Fishing in ARR

[lvicious]

1 more day left and even though with all the worries about dol and fishing I am truly excited to start playing again and cannot wait for official release of 2.0. Negativity even from myself lately doesn't help the situation and as a pretty decent hardcore fisherman in 11 and 14 I can say I will keep playing no matter what but I'd be lying if I wasn't worried about DoL and fishing and hope for the best.

Give the game an honest chance and I think we are all going to be pleasantly surprised and overwhelmed with a wonderful experience. To do otherwise is a disservice to Yoshi and his team and ourselves. If fishing really has issues then we'll be given a chance to express that to Yoshi even if it isn't until phase 3. He listens when the masses speak and we have a pretty loud voice me thinks.

Beta tomorrow! I cannot wait.

[LlenCoram]

1 more day left and even though with all the worries about dol and fishing I am truly excited to start playing again and cannot wait for official release of 2.0. Negativity even from myself lately doesn't help the situation and as a pretty decent hardcore fisherman in 11 and 14 I can say I will keep playing no matter what but I'd be lying if I wasn't worried and hope for the best.

Give the game an honest chance and I think we are all going to be pleasantly surprised and overwhelmed with a wonderful experience. To do otherwise is a disservice to Yoshi and his team and ourselves. If it really has issues then we'll be given a chance to express that to Yoshi even if it isn't until phase 3. He listens when the masses speak and we have a pretty loud voice me thinks.

Beta tomorrow! I cannot wait.

My negativity has subsided a bit. I'd still really like to get some form of response on this, especially if all the noise we're making could push fishing to an earlier phase. Leaving it to the third just seems like a mistake if it's a brand new system that needs as much testing as the others. Like Aenarion said, the fact that it's not going to be given much testing just fuels my worry.

If it happens that the new system is absolutely rubbish, I hope we can bring about the same support we've managed to collect in these two threads again and make ourselves heard.

[Huh]

How upsetting it will be to participate in beta, walk past all the new and exciting lakes and rivers and not be able to fish in them! D:

Still hope we hear about fishing sooner than later!
I really hope they care enough about the feedback of fishing and allotted time enough to make changes especially if they've overhauled it as much as they say they have...

[MoonKeeperr]

Bring back the Lu shang rod / ebisu rod make fishing worth i hope!

[Nix]

Bring back the Lu shang rod / ebisu rod make fishing worth i hope!

Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!
I loved questing for these!

[LlenCoram]

Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!
I loved questing for these!

Considering how little sleep/how much I neglected school for just the luminary rod, I'm pretty sure the lu shang or ebisu rods would murder me.


... Bring it on!

[Nix]

Considering how little sleep/how much I neglected school for just the luminary rod, I'm pretty sure the lu shang or ebisu rods would murder me.


... Bring it on!

I will mail you some of my Java truffles, just to get you through those long nights of fishing haha XD

I would LOVE to see things like this added, stuff like [Inside the Belly] too,the brigand's/pirate's charts and such... Q_Q

Or as stated earlier in the thread a personal boat and fishing zone Q_Q haha. . . (Super Go-Go Busterrr!♪)

[LlenCoram]

News! And it's almost encouraging!

A: I believe it'll be much easier to understand when you actually play, but I'll go ahead and give you an idea of what we're planning. I think in an MMO world there are a lot of times where you just want to chat with people, you are waiting on friends, or you don’t really have enough time to craft and gather. During these times we feel it would be great for anyone to be able to easily change to the fisherman class, head to a nearby pond and start fishing.

Although there will be a few skills you can use when fishing, it's been designed so they're not absolutely necessary, allowing players to relax and enjoy the experience if they choose to do so. Also, we plan on having different types and sizes of fish depending on the area and water temperature.

[Shougun]

News! And it's almost encouraging!

If Yoshida can make it casual and "hardcore" available that would be awesome!

(Just like I imagine fishing (I've only had small fish I could reel in with one hand lol, but I know there are big powerful fish)) - many cases where you can chat and calmly cast, but there are times, places, and baits that will bring you some serious game.

Different sizes / skills makes me think that maybe he has this in mind. I certainly hope so.


Edit: Depth could be a great variable for discerning difficulty as well. Then unless you are a noob fisher you can easily decide what kind of fish you want, temperature, bait, water type, location, depth, might be getting a bit crazy but you could introduce movement patterns as well (as either "stance" abilities that are in effect till canceled or switched, like zig zag, bobbing, ect ect - attracting different types of fish or through a sort of Zelda style (though I dont know how you could chat then lol)).

Interesting if they make the technique relate to the items retrieved rather then the RNG (less-RNG) like:

If you get a heavy bait drop it low (deep) and then quickly reel it in you are much more likely to get coral and other sea ground related items.

Knowing the depth of the water could come from trial and error or some sort of fishing device, then say if you have a heavy bait and have it a little bit above the ground then large slow fish may grab it rather then coral.

[Orophin]

Hm, where was that posted, or can you not say? That's news to me.