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Post by
ascero
First of all, this isn't about the Kalu'ak competition. It's about the change to trash and fishing pools.
The way I read the patch notes/blue posts was that they are completely removing the chance to get trash from a fishing pool, regardless of your fishing level. I take this to mean that, if you are level 1 fishing, you could head up to Grizzly Hills and start catching Glacial Salmon then and there.
Now, I'm personally confused as to whether I support this idea or not, but thats not the point. What I am wondering is that, if they nullify the meaning of the actual fishing "numbers" (level 1, level 450, etc), then why even keep them around? Take this one step further, and I could see them actually removing the different ranks (Artisan, Grand Master), and making Fishing just a trainable skill like Runeforging; no ranks, no training, just having the skill allows you to do it.
So my question is, am I correct about the way I read the patch notes, and if so, would you like or dislike seeing a system as portrayed in the previous paragraph? What will this change do to the food market on servers? Is it just removing a part of the game that wasn't really broken, breaking down yet another barrier separating the elites from the newbs? Your thoughts!
Post by
Wildhorn
You will still require the appropriate of fishing skill to catch fish.
So if you go to Grizzly HIlls with 1 in fishing, you will catch 0 fish (instead of trash), but still keep to get skill points, until you are the appropriate level to catch fish in Grizzly Hill.
Post by
Crie
You will still require the appropriate of fishing skill to catch fish.
So if you go to Grizzly HIlls with 1 in fishing, you will catch 0 fish (instead of trash), but still keep to get skill points, until you are the appropriate level to catch fish in Grizzly Hill.
I believe that when you fish directly from a school of fish, you will not catch trash. You will catch trash when you fish from regular waters.
I think the ability to catch fish from schools at level 1 is what the OP is concerned about.
(I may be misinformed)
Post by
Wildhorn
You might be right Crie. I must admit I replied to this one without checking anything.
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Post by
TheRealAzoth
My guess is, that if you're not of any appropriate fishing level to catch fish from a pool, then nothing will bite and the channeling will just run out.
But if the channeling runs out with out a "bite" you don't get a skill up point. Seems a little confusing to me. I would be happy if they just got ride of the levels of fishing as I think most would. Spending HOURS / DAYS / WEEKS to level it on my first toon has made me all but hate even thinking about doing it on an alt. Just way too time consuming.
Post by
Kailhun
I don't know what 'they' have planned. At this time I don't think that the skill-level will disappear entirely. A basic premise of Wow (and RPG's in general) seems to be that the more you practice the better you'll get. The better you get, the more interesting a skill becomes.
A possibility is that a higher skill-level will:
allow the fisherman to catch 'better' fish;
increase the chance of 'better' fish;
mean less misses of the pool;
(in case of better fish in the center of the pool) a better chance to hit the center.
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Post by
Dracovius
I hope they keep the levels and am not in favor of giving skill-ups just for dipping a line. Enough of this game has been sent straight to easy mode requiring little to no work to get what previously took others lots of time and work to accomplish.
Oh that's just great, because every single person who plays this game has days upon days worth of free time to spend catching digital fish.
Post by
Musicman835
I hope they keep the levels and am not in favor of giving skill-ups just for dipping a line. Enough of this game has been sent straight to easy mode requiring little to no work to get what previously took others lots of time and work to accomplish.
Oh that's just great, because every single person who plays this game has days upon days worth of free time to spend catching digital fish.
I don't know what fishing you leveled but it doesn't take anywhere near day to level I leveled to the the one i needed for the fish i wanted in about 3 hours in org then went where i needed with bobbers and fished my fish. Don't be lazy
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Post by
Wanderingfox
They're supposedly overhauling fishing in Cataclysm, so this may just be a prelude to that.
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