I got Master Angler! (and why I love fishing)

VaranisArano

I finally got Master Angler!

But so this isn't just a "Yay, me!" thread, I want to share how fishing greatly improved my ESO experience.

I started fishing because it had some nice dye colors and because I could get perfect roe, which sold for a nice chunk of change. I told myself I was fishing for the achievements, not the perfect roe. Nevertheless, I got plenty of perfect roe as I fished my way through the zones and that formed the foundation of my current fortune in ESO. Its no exaggeration to say I'm a rich player (by the standards of an average player) because of fishing.

I was fine fishing in the base game zones, but Cyrodiil terrified me. I came to ESO from Skyrim, so I was a pure PVE "I'm-going-to-pretend-this-is-a-single-player-game" type player. But ZOS, those dirty rotten schemers, had the nerve to put fish in Cyrodiil. Fish I needed for Master Angler! So I gritted my teeth and jumped into PVP land.

I got my first kill because of fishing. I was EP and hanging out on the DC side of Lake Rurmare, fishing in the foul water there when I get jumped from behind by a DC vampire nightblade. I was on my Dunmer MagDK, and I'm pretty sure that vampiric weakness to fire was the only reason I won that fight, because I didn't know what I was doing. But I killed that nightblade with a lot of Burning Embers and went right back to fishing.

I also spent a lot of time sneaking around the AD back gate to get my ocean fish (Why, ZOS, why did you give AD all the ocean holes?!) then left Cyrodiil swearing never to return now that I had all my fish. But fishing in Cyrodiil infected my with the PVP bug and I kept coming back. Now I PVP with a guild regularly on PC/NA Vivec, something that would have never happened if I hadn't wanted those Cyrodiil fish enough to venture into PVP territory.

Fishing brought me to both a fortune and a whole new playstyle in PVP. Even though I'm "done" with base game fishing and glad to be done with certain zones (The Rift, I'm looking at you!), fishing really made a positive difference for me in ESO.

Credit where credit is due to these folks for lovely fishing maps, without whom I would have been substantially more frustrated: http://teso-guides.com/the-elder-scrolls-online-maps#fishing_maps

Voxicity

Same but replace 'love' with 'hate'

DieAlteHexe

First, congratulations!

I'm 9 fish from joining you but those tricksy devils in Cyrodiil just can't seem to stop ganking me. LOL

They can slow me down but they can't totally stop me, not at this point.

VaranisArano

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

First, congratulations!

I'm 9 fish from joining you but those tricksy devils in Cyrodiil just can't seem to stop ganking me. LOL

They can slow me down but they can't totally stop me, not at this point.

Good luck! Those Cyrodiil fish...I was jumping at shadows the whole time!

DieAlteHexe

VaranisArano wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

First, congratulations!

I'm 9 fish from joining you but those tricksy devils in Cyrodiil just can't seem to stop ganking me. LOL

They can slow me down but they can't totally stop me, not at this point.

Good luck! Those Cyrodiil fish...I was jumping at shadows the whole time!

Thanks. I'm past being jumpy, I just assume I'm going to get ganked and carry on with the fishing. If I manage to catch anything against the list, it's all good. Just don't see the point of 4 or 5 people thwapping the daylights out of someone fishing. I guess I could be a "spy". Boogity, boogity.

Linaleah

here is what i have discovered while working on master angler (still have a long way to go) fishing is a lot more fun when you are NOT worrying about catching specific achievement fish and while I'll likely continue fishing in a future, despite rng being pretty cruel to me when it comes to perfect roe.... I'm never EVER doing master angler, EVER again.

Kiralyn2000

I had multiple maxed-out fishers in WoW, 100% the fishing minigames in every JRPG I do that has one, and I really would like that ship for the dock I built at Hundings Palatial Hall....

...but I just can't seem to work up the motivation to fish much in ESO. Not sure why.

Hippie4927

Congratulations!! I love fishing when I get tired of questing and fighting. It is stressless and peaceful. I am working on my 6th Master Angler.

When I took my first character to Cyrodiil, I was a nervous nellie but now it's no big deal. I've been killed by gankers while fishing a couple of times and I've killed the gankers a couple of times. And, yes, it teaches us how to be better PVP'ers........and it's fun!

emilyhyoyeon

what *** would kill someone fishing in Cyrodiil? I never got attacked when I did the Cyro fish thankfully and fished with other players from other alliances

Gothren

congrats! i just have the whole ad zone and cyrodill left. hopefully i can get it done by next weekend for that fishing vessel furnishing.

Vaoh

Congrats!! I’m still working on Master Angler.... like 9 more zones to go By far one of the coolest titles/achievements.

BenevolentBowd

Grats!

Taleof2Cities

Congrats!

shiningforce

Glad to hear you are enjoying it my friend, rock on!

FloppyTouch

Gratz its a long one to do and not very fun happy you are now enjoying pvp.