Here is a little back story: My fisher is GM (100) I am going away for about a week so i wanted to dry dock my boat. Unfortunately, i had a bunch of fish on my boat and an order from the fish mongers that was partially filled (12/15 Black SeaBass). Unfortunately, my boat was near Moonglow(?) and i needed to deliver this crate to Britain. The plan was to sail to Britain while fishing for the 3 SeaBass (and stopping for Serpent fights).
I started with an empty hull and this is what i ended up with:
561 Gold (From Sea Serpents)
60 Horned Leather ""
48 Sea Serpent Scales ""
2 MiBs
2 Treasure Maps
1 Special Fishing Net
2 Big Fish
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3 Black Seabass (of course i stopped fishing when i got the 3)
4 Shad
3 Red Drum
2 Red Snook
5 Yellowfin Tuna
7 Bluefish
5 Bonefish
3 Haddock
4 Tarpon
7 Bonito
4 Cobia
9 Captain Snook
4 Mahi Mahi
3 Red Grouper
3 Amberjack
5 Blue Grouper
1 Cape Cod
1 Brook Trout
1 Yellow Perch
2 Grey Snapper
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A Mess of Small Fish (Too many to count)
You fish for a while, but fail to catch anything (Too many to count)
Footwear (Too many to count)
Now one would say that was a good take but to me, that was a complete waste of my time. First of all, i have no idea why i am still getting orders for 1 order of 15 fish when i have been doing these orders for a long time. (I just completed an order from Britain to the Floating Emporium for 3 different kinds of fish/crab/lobster and this was the order they gave me next. I have been doing orders for months and it seems to be random quantities. If my "Reputation with the fish mongers" determines this then following the trail of quests seems to hurt that reputation but whatever....I digress!
What is wrong with fishing is the fact that a skill so difficult to train has almost no reward. To complete a simple order takes tons of time/effort and what is it worth? Some bait to catch something that has already become worthless by the time you find it? Some bait to catch something you do not have the skill to catch yet? An outdated item (MiBs) that has a small chance to get you something rare but more likely a load of junk?
I take it that people complained fishers were too overpowered and you decided to nerf them. This must be why its so much easier to get a 120 imbuing power scroll instead of getting a 120 Fishing one. This is why Fishing has the worst effort/reward system. Perhaps you want to encourage community in fishing? 4 fishers in one boat may have solved my problem but I don't see what was so rare about the Yellowfin Tuna Bait i received (A fish i have already caught many times already without bait).
I will leave everything else to you. I love the High Seas and (as always) i really enjoy fishing. However, as a returning player all i see is more of the same wrapped in bacon.
I started with an empty hull and this is what i ended up with:
561 Gold (From Sea Serpents)
60 Horned Leather ""
48 Sea Serpent Scales ""
2 MiBs
2 Treasure Maps
1 Special Fishing Net
2 Big Fish
*************
3 Black Seabass (of course i stopped fishing when i got the 3)
4 Shad
3 Red Drum
2 Red Snook
5 Yellowfin Tuna
7 Bluefish
5 Bonefish
3 Haddock
4 Tarpon
7 Bonito
4 Cobia
9 Captain Snook
4 Mahi Mahi
3 Red Grouper
3 Amberjack
5 Blue Grouper
1 Cape Cod
1 Brook Trout
1 Yellow Perch
2 Grey Snapper
**************
A Mess of Small Fish (Too many to count)
You fish for a while, but fail to catch anything (Too many to count)
Footwear (Too many to count)
Now one would say that was a good take but to me, that was a complete waste of my time. First of all, i have no idea why i am still getting orders for 1 order of 15 fish when i have been doing these orders for a long time. (I just completed an order from Britain to the Floating Emporium for 3 different kinds of fish/crab/lobster and this was the order they gave me next. I have been doing orders for months and it seems to be random quantities. If my "Reputation with the fish mongers" determines this then following the trail of quests seems to hurt that reputation but whatever....I digress!
What is wrong with fishing is the fact that a skill so difficult to train has almost no reward. To complete a simple order takes tons of time/effort and what is it worth? Some bait to catch something that has already become worthless by the time you find it? Some bait to catch something you do not have the skill to catch yet? An outdated item (MiBs) that has a small chance to get you something rare but more likely a load of junk?
I take it that people complained fishers were too overpowered and you decided to nerf them. This must be why its so much easier to get a 120 imbuing power scroll instead of getting a 120 Fishing one. This is why Fishing has the worst effort/reward system. Perhaps you want to encourage community in fishing? 4 fishers in one boat may have solved my problem but I don't see what was so rare about the Yellowfin Tuna Bait i received (A fish i have already caught many times already without bait).
I will leave everything else to you. I love the High Seas and (as always) i really enjoy fishing. However, as a returning player all i see is more of the same wrapped in bacon.