1. There is a MAJOR shortcut... You only have to be on the SAME SUBSERVER, and don't even have to be anywhere near the port.
- Britain is own its own subserver, but it borders two others
- Papua is on its own subserver
- Vesper is on its own subserver, but the Serpent Pillar to Papua (easst of Trinsic) is on that subserver, so you can sto pat the pillar, recall to Vesper and back to get that quest, then use the pillar to get to the Lost lands (then recall to Papua, get/deliver, recall back to boat, then sail to the pillar to leave). It effectively connects to ALL of the quest subervers.
- Moonglow & the Floating Emporium are on the same subserver.
- Trinsic, Jhelom & Skara Brae are all on the same subserver. You can end up recalling back and forth between these, filling quests for an hour, without moving you boat, sometimes.
Experienced fishers keep their boats parked off Buc's Den, either on the Trinsic/Britain server line, or on the Trinsic/(Serpent Pillar/Vesper)Buc's Den line, sailing back and forth across these two crossing points (diving into the Lost Lands as necessary), filling and requesting, until all 6-8 quests aboard are to Moonglow and/or the Emporium. Then, sell to the FE, deliver, recall to Moonglow, deliver there, then once you have no quests for those two cities, sail back to the other 4 subservers (6 cities) to get more quests and deliver.
Effectively, you end up with a sailing pattern that resembles a "U" or "v-" with the northwest point being off of Buc's Den towards Britain, and the east end is at the FE (The ONLY port you actually have to sail into to deliver), and whether it looks like a U or V-Minus depends on whether you sail around both Buc's Den & New Haven, or sail between New Haven & New Magincia (as that puts you perfectly lined up with the northernmost boat slips at the FE).
In one of the other posts here, there is a map of the server lines, so you can get a better grasp of this, if you can't see it in your mind or with a mapping program.
Any reputation you have stays with the character, so if you soulstone to a different character, you start from scratch. The number of lines is based on the number of successful quests for each fish type you've done, and the ability to catch Dungeon fish (and get quests that ask for them) kick in around 106. Unfortunately you can't gain skill dungeon fishing, but you can with lobster trapping.