Fishing revamp idea

Mettaricana

Many will disagree but current fishing sucks, its boring slow little to no sense of glory for anything you do with it. After the release of scrying and excavating i got a sort of idea to fix things like arteum fishing for stranglers fiasco where 40 players crowd a hole or the event in shadowfen catching the event fish.

First suggestion remove the fishing holes entirely. Repurpose the fish eye rye food to up rare fish catch chances whatever. Now replace fishing spots with fishing pole being a tool like the scrying eye. Now we just walk up to a body of water anywhere a beach, lake, river, your house, a chamberpot run off whatever. Press and hold the hotkey/dpad up for item use like you would to get a scry location help and select bait types and fish anywhere if home is in a specific zone have fish relevant to that location drop.

So second suggestion is add a fishing skill line shocker!? level it by doing what you do already fishing a lot.

Passives

can be increased fishing speeds up to like 10/25/50% faster speeds between casts to hook another.

Increased chances to hook addition items with fish/ chance to hook an additional fish kinda like that wrothgar bug a few years back where every cast yielded two fish.

A passive increase to flaying for roe, guts, bait roe etc. Maybe at higher ranks allow us to flay the blue green and purple trophy fish for extra roe or rare items.

Third suggestion

Fishing journal
Add fish size/length and weight aswell as a detailed picture of the fish for viewing as maybe an option in journals. Like leads view a detailed 3D of all the unique fish of tamrial that are just poorly made icon pics for inventory.

Also add fish trophies like mounted version for housing display.

Fourth suggestion for housing lovers though this may work since we got pets etc. Create a massive or several of various sizes psijic fish tanks make them large magicka suspended orbs of water as a housing item that let you place these caught fish inside for display. Caught a giant salmon stick em in tank. Show off the crab crane slaughterfish. Get bigger tanks like smallest holds 3 fish medium holds like 5 large 10 fish etc. Option of this part 2 have the fish swim around in bodies of water in your house if you don't wanna use the psijic bubble tank. Zos could even cash in and through weird fish into crown crates or sell weird unique fish for crowns or impresario stuff for events better than getting a dye stamp at least.

Please discuss

whitecrow

And beef up the gunny sacks!

ImmortalCX

Think bigger. They could buy out one of the old fishing titles and incorporate the code into eso.

https://youtu.be/OsbhGdWDKkY?t=29

Mettaricana

ImmortalCX wrote: »

Think bigger. They could buy out one of the old fishing titles and incorporate the code into eso.

https://youtu.be/OsbhGdWDKkY?t=29

That would be amazing as well i was just looking more at the think small becuase if they did do a revamp it'll be the easiest route possible vs the most fun and engaging way possible

Sylvermynx

I would really love to be able to "mount" my rare fish in some sort of trophy cabinet. I was SO bummed when I found out all I could do with them was leave them in a chest forever or get rid of them.

/grumble I ESPECIALLY wanted a way to display the Wrothgar purple one.

santhoranb16_ESO

I'd be just for fishing keep totally optional. Fine but not involved to the game.

Uryel

Y'all failed to mention the most obvious, most needed change : being able to fish anywhere there is water, at any time, not just where and when there is a fishing hole...

Grianasteri

Some great ideas in there. I think everyone, even the devs, must agree how boring and overly time consuming fishing is. It could do with a serious revamp.

I think Warframe does it well, not without its issues but it takes actual skill and timing to fish. Its based on spear fishing, as you obtain (purchase/craft etc) different harpoon spears that are better for different fish. You can actually see the fish swimming around and have to target them and fire the harpoon with correct timing to hit the fish and reel it in.

That may not be practical for ESO I guess.

Banana

Should be able to use a lightning staff to speed things up

hafgood

I'm all for using siege weapons, aim a cold fire treb at the fishing hole, fire it, watch all the fist float to the surface, harvest in one click. Move to next hole, rinse amd repeat.

Alternatively just do what the rest of us Master Anglers have done - grind out the fish, its really not that hard to do, boring yes, but then i find other things in the game boring as well but do them because of the reward.

I got the achievements for fishing because I wanted the boat. i like that people don't like fishing as it makes the boat feel a little more exclusive, it makes it feel like something I earnt.

Celephantsylvius_Bornasfinmo

Well it isn't fun, no... I have never completed fishing to a 100%. It's like doing a horrible chore as a child in the 18th century... in a poor district with no other source of entertainment but to do your shoes laces over and over (hope that gave a clear image of fishing)

omegatay_ESO

I don't know why they even put fishing in the game. It obviously was a afterthought, that perhaps a intern was working on, then got put in game at the last minute. It's how it feels.

Inaya

I would love to have a journal where the weight and length of my fish is stored. There could be preset lunkers that would be the "top" fish of each type and achievement points awared for them.

I would prefer a skill line that gave perks to fishing as you leveled.
In no particular order except for last two which is the "Ultimate" so to speak.

1. Increase chance to catch multiple fish
2. Allow fishing in any water
3. Increase chance to catch bait with a normal fish
4. Reduce fishing time be a percentage for each point placed in skill

** Chance to catch "special" mountable fish in pools
** Legendary fishing rod

r3turn2s3nd3r

Fishing could have been done so much better. I hate it as it is. Press the same button over and over and over....... and over.

Red Dead Redemption 2 has what fishing should have been here. In my opinion, you could add all the passives you want to increase chance or reduce this time or that time, but if it still comes done to just pushing one button over and over and over, well it's still going to be the same dull and boring experience.

Odovacar

I like the ideas OP... I would love to see an actual fishing rod that could be equipped. Maybe have it introduced into scrying/excavating. Something like the mount where it would take some considerable effort to unlock...idk I've fished too much and have absolutely no reason to do it anymore. ZOS, you got to look at something for the fishing folks!

Mettaricana

Odovacar wrote: »

I like the ideas OP... I would love to see an actual fishing rod that could be equipped. Maybe have it introduced into scrying/excavating. Something like the mount where it would take some considerable effort to unlock...idk I've fished too much and have absolutely no reason to do it anymore. ZOS, you got to look at something for the fishing folks!

I have barely fished and its so boring its physically and mentally painful like the level of boring rivals paint drying. Perfect roe value keeps dropping events kinda eliminated their beat all value

Morimizo

Great ideas @Mettaricana !! I would also like the ability to craft our own fishing rod (and hook), mostly to vary the aesthetic, but also to improve the efficacy. Imagine there being a 15th page to every motif, or even just a dozen or so new outfit styles, that could be dyed, and added to over time.

Fishing would be infinitely more appealing to invest time and effort if there was some progression and customization attached to it.

Vevvev

I know they said Antiquities was the foundation for tavern games but using the system to enhance fishing? Yes please!!! Imagine a minigame that actually gives you greater control of your fishing rod/spear/net ((whatever tools they let us have)) which would allow you to specifically go for those rare fish instead of the common ones. Maybe add a few cool skills and you might have yourself a fun little game.

What I am thinking of is almost like how Pirates of the Caribbean Online implemented fishing. Although that game's fishing system was always deep water fishing so I'm not sure how one would do river, lake, and foul water fishing mechanics due to the different water depths and visibility.

Mettaricana

Morimizo wrote: »

Great ideas @Mettaricana !! I would also like the ability to craft our own fishing rod (and hook), mostly to vary the aesthetic, but also to improve the efficacy. Imagine there being a 15th page to every motif, or even just a dozen or so new outfit styles, that could be dyed, and added to over time.

Fishing would be infinitely more appealing to invest time and effort if there was some progression and customization attached to it.

Would be nice many games mmo and singleplayer have massively more engaging fishing systems as totally optional pass times i would like to fish in eso but its about as engaging as cleaning a portapotty with your tongue as it is now

DarkPicture

Fishing should just become a crafting or world skill line . Its rly waste addition in game just for pressing E and nothing else.

mustangmorgan31

yeah fishing is boring but who just fishes? I watch Amazon Prime or Netflix while I am fishing.

Jack_Of_Shades

I'm always going to say yes to a fishing skill. I love fishing, and tend to fish on any game that allows it.