http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/forum/stranglethorn-extravaganza Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:24:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/kaluak-fishing-derby-results/page/6#post-11476 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:51:50 +0000 Miztique 11476@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Win (yes/no)<br /> &gt; Yes, I won the Kaluak fishing derby on 2012-01-21; server: Vek'nilash.<br /> Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures)<br /> &gt; 450 skill + 100 lure + 25 fishing rod = 575 Total Skill<br /> Faction (Horde/Alliance)<br /> &gt; Alliance<br /> Successful Casts (count up the non-Suckerfish from the start of the contest until the shark catch)<br /> &gt; 13, fished 4 pools<br /> Pygmy Suckerfish Caught (from the start of the contest until the shark catch)<br /> &gt; 10<br /> Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone)<br /> &gt; Pool of Imperial manta ray, Eastern coast of Borean Tundra.<br /> Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater)<br /> &gt; 6 minutes<br /> Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy)<br /> &gt; No, used flying mount, hearthed to Dalaran as soon as I caught the shark. Hit accept when boots were selected because I thought I saw another person trying to turn-in, so I guess I'll try again for the ring on another character. </p> <p>&gt;&gt;&gt; Much thanks for the awesome site! ^_^ </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/kaluak-fishing-derby-results/page/6#post-11157 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:18:58 +0000 Harbin 11157@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Win: yes<br /> Effective fishing skill: 600<br /> Faction: Alliance<br /> Successful casts: about 30ish<br /> Pygmy sucker fish: 15<br /> Shark caught: howling ford<br /> Turn in time:14:12<br /> Anything unusual : seemed very busy, at least 5 of us in the same area, so excited when I got it I hearthstoned my ass of and got the boots for my look, just need the Dezian queen fish for the high test line </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/mixed-tastyfish-pools#post-10691 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:31:32 +0000 rameymj 10691@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Today I caught a lot of Oily Blackmouth and Firefin Snapper in the Tastyfish pools. There has been speculation of pool "overlaying", e.g. an Oily Blackmouth and Tastyfish pools at the same location. I've seen this give 12 fish (half each species), but today I got the "standard" six fish. Most pools were OK, but about 1/5 of the pools started giving "lesser desired" fish about 1/3 of the time. Seemed to occur during the tourney too, but at a lesser rate.</p> <p>I did drop from a +100 lure to a +75 lure after the tourney. So I was down to (525 skill + 120 buffs) 645 skill level from 670 during the tourney. At the end, one pool was 3 Firefin, 1 Strangekelp, and 2 Tastyfish.</p> <p>I also noticed people abandoning pools without fishing them completely out.</p> <p>Did something change over the last 3 months? I've been unable to do the tourney on SUNs for awhile.</p> <p>Fankfurt (Darrowmere server) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-contest#post-10619 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:56:13 +0000 Torture 10619@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/f-you-bwemba" rel="nofollow">http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/f-you-bwemba</a> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-contest#post-10618 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:51:13 +0000 gorgane 10618@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>wtf! i flew the beaches and not one pool. then someone ssaid they found one inlaned so for an hour i scoured stv. never found a pool WTF!!!!!! so wtf is going on.</p> <p>BTW I been doing this on and off since vanilla. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/i-won#post-10616 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:16:35 +0000 smellslikefish 10616@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>A human mage killed my undead priest on the coast of Dragonblight 3(!) minutes before the derby was to begin, also i had left a dungeon &amp; didn't have pvp gear equipped.<br /> LOW &amp; BEHOLD I WON! That mage must have given me a good luck pwn!! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/extravaganza-in-salty-achievement/page/8#post-10610 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:12:17 +0000 Xellros 10610@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Eh, I work on Saturdays and Sundays, straight through the derby and STV extravaganza. </p> <p>I get an hour for lunch though, and it took me about six months to get the kaluak derby. The STV one wasn't as bad. That one only took me like 3-4 months. I don't remember. But, if the title's important to you, you'll find a way to get out there and fish.. =D I remember when I got my STV one, it was during the super bowl. &gt;.&lt; The year the saints won. I figured less players would be on during the superbowl, so I had an advantage. I also enlisted the help of some of my friends, to roam the beaches, distrupting fellow horde anglers, or kill the Alliance punks. Hehe' It was such fun times when I was doing those stupid derbies. I hope they stay like this forever. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/extravaganza-in-salty-achievement/page/8#post-10608 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:50:28 +0000 LunevaLee 10608@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Sorry, Minivini and all you that have the opinion of "It's too bad you can't fish on Sundays(and now Saturdays)" No this isn't right, since the time is restricted it makes PERFECT sense for this to be a Feat of Strength, not part of the achievement. </p> <p> I have worked double shift on Sundays for seven years, and two years ago, they decided I'd be double shift on Saturday, as well. Unlike some of you who are unemployed or dependent on others, I cannot quit my job, and in this economy it's not a real option to find another. I cannot get this achievement, unless say, it's a holiday, and every other WoW fisherman is going to be out there, too. It's ridiculous really. It doesn't add to the rarity, you know what does?: One that Didn't Get Away.</p> <p> Players that have Salty and are saying it'll take away from you, GUESS WHAT? Most of you have said you've won it multiple times! It's obviously not hard for you! The ones who are complaining, are the ones who can't even get ONE opportunity to compete in a single tournament. So get over yourselves, it should be changed. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/kaluak-derby-rep#post-10604 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:14:43 +0000 HootzJnr 10604@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I came first one time and earnt 5k rep im not sure if it's still this high but i can aslo confirm you get rep </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/kaluak-derby-rep#post-10603 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:33:42 +0000 Aunor 10603@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just turned in a Blacktip Shark. Sadly I wasn't first.</p> <p>However, I can confirm that the consolation quest "Better Luck Next Time" does give some Kalu'ak rep. Very little though: it was 172 for me, and thats with +5% from a guild perk, and using a human character.</p> <p>My Kalu'ak rep was at 0 in the Neutral section before this. I doubt there would have been more rep gained from this if I had been in a different rep category but I'm putting this here in case.</p> <p>If the rep bonuses work together like I think they do (i.e. totalling 15%), that'd mean the regular rep gain is 150.<br /> I did:<br /> 172 ÷ 1.15 = 149.5652....<br /> so I checked<br /> 150 x 1.15 and got 172.5. So I think my calculation works.</p> <p>TL;DR version:<br /> The consolation quest "Better Luck Next Time" for turning in a Blacktip Shark after someone else wins gives 150 Kalu'ak rep. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/i-won#post-10592 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:02:26 +0000 Morrow 10592@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Congrats! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/i-won#post-10591 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:32:25 +0000 gertluz 10591@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just won/lost in a crazy way</p> <p>I read/saw that fishing skill didnt matter and figured i would try to win the derby. It was 3 mins till start and i had to burn my hearth to get to org find a mage and then get a port. The derby started while i was still in flight to where i was going to fish. I decided to fish the river between grizzly hills and dragonblight. it took about 8 minutes and i caught the shark. I head back to dal on my flying mount and land in front of the guy and noone else is there so i decided to look at the two items to figure out which one i wanted when someone lands so i hurry and click the ring, and complete quest, We both get the achievement but only his name is declared winner so i guess i lost but dont take it so hard since i got the achievement and the ring. :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/i-won#post-10528 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:31:36 +0000 Quagaar 10528@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Congrats.. ^__^</p> <p>I still enjoy slogging every Sat and Sun to no avail. Hopefully soon, </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/i-won#post-10526 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:56:15 +0000 Jellybean 10526@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><cite>Siigari <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/i-won#post-10525" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p>I just went to Howling Fjord and caught the Dark Herring in 41 minutes. Lol! What a day!</p></blockquote> <p>Wow, two successes in a day, so lucky. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/i-won#post-10525 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:31:43 +0000 Siigari 10525@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just went to Howling Fjord and caught the Dark Herring in 41 minutes. Lol! What a day! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/i-won#post-10524 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:27:08 +0000 Siigari 10524@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I caught the Blacktip Shark and was FIRST!</p> <p>:D</p> <p>Long story short, had a good friend at Dalaran on constant summon/cancel and me fishing in the Frozen Sea. 10 minutes in, I hit the Blacktip Shark and I even EXPECTED it at around 10 minutes. Yelled "I got it I got it go go go!" in vent and there was a port 2 seconds later.</p> <p>Boom. Winner!! :D I am sooo happy! Now my next hunt is for the Dark Herring. :D</p> <p>edit: I caught 24 Deep Sea Monsterbelly, 1 Crystallized Water, 2 Crates and 1 Blacktip Shark. There were 17 Pygmy Suckerfish in total. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/5#post-10514 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:07:04 +0000 LucyInTheSky 10514@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>OK, I've just won for the second time, and on Mal'Ganis-US of all servers. (MG-US is one of the original four servers, big as hell.) And here's the kicker - I've competed four times, and I basically won three times!</p> <p>I won two weeks ago (almost) by getting to 38 fish with 16 trash fish. (16 is extremely unlucky) I won one week ago straight up, and then this week I hit 40 fish and didn't turn in. I hit 44 fish before I got the yell that someone had won. I didn't turn in because I really don't care about the trinket and because I just want the Dezian Queenfish. Which I didn't get, of course.</p> <p>I won't bore anyone with my location - That sort of stuff doesn't mean anything as more people moving to a location makes it bad. I will tell you my theory about server populations. As a server becomes more populous and more people compete in the STVFE, the virtue having a large number of pools (from henceforth let's call that a group of pools) in a small area increases.</p> <p>Now, obviously having a large number of pools in a small location is ALWAYS a virtue, but bear me out: A group of pools, say 5-7 within 10 seconds of 310% flight away from each other, even when you've got a couple of people fishing at them, is, indeed, going to deplete fairly quickly. But during a heavy STVFE, those pools are going to respawn even faster!</p> <p>How can you leverage this? Don't move around a lot. The virtue of moving between groups of pools decreases as you get more and more people on the server because you have less time to wait for a respawn.</p> <p>Also, on a heavy STVFE, I'd advise you to find an extreme area. What do I mean? Well, you can look at the locations you fish as continuous strips of land, ones that terminate at natural locations, like Booty Bay to Hardwrench, Wild Shore to Crystal Vein, Zul'Kunda to the Vortex. What I advise is you pick a spot near the ENDS of those strips.</p> <p>"But, that means you only have one direction to search for more pools!" Yes, that's true. And that's a real disadvantage. However there is an upside: Everybody else has only one direction to go as well, so as a result most of those people who start out near you are going to do what's rational, and work their way toward the middles of those strips of land. This is only natural - They're forced to move toward the middle whenever they're at one of the two ends, and eventually if you assume they take a random walk from there, half of them will work their way toward the middle while the other half will immediately jam up against the end, only to be forced to head back toward the center. The point is if you assume the competitors take a random walk, the ends will gradually deplete.</p> <p>My point is during a heavy STVFE the disadvantage of having only one place to search for pools is mitigated by the high respawn rate, and is eventually superseded by the advantage of having people inexorably abandon your pool group, despite the excellent respawn rate. I basically won three times whilst fishing the same 7 pools. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/extravaganza-in-salty-achievement/page/8#post-10493 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:02:21 +0000 Gaevon 10493@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I worked *hard* to get the Salty title. So there are requirements that are difficult - I think that's part of the point. Can't fish on weekends? Well, stop worrying about it. Find another challenging achievment and move on.</p> <p>My only wish would be that maxing out the professions should gain you some advantage. Perhaps a better casting accuracy for fishing? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-during-stv#post-10485 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:06:15 +0000 el 10485@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Skill doesn't change what you catch from pools. Rare fish are just rare. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-during-stv#post-10483 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:45:55 +0000 barician 10483@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>isnt it to catch the 3 rare fish ? i was reading it takes something like 250 fishing to catch them </p>