Is the folklore system currently broken? (possible WARNING for fishing folklore)

[Azurymber]

Could it just add more spaces on the already existing locations for fishing, like it unlocks legendary fishes in the places you already have.

Nope, no spaces were added (I triple checked)
no new fishing spots were added (I triple checked, and i'm only 3 fish away from getting all fish in abalthia (the area i bought the map for)

[Azurymber]

Still haven't found a single person that has gotten the book to work ;x would be nice to see some kinda feedback on this

[Azurymber]

update:
After catching nearly everyfish in the abalathia region (still missing lungfish), I still haven't found any special fish (that weren't listed before I got the book).

Hidden fish (which you unlock with fish eyes) seem to not require the book

[lololink]

Maybe all this is locked just like red scrips and esoterics ?

That would be kinda stupid but maybe it is.

[Azurymber]

So apparently this has been filed as a bug
And was placed in the "insufficient information" section
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...not-be-working

I'm not sure if SE even realizes this is a problem

[Nekodar]

So apparently this has been filed as a bug
And was placed in the "insufficient information" section
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...not-be-working

I'm not sure if SE even realizes this is a problem

Whoever goes through the posts in the bug forum has to cull a lot. Posts that blatantly ignore the format they ask for for bug reports are likely to be moved to insufficient information.

[Spawnie]

Spawnie, fishing folklore book is for catching end-game legendary fish (apparently)
It's supposed to ad hidden nodes to your fishing log, but doesn't

And Runez, the bug forum says not to duplicate posts so I'll just keep bumping this and hopefully a mod will notice and move it (if it's a bug)
Or people will explain what's going on if it's not a bug.

oooo do they only appear once used the book?? cause i found a spot in forelands that had the casting skill light up but when tried to fish it said no fish here o.O

[Azurymber]

oooo do they only appear once used the book?? cause i found a spot in forelands that had the casting skill light up but when tried to fish it said no fish here o.O

don;t think so.I've found a few spots like that but they didn't seem to be affected by the book

[Azurymber]

Looks like maint has still has not solved this issue.
But it has been accepted as a bug from one person

[Linena_Faewind]

I have the same issue, it didn't do anything for me either, contacted a GM, but got an auto message to post to the bug forums, so that's what I've done. I'll be so sad if they make us farm the tokens all over again.