Suggestion for next chapter - expand on fishing

Beilin_Balreis_Colcan

There are so, so many ways in which fishing could be improved in ESO and made more enjoyable. I do enjoy fishing in ESO occasionally, when I need a break from saving Nirn (again), just relaxing and looking at the gorgeous scenery, waiting for the fish to bite. However there's plenty of room for expansion, such as:

1. a fishing skill line, with various skills to make fishing better, e.g. faster to catch fish, higher chance to catch rare fish. Yes, I know there are fishing-related CP perks, but a skill line would be even better.
2. better fishing lines, with real impact on fishing performance, and better appearance, either craftable or dropping from various bosses and chests.
3. the fishing lines should bend when the fish bite, for more realism.
4. my character should not cheer when they catch used bait or a gunny sack, there should be a different reaction for these.
5. when the fishing hole is cleared, my character could act disappointed.
6. it should be possible to filet a whole stack of fish, fileting them one at a time is pretty tedious, and can discourage players from fishing.

There are probably other possible improvements, so feel free to mention them here.

WhiteCoatSyndrome

We still don’t have a fishing event.

YandereGirlfriend

While I would be supportive of fleshing out this sub-system (and also allowing Perfect Roe to drop from Provisioning Writs...), I would be super tilted if Fishing was the big feature of the upcoming Chapter, while we went another year without a new class, skill, guild or weapon line.

disintegr8

I'd go for some work on fishing, since I got Master Angler I've had no real reason to go back. Be nice to have a reason to fish again.

gariondavey

YandereGirlfriend wrote: »

While I would be supportive of fleshing out this sub-system (and also allowing Perfect Roe to drop from Provisioning Writs...), I would be super tilted if Fishing was the big feature of the upcoming Chapter, while we went another year without a new class, skill, guild or weapon line.

Don't give them ideas XD

katanagirl1

I don’t know about this, you talk to most players and they really don’t have any interest in fishing. You would be catering to a small minority.

I have Master Fisher and have fished all the zones completely, I enjoy it and I’m happy with the way it is. It’s relaxing and I can enjoy the scenery. I don’t need it to be anything more.

LadyLethalla

vsrs_au wrote: »

[*] my character should not cheer when they catch used bait or a gunny sack, there should be a different reaction for these.

It's just a small thing and a First World Gamer problem at that but I wish there was an option to turn OFF the cheering. Completely. It annoys me no end.

INM

Everyone knows that gardening will be next chapter's feature.

Tyralbin

How about a fishing rod antiquity?

Cadbury

YandereGirlfriend wrote: »

While I would be supportive of fleshing out this sub-system (and also allowing Perfect Roe to drop from Provisioning Writs...), I would be super tilted if Fishing was the big feature of the upcoming Chapter, while we went another year without a new class, skill, guild or weapon line.

gariondavey wrote: »

Don't give them ideas XD

"Hear ye Anglers and Trawlers! Test your wits and courage in a brand new fishing game! Tales of Fishers!

Fruity_Ninja

A redesign of fishing is fine. As long as it doesn’t become the main feature of a chapter (like a card game). New class and new weapon instead please, and then new fishing system as a supplementary value add!

rpa

I generally like fishing in games but in ESO it is rather too plain. Even Minecraft has better fishing gameplay and visuals than ESO. And New World where fishing is just stunning. (Disregarding bugs and nerfed rewards and being attached to rest of the disaster of course.)
Really, just task some dev to kill some spiders and craft a pole in Minecraft, go fishing, look at it and rip it off.

Beilin_Balreis_Colcan

Cadbury wrote: »

YandereGirlfriend wrote: »

While I would be supportive of fleshing out this sub-system (and also allowing Perfect Roe to drop from Provisioning Writs...), I would be super tilted if Fishing was the big feature of the upcoming Chapter, while we went another year without a new class, skill, guild or weapon line.

gariondavey wrote: »

Don't give them ideas XD

"Hear ye Anglers and Trawlers! Test your wits and courage in a brand new fishing game! Tales of Fishers!

LOL. When @YandereGirlfriend mentioned we could really use a new weapon line, for some odd reason the Monty Python fish-slapping sketch came to mind!

Beilin_Balreis_Colcan

Fruity_Ninja wrote: »

A redesign of fishing is fine. As long as it doesn’t become the main feature of a chapter (like a card game). New class and new weapon instead please, and then new fishing system as a supplementary value add!

Agreed, and that was my thought when I created this thread.

Gabriel_H

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

We still don’t have a fishing event.

Argghhhh ... the WoW fishing contest ... the nightmare ... the horror ... the ganking! :'(

Gabriel_H

Tyralbin wrote: »

How about a fishing rod antiquity?

Skyrim fishing rods spring to mind!

AnduinTryggva

No, I am about to do the big fishing challenge already for the achievement. Then I am done with it.

I don't want an extra mini activity.

For people enjoing computer fishing there are fishing simulators.

Grizzbeorn

Cadbury wrote: »

Tales of Fishers!

Fish Tales.

Cadbury

Grizzbeorn wrote: »

Cadbury wrote: »

Tales of Fishers!

Fish Tales.

robwolf666

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

We still don’t have a fishing event.

Fishing competition and league table - if it's well thought out and the rewards are worth it.

me_ming

These are good suggestions. But honestly, why should all that come from a DLC or chapter? Why shouldn't all this just be part of an update? Seriously, fishing has been in game since day 0 in game. Adding features like these that have been requested in the past in a DLC/chapter would just make this game even more of a pay-to-win game.

Ashryn

Some suggestions for improved fishing:

Better rewards (that have a challenging, but not the usual impossible RNG)

Filet ALL fish at once

Have a chance to catch something dangerous that turns into a fight perhaps?

Occasional new motifs & recipes as rewards

hidden hard-to-get-to areas to discover that have usual possibilities...improved chance of rewards over regular sites, perhaps, or unique magical items?

sarahthes

I think a great improvement for fishing would be tracking fishing achievements per character, as well as globally. That would be the best QoL achievement for fishing I could think of!

DinoZavr

You know what upsets me the most? Our (players) low expectations.

At this moment we are convinced by Matt Firor, that older consoles do not allow to implement anything big like a new class or a new skill line, also hardware upgrade of PC EU was postponed several times and now is March, 2023 (when it might be delayed again)…

So, unlike smaller games which have resources to grow fast, ESO turns into a stale battleship in a swamp. I think about Telvanni’s zone 2023 (as it would allow to reuse Morrowind patterns, textures, furnishings and such), about Farming simulator (to re-use existing plants models).

Why not to try to invest into anything bigger? Druid class could be a great addition to this year story, instead we have got a Cards game.
It is a matter of proper planning and investments, but game-makers roadmap for next years is a secrecy, causing speculations (now banned at this Forum), educated guesses, and, low expectations.
Fantasy game is to be a nice Pandora box of BIG surprises. novelty, new sensations. Companions and the Card game are good (no rants here), but, alas, they seriously lack the big updates caliber.

Do low expectations attract thousands of new players or retain veteran players?
@ZOS, please, surprise us in a good way, pretty please.

shalalaA7X

I would love filet all.

DinoZavr

@shalalaA7X there is Votan's Fish Fillet addon for PC for a long time. Console players still need this feature.

whitecrow

I always wondered if the cheer is heard by other players at the same time you hear it, or if it is always random on either end.

I think we should only cheer when we get a rare fish.

shalalaA7X

DinoZavr wrote: »

@shalalaA7X there is Votan's Fish Fillet addon for PC for a long time. Console players still need this feature.

I’m a console player

Amottica

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

We still don’t have a fishing event.

We do have an event that includes fishing.

I have only seen one MMO that did a half-decent job with fishing. In that game it was an actual skill line and was part of the crafting system and yet it was still boring. Sure, a crafting matt is obtained from fishing in ESO but it is very simplistic and very much an afterthought.

It is fine having fishing as a tertiary activity as it is currently in ESO. It does not need to be more than it is. I would prefer meaningful added-value items that are beneficial across the game.

Aminatu

I see it like gaining any other side world skill. You don't have to do it or get it if you don't want to, but those of us who are so inclined should be able to get it.

Definitely agree with fillet all fish at once. The addon just makes you keep filleting the whole stack one at a time.

A daily fishing quest, a companion that loves fishing (my vote is for Argonian male since we only have one male companion) that boosts chances of getting extra stuff when fishing & gets rapport gain from catching rarer stuff & doing fishing quests. We could have specially spawned schools like in Shadowfen for New Life Festival.

If someone else catches the last fish, it would be nice to get our bait back at the very least. Would be really nice if we could continue fishing until we caught a fish or ended our fishing ourselves so we don't lose out to someone with faster fishing or better luck.

I love the idea of different styles of fishing poles with different perks. Would love some for visual as well as function. Wouldn't mind something that let us have more than one hook & catch more than one fish and increase chance of catching something rare. Maybe different types of bobbers would lure different fish or something. Like say we want more fish in general- specific bobber for it. We want rarer fish-- different bobber.

And please for the love of Mara let us have sound effects when fish bite! I mentioned in another thread that I have cats and they like to block my view by presenting me with their butts or sitting right in front of my monitor. There's also eye fatigue. Sometimes I close my eyes while fishing because they hurt.

Slapping someone with a fish as an emote would be funny. Or even throwing fish like mudballs. LOL.

I wish they had done more fishing stuff instead of the card game. I HATE that card game. I know, to each their own, but it not only added nothing, IMO, but is super annoying and boring.

I would also dearly love some sort of fishing hole that we could add to our homes with water that could be fished from by us x number of times and have some sort of cooldown. Maybe even let other friends come in and fish. Could possibly be different fish than what you catch outside of the home.

Am I the only one that wants fishing rafts? They would simply float on the water to get us closer to the fishing spot without aggro but we'd fall off if we were in combat or something-- although using it to cross water faster would be neat. They could sort of be like mounts but only for water and could be summoned with the Q hotbar thingy or whatever.

I would also like to have it so if you catch one type of rare fish in a zone that you are more likely to catch a different fish instead of that same one the next time you catch a rare fish. Getting the same damn fish over and over is aggravating when I need just one or two more fish of a different kind.

BretonMage

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

We still don’t have a fishing event.

It just occurred to me that we should have region-based fishing endeavors. That would be a lot more fun than region-based delve boss endeavors.