http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ El's Extreme Anglin' Forums Tag: Master Angler Title en Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:51:40 +0000 http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler/page/2#post-1332 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:15:24 +0000 Edge 1332@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Here's a few recent topics from the EU forums:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5640396075&#38;postId=56395802399&#38;sid=1#22">"Deathcharger's Reins"</a></li> <li><a href="http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5640245820">"More special titles please"</a></li> <li><a href="http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=4672769072&#38;postId=46723187042&#38;sid=1#11">"A suggestion for Engi in WotLK"</a></li> <li><a href="http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5552196158">"Rank: Master Angler"</a></li> </ul> <p>I encourage people to bump them whenever you see them. I would definately like to see this title ingame. I think it should require more than just beating hte competition though. Such as maxing fishing skill. Makes no sense seeing a level 35 with 75 or 150 fishing running around with the title. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler/page/2#post-1158 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:07:51 +0000 Floyd 1158@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I am completely pupmed to get this title when the expansion hits. Reading that it is going to be a retroactive thing now based on items you possess, I still have one question that seems to not have been answered. Or I just might have missed it...</p> <p>Do you need to have both the pole and trinket to gain the title? Or is it just for winning the tourney once?</p> <p>I already have the pole, I plan on attending every tourney on Mal'Ganis until I have my second victory so I can retire (like all considerate anglers should). </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler/page/2#post-1150 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:59:07 +0000 Petre 1150@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>As per the other post here in the forums the achievement does now check your inventory for the pole or trinket, and does function. I haven't logged on Petre to find out if it is actually working in-game or not. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler/page/2#post-1137 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:36:42 +0000 Sharina 1137@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>:( I was REALLY hoping they would not do that to us...</p> <p>Have to win the Extravaganza again I guess. *cries* </p> <p>I find it interesting that they are allowing the Magical Crawdad Box to be retroactive but not the Extravaganza, because all a player really needs is 1 of the 2 reward items in their inventory to prove that they completed that. I don't see how you can be retroactive on 1 but not the other. :(</p> <p>Sadly I think it will be even more unlikely to win the event in Wotlk due to the increased competition to get this achievement, now that it's being installed. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler/page/2#post-1135 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:28:52 +0000 el 1135@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/achievements.html">Fishing achievements...</a></p> <p>I discovered today that, as currently implemented, Master Angler of Stranglethorn is <strong>not</strong> retrospective, even if you still have the pole. Only Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box and the rank achievement are awarded retrospectively. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler/page/2#post-1134 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:44:39 +0000 Tythor 1134@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?tab=4&#38;page=777" rel="nofollow">http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?tab=4&#38;page=777</a></p> <p>^^^^You need to scroll down a bit but theirs one there for Master Angler of Stranglethorn</p> <p>Not too sure if you gonna get a title from this but they said its possible to get titles from the achievements.</p> <p>Your not going to have to re-win the event these achievements are retroactive (some things like the old PvP titles aren't available anymore but theirs achievements for those) so you'll be able to show it off that way </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler/page/2#post-1107 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:16:09 +0000 Crotalidus 1107@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I got my second Extravaganza win last weekend, exactly one month after my first. Since I now have at least one of everything you can get from the contest, I have permanently retired from the contest. Good luck to you all!</p> <p>Crotalidus<br /> Master Angler </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler/page/2#post-1035 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:01:46 +0000 Crotalidus 1035@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I won my first Extravaganza this weekend on Earthen Ring. It would be nice to have the Master Angler title available as an additional reward for winning. I would, of course, prefer that a single win, which is all most contestants are likely to get, would confer the title. I feel that the chances of that being implemented are pretty slim, though.</p> <p>8 wins, Marlburo? Do you not recognize how selfish and rude that is? Hang it up and find something else to do on Sunday afternoon. Your rationale is like a sieve...it doesn't hold water.</p> <p>Crotalidus<br /> Master Angler </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler/page/2#post-915 Mon, 19 May 2008 10:53:42 +0000 Marlburo 915@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Well trust me, I hear this A LOT and I always say the same thing. The fishing tournament we can all agree is the highlight to any true fisherman's week. That being said I never miss it; and if I'm there, I'm there to win either for myself or someone in my fishing guild. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler#post-887 Thu, 15 May 2008 13:26:58 +0000 GormanGhaste 887@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Perhaps this is jealousy on my part, but it seems rather selfish to me to win the tournament more than twice... </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler#post-884 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:46:35 +0000 Marlburo 884@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Just wanted to let you know that you can definatley win the tournament as many times as you want, but you can only have one pole. I always walk around with my 2 trinkets equipped to show I mean business. I am an 8-time fishing tournament champion and have been wanting a title for forever (as long as its not Master Baiter). </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler#post-783 Sun, 04 May 2008 20:44:33 +0000 Slavaa 783@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Sometimes, I'm glad Blade's Edge isn't the best server... I might actually win... </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler#post-638 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:00:19 +0000 Warlock 638@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I like this idea. I don't get nearly enough chances to show off my fancy trinket ;)</p> <p>And yeah, I gotta think they could determine it by your inventory. If they have a way to check the quest's completion, find all of those players, then query to see how many rewards they own (1 or 2). It would be a lengthy query but it would really only need to be done once (in fact, the best way to do it would probably be to secrety add in tracking for this early, like a sub-patch, and run the query before the next "full patch" goes live which would actually contain the new title). </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler#post-611 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:26:30 +0000 Itty 611@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>The best way to implement the title would be to have a quest checking for either of the two tournament items in the player's inventory. I like Sharina's suggestion of having two titles: Master Angler (1 win) and Grandmaster Angler (2 wins). </p> <p>The Master Angler title should not require players to win again if they already have. After all, they won a tournament and were already declared Master Angler by Riggle Bassbat.</p> <p>Beyond that, requiring players to re-win the tournament now would be a nightmare. The fishing extravaganza was introduced in September 2005, giving time for around 130 tournaments to be held on mature servers. For sake of argument, let's assume that maybe half the characters who win the tournament also won it a second time. (This is probably a generous estimate.) That would give us around 87 unique winners. Assuming <em>nobody</em> else were to win the tournament, it would take over a year and a half for all those winners to re-win and obtain the title they already rightfully earned but never received. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler#post-602 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:52:30 +0000 Petre 602@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>How about doing it this way. When you've won the tourney once, and have maxed out your fishing another tourney quest is unlocked allowing you to receive the 'Master Angler' title as a third reward for winning the tourney. This would rekindle the desire to compete in the tourney for those of us who have already won it before. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler#post-601 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:07:09 +0000 Trinda 601@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Worst case scenario, they implement the title and you don't get it... couldn't one just petition a GM and have them look at the inventory? </p> <p>They did this for me with an arena win that bugged and chalked up as a draw instead and that was stats and numbers that they had to go and dig through to check.<br /> I'm sure they would do something for tourney winners since it is even easier to check for the tourney items in your inventory. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler#post-595 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:26:09 +0000 Petre 595@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <blockquote><p>Just made a post linking to your, in the European forums:</p></blockquote> <p>Thanks mate! Good to see some support for this, as it is something I believe really needs to be done. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler#post-589 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:23:00 +0000 Oberweiss 589@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I asked my former-GM friend about the way Blizzard stores an individual's quest completion data. This is what he had to say:</p> <blockquote><p>Its only possible (based on the last time I checked) for quest completion to be tracked a single time. For that type of thing to occur, they'd have to technically add a 2nd, unique quest that would basically be a chain to the first one. </p></blockquote> <p>So, the way El mentioned of determining whether the character has both rewards in his/her possession would likely be the only way for them to backtrack former double winners. In my opinion, it seems like more work than they would be willing to do to implement the title. I'd love to see the title added, but I'm not getting my hopes up. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler#post-587 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:17:44 +0000 Dasvampyr 587@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Just made a post linking to your, in the European forums:</p> <p><a href="http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=3642095757&#38;sid=1" rel="nofollow">http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=3642095757&#38;sid=1</a> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/title-master-angler#post-579 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:24:42 +0000 Sharina 579@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I posted on the thread just now.</p> <p>I added a little suggestion to the thread myself by stating that if you win the 1st time or just once, you should get "Master Angler".</p> <p>If you win a 2nd time or more than once, you should get "Grand Master Angler".</p> <p>Frankly I've only won once (pole), but it's absolute murder (literally) to win this thing on a PvP server. I've fished the competition for several months after winning to try for rare fish but I have since stopped, having not caught any. I even started showing up at 2:30 to avoid the blood bath.</p> <p>My blood pressure rising exponentially during the 2 hour competition has made me stop doing the competition for now. ;)</p> <p>Forget trying to win it a second time -- it's still murder if you show up at 2:30 _after_ they've announced a winner!</p> <p>I think El is right about mature realms. My server Azgalor is a day 1 server and it seems that people are more "aware" of the event - the turn out certainly indicates this fact. :)</p> <p>I hope they install titles though. I can't imagine having to win it again just to get a title however. Winning once should count for something. :( </p>