Fishing

Mentalmelon · April 2014

Hi Guys

I know for the majority this is not their current priority right now but for those that do, what do you think about the rare fish drop rates? And I know yeah its called rare for a reason before you guys slap that in my face but for the effort it is to collect the correct baits for the correct waters can be a chore.

I'm currently trying to fish up the Pyandonean Ray from Khenarthi's Roost and with 95% of the fishing pools being coastal I'm in need of an abundance of Worms for bait. I have fished about 200 times now and no luck even with the correct baits.

What is even more disheartening is I fished up the Pyandonean Ray on my first day fishing like the 3rd pool or something and didn't realize my inventory was full. Annoyed for 2 reasons:

1. My inventory was full which I have now learnt my lesson, even though I'm sure the rare fish doesn't go into your inventory but disappears into your achievements as a collectible.
2. There was no way of sorting out my inventory to receive this without "letting the fish go"

I'm not faulting the drop chance of these rare fish as they can make it as hard as they like, just looking for some feedback from other fellow anglers.

P.S I'm also aware the drops become better with groups fishing in the same pool but as I said originally the majority want to murders skeevers instead at the moment

Rosveen · April 2014

Fishing needs sooo many improvements. But I'd be happy if they started with fixing the bugs. I didn't even get an achievement after catching the rare Bleakrock fish, so consider yourself lucky if your Pyandonean Ray actually went to the achievements tab.

Mentalmelon · April 2014

Update:

I FINALLY caught up a Pyandonean Ray today in Khenarthi's Roost and it did not appear in my inventory OR flag the achievement which is depressing. I currently advise people not to Fish until bugs are fixed as I have wasted several hours on this achievement.

Mentalmelon · April 2014

4th Pyandonean Ray caught, definitely bugged!

https://dropbox.com/s/dkt0abqg7rmgpiy/Screenshot_20140418_123641.BMP

mattriddle · April 2014

Fishing needs so much work.

Fish need a purpose. Allow them to be used in Provisioning at least. They should also be useful in Alchemy.

naturn · April 2014

mattriddle wrote: »

Fishing needs so much work.

Fish need a purpose. Allow them to be used in Provisioning at least. They should also be useful in Alchemy.

Mentalmelon · April 2014

Any reason why this was quoted twice with nothing to add?

NixiPixi · April 2014

It would be nice for Fishing to be treated as another profession, even if it is only for achievements and collectibles, it would be nice to level it up and maybe unlock more fish/trophies at a higher level.

Gillysan · April 2014

Sadly, I bet this is a low priority.

Vorkk8383 · April 2014

Fishing is pretty bad right now. I'm aware that certain fish are in certain types of water and need a specific bait to fish. In Stonefalls, I fished in fetid water for over 3-4 hours and caught the same achievement fish about 10x and never saw any other. You should not be getting 10 ach fish (3-4 in a row) and have them all the same. Also, the fish spots take forever to respawn in certain areas like fetid water. There are many people doing achievements and yes, we can all fishin the same spot but when it take 45 minutes to respawn and you have to sit there and wait, it's not an achievement anymore but rather a boredom fest. Consider the low amount of points that this gives as ach, it should be easier and a lot of things need to be fixed. And yes, I've done very other achievement in the zone including the rares in crow's wood, etc etc. I'm aware that they take time. There's time and there's a waste of time. I'm not doing the fishing as of now because it's too messed up.

slaveto · April 2014

I have no idea why fish is not included in recipes
ppl eat fish right ?

Mentalmelon · April 2014

No Doubt they will add this at a later stage, but what would be nice is if you could get some monetary reward for fishing these rares, having them disappear for an achievement is a bit poor.

Etchesketch · April 2014

Wish there was a reason for fishing. Usually a big part of my online gaming where it is. Haven't spent much time on it here because it seems pointless.

Oevaag_Bur · April 2014

Surely the fact that there's a monetary value on the rarer fish means that they are in fact meant to go into your bags when fished up and not just be consumed for the achievement ? That would make it well worth doing imo. I'm wondering if this is disabled for the purposes of combating a bot program for it ?

Anyway, what I'm doing currently is just storing up bait for such a time as it's fixed