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Why is there no fishing skill?

moleculardrugs
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To get perfect roes, you literally have to fish hundreds of fish. For that amount of time people spend fishing, there isn’t really a skill line that could help them or give them a satisfactory feeling of achievement.

The only thing that helps with fishing is the CP crafting tree and there’s just 2 (3 if you count food/drink buffs) that would help people fish.

So people don’t fish as much.

And because people don’t fish as much, the price of a Perfect Roe is over 50k…

I know it’s probably been suggested before in the past, but could anyone see a fishing skill be created and intergrated into the crafting skill lines?
Edited by moleculardrugs on January 17, 2022 4:10AM
  • RedBranch
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    I can absolutely see this happening. Especially if essential fish are added to alchemy and other crafting needs. Similar to fishing in FFIV.
  • katanagirl1
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    I am currently in the process of getting the fishing achievement and using the CP boost and fishing food. So glad to have both of those.

    The reason I think it is not a skill line is because once I get the achievement, I am not going to be doing fishing like I use the Psijic passive skill for Psijic portals or the scrying line to dig up Antiquities. I will be done with it.
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  • colossalvoids
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    People won't be fishing a lot more because bigger chances of getting roe, it's just a "time wasting" activity most people just simply don't like. It's nothing dynamic but moving from spot to spot, so if fishing mechanics not changed (created even) chances are pretty slim. Price is rising mostly because there's not enough dedicated players left for a steady supply, or people have better things to do with their playtime.
  • tmbrinks
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    The achievements and food have also reduced the amount of perfect roe that players get when fishing for an achievement.

    Because they catch more trophy fish with the food and CP, which cannot be filleted, and they spend less time, so they catch less white, filletable fish, leading to less roe on the market.
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  • WhiteCoatSyndrome
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    tmbrinks wrote: »
    The achievements and food have also reduced the amount of perfect roe that players get when fishing for an achievement.

    Because they catch more trophy fish with the food and CP, which cannot be filleted, and they spend less time, so they catch less white, filletable fish, leading to less roe on the market.

    Maybe if the trophy fish were changed to be fillet-able too, with a higher chance of Roe than white fish?
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  • Smith4HirePmMe2Order
    i would like to see a fishing skill and overhaul of the system. Make it like Farcry 5 fishing.

    Diff rods, that improve fishing rates for normal and rare fish, reduce times between catches etc etc.
    Show Known spawns of rare fish (doesn't mean you will get them but alteast have it tell you where to even try to fish for them) yes ik their are addons for this. but the game shouldn't have to rely 20000% on addons all the time for basic info.
    diff tiered bait that ACTUALLY shows you how much it improves your chances to catch.
    again go play farcry 5s fishing quests and sub game mode. thats super fun.

    and yes improved roe passives and maybe hirelings that give you 1 roe every 3 days or something..


    heck id even like to see fishing holes and resource nodes place able in houses and guild halls for people who have super hard achievements or something.
    Edited by Smith4HirePmMe2Order on January 18, 2022 3:21AM
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  • Fennwitty
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    tmbrinks wrote: »
    The achievements and food have also reduced the amount of perfect roe that players get when fishing for an achievement.

    Because they catch more trophy fish with the food and CP, which cannot be filleted, and they spend less time, so they catch less white, filletable fish, leading to less roe on the market.

    Yep. If they're not going for a rare fish achievement, people should disable the rarity boosting one.
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