Why does fishing have to be boring?

[Shadygrove]

I am sorry fishing is boring for you.

If so give it up.

[Scammin]

Yes, because it's better to just quit than to make suggestions to improve it, right?

[Yeol]

What are you talking about !!
Fisher is my favourite gatherer <3

[Tint]

Yes, because it's better to just quit than to make suggestions to improve it, right?

i like the fisher the way it is too. improvement, okay, but replacing the whole thing with a mini-game is more like destroying the class i have fun with so some other people can have fun with it instead.

let's say i don't like to play Monk. either i can try to make some suggestions to replace the mechanics of the whole class to "improve" it (and destroy it for every Monk who likes his class) - OR i just quit Monk and play another class...

[Scammin]

Why can't you do both???? If you disagree with a suggestion, that's great. But you shouldn't tell people that they should just keep their mouth shut and quit anything they don't like. If every MMO player did that, things would never improve. And really, players expressing their opinions and making suggestions to improve the game are mainly what forums like this are for.

[Shadygrove]

Why can't you do both???? If you disagree with a suggestion, that's great. But you shouldn't tell people that they should just keep their mouth shut and quit anything they don't like. If every MMO player did that, things would never improve. And really, players expressing their opinions and making suggestions to improve the game are mainly what forums like this are for.

I didn't tell him to keep his mouth shut.

I said: "I am sorry fishing is boring for you. If so give it up."

This doesn't mean he can't take it up again if it does get interesting for him.

[BorisDaBlade]

I just want to throw it's out there, but there is a small mini game within fishing already.....using precision or powerful hook set while under patience. Of course it's rng, but you'll lose more fish using the wrong one.

[Yasuhiro]

Fishing in Sonic Adventure was ironically better, don't know if it'd be a fun mini game for this though.

[Tint]

I just want to throw it's out there, but there is a small mini game within fishing already.....using precision or powerful hook set while under patience. Of course it's rng, but you'll lose more fish using the wrong one.

i know. but the fisher of the OP is not even lvl 60, he has no idea about that. ....aaaand it is not really rng... i just have explained it in the other topic...

Fishing for collectables is just using Collector's Glove while fishing at a spot that has collectable fish. For example, Illuminati Perch at the Thaliak River in the Dravanian Hinterlands.
Fish size = collectability rating, catching a 181.0 im Thaliak Caiman with Collector's Glove on will give you the option to obtain a Thaliak Caiman with a collectability rating of 1810.

to increase the quality you should use patience or patience 2 (if you have tons of GP). patience increases the HQ rating of the fish and all HQ fish are super big - and super big x 10 is a high collectible rating.

but patience reduces the chance to catch the fish, so you have to use powerfull or precision hookset. to know wich one you have to use you have to watch the animation and sound when the fish bites. there are 3 different animations. i would say small, middle and big. the small animation is quietly and the rod bends only a little bit. the middle animation, yeah, it's very middle xD i think it's the most used animation. the big animation is used for all the big fish and only a few other fish. it is very loud and the rod bends for around 90 degree.
just watch the animations while fishing and remember them, it can probably take a while.

you have to use the precision hookset only for the small animation and the powerfull hookset for the middle and the big one.

every type of fish will always have the same animation. the Illuminati Perch from the example will always have the middle animation, so you have to use powerfull hookset. the hooksets costs GP. that means if you try to catch an Illuminati Perch with a high collectible rating you should >not< use any hookset at the small or big animation. just let the fish eat the bait. this will save you GP and time (it takes a while to land the fish, if you just let him getting away you will have more tries within the duration of patience).

[Gemina]

I remember the fishing mini game in Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64 was crazy fun. You'd cast your line and the music would be all mellow, and then it would get all intense when you caught something. And then, the controller would vibrate according to your catch. A really fat, plump fish was the toughest to bring in. I even remember pulling the controller like a fishing rod haha!

I haven't fished in this game yet, but it'd be cool if the leves worked that way. Send us after a notorious fish. Make it an instance like the sahagin quests on the ships and battle music to go with it.

Maybe even have to option to mount a prized catch in your house via taxidermy. Yeaaaahhh!