Fishing... we need to talk.

[Callback]

I think we could get the effect with fewer changes.

New skill: Attract Use a fish on the line to attract more of its kind. Releases the hooked fish (giving up 1 now for more over time, best for longer sessions) to increase that species' catch weight (on the drop table) by 100% of its base value per stack. Doesn't change weights for other fish. Max 4 stacks.

Buff chum. Now lasts 1 minute instead of 1 catch.

Cordials can be used while fishing.

New ALC "Bottled Weather" recipes to create temporary localized weather overrides. (can be used while fishing along with the cordial change).

Yes tackle box please. This is insane.

Combine patience and inefficient hooking, or add a "cancel" skill so you can purge them both at once. After you get your HQ double mooch on the line, you normally want to wait for it to expire before attempting the triple mooch to get back your catch rate.

And yeah, could we get some more info on the hooksets? Nobody is 100% sure that people are using them the right way even.

[TaleraRistain]

Oo You must have fished at the wrong place.
They don't bite well but they aren't THAT scarce, after all they are a direct catch if I am not mistaken.
I fished them up in half an hour with the Lv 51 insect lure you can buy in western coerthas at Western coerthas; unfrozen pond.

I can recommend the site Silverbane linked. It has virtually all the information you could possibly need.

I agree though that being dependent on such a site is ludicrous game design. FF tells you waaay to little about the fish you want even after you caught it.

Nope, Unfrozen Pond using Stonefly Nymph. I love that site as well and I was in almost that exact spot. They are a direct catch so it didn't make any sense to me, either. I was going to try S Banepool tonight.

And yeah, the fishing log is nearly useless except as flavor text, unlike the gathering log which actually helps you.

[Kaliac]

Did anything ever come of Big Fishing? Searching through the forums this post came up:

Currently we are still looking into if it's possible to add aquariums.

There are no plans to add food that uses big fish as an ingredient at the moment. Creating a new meal that offers incredible buffs would in turn have an affect on the balance of battle, so we have to look into this type of thing carefully.

We're currently looking into turning fish into furnishings and adding other achievements for Big Fishing, so please hang in there while we look into these features.

This didn't ever end up happening did it?
Achievements are... well, completely worthless in my opinion, was hoping there would be something to show for catching them other than a brief achievement pop up that only you see.

[Tint]

Did anything ever come of Big Fishing? Searching through the forums this post came up:

This didn't ever end up happening did it?
Achievements are... well, completely worthless in my opinion, was hoping there would be something to show for catching them other than a brief achievement pop up that only you see.

Grekumahs post is from october 2014

and we got fish furnishing after that, achievments wich gave you 2 titles to show how awesome you are ("of Dragon's Deep" for completing a quest where you have to catch the 6 legendary fish and "Master Caster" for catching 100 different big fish) and another achievment for cathing 106 (all) different big fish wich gave you the ironworks fishing rod - wich was the best fishing rod for a few months and still nice to glamour for the show effect.

[Kaliac]

and we got fish furnishing after that, achievments wich gave you 2 titles to show how awesome you are ("of Dragon's Deep" for completing a quest where you have to catch the 6 legendary fish and "Master Caster" for catching 100 different big fish) and another achievment for cathing 106 (all) different big fish wich gave you the ironworks fishing rod - wich was the best fishing rod for a few months and still nice to glamour for the show effect.

For which fish? I tried searching around, can't find anywhere that lists fish furnishing.

Regarding the the achievements/titles, they are worthless to me. As for the Ironworks fishing rod, it looks like every other rod just recolored, pretty disappointing =/.

[Tint]

For which fish? I tried searching around, can't find anywhere that lists fish furnishing.

Stuffed Mazlaya Marlin
Stuffed Takitaro
Megalodon Jaws

[Kaliac]

Stuffed Mazlaya Marlin
Stuffed Takitaro
Megalodon Jaws

Only 3?
None of which actually use any of the big fish?

[Feyona]

I am haveing problems catching red and blue script since the new patch. Previously I could catch 3 to 5 thunderbolt eels with no problem now i get one if im lucky. Tiny axolotl I have been 3 times and got one. When fishing illuminati perch i had to fish for an hour befor i got one. I have a friend who has red script fishing rod and is having the same trouble. Is anyone else finding that the better gear they have the worse the fishing gets? I wondered of there was a bug or something I also just got through 2 bladed jigs in half an hour.

[Tint]

I am haveing problems catching red and blue script since the new patch. Previously I could catch 3 to 5 thunderbolt eels with no problem now i get one if im lucky. Tiny axolotl I have been 3 times and got one. When fishing illuminati perch i had to fish for an hour befor i got one. I have a friend who has red script fishing rod and is having the same trouble. Is anyone else finding that the better gear they have the worse the fishing gets? I wondered of there was a bug or something I also just got through 2 bladed jigs in half an hour.

it's just all RNG. i am wearing full i180 set with i170 belt and don't have any problems. at least not more than usual xD the chance to lose the bait (only the crafted ones) is higher if you lose the fish. and you lose the fish more often if you use patience but not the right hookset... so yeah, to save baits be careful with patience ^^/ to save GP you should only try to catch the fish you really want. so watch the animations when the fish bites and only hook the fish if he has the animation you are looking for. otherwise let them eat the bait and don't hook it.

[PROBOUND]

Was there ever a video guide made for the fishing animations/tugs? To this day i find it extremely difficult to actually tell the differences other than the bigfish tug which would make the character stand up and controller vibration would be at max setting.