conditional aspects (such as fish that are time or weather gated at a location).

True but the SS is an all day any weather fish.

[LineageRazor]

True but the SS is an all day any weather fish.

But Mahi-Mahi is a day-only. Adding Mahi-Mahi to the pool of catchable fish may change the percentage chance of catching Silver Sovereign - and THAT is not reflected on ff14angler.com. That website only displays overall percentage catch chance, day AND night, built by averaging out submissions from fishers.

To present an exaggerated case to illustrate my point, suppose you had a fishing hole with only two fish, one available all the time (Silver Sovereign) and one only available during day (Mahi-Mahi). If you fish at night, your catch rate of SS is 100%. If you fish during the day, you catch 50% SS and 50% MM. If you looked up the Silver Sovereign on ff14angler.com, it would list the catch rate of SS as 75%, the average overall catch rate. Smart fishers, though, would fish only at night, since it brings their catch rate of SS to 100%.

Bottom line, unless you need/want Mahi-Mahi, it's a better idea to fish for Silver Sovereigns only at night, as the addition of Mahi-Mahi to the pool very likely impacts the likelihood of hooking a Silver Sovereign (even if not by much).