http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ El's Extreme Anglin' Forums Tag: quests en Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:58:31 +0000 http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/new-to-extravaganza-quick-question#post-948 Sun, 25 May 2008 09:41:22 +0000 Nrxszvo 948@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Thats exactly what I wanted to know! Thanks alot! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/new-to-extravaganza-quick-question#post-947 Sun, 25 May 2008 09:24:56 +0000 Chalmer 947@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>You do not need to accept a quest first. Just start fishing and turn them in when you have 40 (or a rare fish).</p> <p>Hope that helps. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/new-to-extravaganza-quick-question#post-946 Sun, 25 May 2008 08:08:35 +0000 Nrxszvo 946@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hey all. So, I'm wanting to get my boots and my hat for a twink I have made. Just a quick question really. To get the fish, do you have to accept the quests before you are able to fish and loot them? Or can you just get ready, fish, once you get them, go back to BB and accept quest and give it in?</p> <p>Or how does it work. I wanna do the competition today, so if anyone can give me an answer asap that would be great!</p> <p>Cheers! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/4#post-331 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:03:17 +0000 Oberweiss 331@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just wanted to follow up on my post from page 3 regarding the <a href="/fish/?s=Blackfin Darter" title="Fish Finder - Blackfin Darter.">Blackfin Darter</a>.</p> <p>I was not able to replicate that error message, clicking the bobber immediately on all 3 of the characters I did that daily quest on. It's likely that the reason I originally got the error message was lag, or maybe even a change with the most recent build.</p> <p>I wish I could provide more in-depth information for you regarding the # of catches it takes to get a certain quest fish (unfortunately, I haven't been tracking that). However, I can confirm that one day on one character it took me 14 minutes to catch the Nagrand quest fish. I'm sure it wasn't a zone problem, as I didn't move while I was fishing. I'd guess this is an anomaly, but it's probably more than the maximum you've listed of 23. </p> <p>That being said, I hope those sorts of anomalies don't happen often. It makes these fishing quests quite a bit more frustrating.</p> <p>Here's a completely unproven theory: maybe the further you have to travel for the quest, the less time they want it to take to catch the fish? You could argue that you have to travel the furthest to catch the <a href="/fish/?s=Monstrous Felblood Snapper" title="Fish Finder - Monstrous Felblood Snapper.">Monstrous Felblood Snapper</a> because you can take the portal to Orgrimmar. Just a thought. :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/4#post-327 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:56:59 +0000 el 327@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Waiting to click does make a difference: You'll spend 10-20% longer fishing.</p> <p>So far on PTRs I've completed 59 single-fish daily fishing quests using a traditional fishing method (plus 21 Shrimpin' dailies, which are more predictable). I've recorded the number of catches required to get the quest fish. These are listed below:</p> <p><strong>Quest / Average / Maximum / Sample</strong></p> <p>Bait / 13.3 / 33 / 9<br /> Nagrand / 8.7 / 26 / 23<br /> Crocs / 7.6 / 35 / 16<br /> Felblood / 6.1 / 23 / 11</p> <p>Overall a mathematical average of 8.6 catches to get the quest fish. But that ranges from 1 to 35. This is a seriously random.</p> <p>The wild card at the moment is the Bait Bandits quest, which seems to take a fair bit longer. But I've only completed it 9 times, so I may have just been unlucky. If that quest is a bit harder, it may explain why these new methods are emerging specifically for that quest - players have longer to think about it...</p> <p>The main reason for putting up that data is to demonstrate how difficult it is to prove a pattern here. Even if waiting a few seconds doubles the chance of catching a quest fish, that would still be less convincing that arguing that <a href="/fish/?s=Monstrous Felblood Snapper" title="Fish Finder - Monstrous Felblood Snapper.">Monstrous Felblood Snapper</a> take half as long as <a href="/fish/?s=Blackfin Darter" title="Fish Finder - Blackfin Darter.">Blackfin Darter</a> to catch.... and I'm not at all sure about that.</p> <p>I don't like to dismiss the idea, because that's just what used to happen with variations by time of day. But it wouldn't match the design of fishing up till now (it has never been a "twitch" game). Plus I don't think Blizzard would devote development time to such a specific niche change**.</p> <p>(** Off-topic tangent: The behaviour/code being used for these quests is different from the Azeroth fishing quests. The dailies all replace an existing catch with a quest fish, while most of the Azeroth quests add the quest fish to an existing catch. TBC originally didn't have any quest fish, merely two messy implementations that looked like they had been designed for fishing, but for some reason couldn't be coded for fishing: Seth's pole and the <a href="/fish/?s=Red Snapper" title="Fish Finder - Red Snapper.">Red Snapper</a>s. So the theory goes that whoever coded the original fishing quests had left by the time TBC came along, whoever did TBC didn't, and whoever is coding dailies now has developed an entirely new method.) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/4#post-326 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:34:08 +0000 Kahless 326@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I did that quest again today and just fished like I normally do.<br /> Click on the bobber as soon as it splashes.</p> <p>I caught the blackfin on the 5th cast in the middle of the timer. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/4#post-325 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:30:09 +0000 Gummo 325@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>The general thought is that waiting for clicking has NO effect whatsoever. It seems inconsistent with how fishing works in WoW. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-324 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:02:52 +0000 Zhivago 324@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Bait Bandits again. I am trying to figure out whether waiting before clicking has any effect. So, 10 casts, click right after the bobber jumps, all <a href="/fish/?s=Barbed Gill Trout" title="Fish Finder - Barbed Gill Trout.">Barbed Gill Trout</a>. Then I tried counting to three as soon as the bobber jumped and I caught the <a href="/fish/?s=Black Darter" title="Fish Finder - Black Darter.">Black Darter</a> on the third try.</p> <p>Seven gold and change plus <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34859">Razor Sharp Fillet Knife</a>. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-319 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:41:07 +0000 Zhivago 319@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>World's Largest Mudfish.. two casts...Some fishing hooks and a Rusted lock. </p> <p>BTW, since I found this site, I am a much happier angler. I let my guildie fishing friends know about it, so I hope they join and contribute. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-315 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:35:53 +0000 Zhivago 315@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>That is exactly what I am saying. I have gotten rusted fish hooks and shark tooth and spyglass and they all sell for over 1g per, making these quests WAY better than most, if you figure money/time invested.</p> <p>I did the Shrimp one today, and if not for the nasty lag (they rebooted the PTR it was so bad), the quest would have taken all of six minutes. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-309 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:25:10 +0000 Gihelle 309@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Making 35g per quest if you get lucky with an Ancient Coin = win </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-308 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:27:44 +0000 Zhivago 308@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Pretty late reply to the post about getting from the Blood Elf starting area to the new zone. Yes, there is fatigue water, but if you roll a priest, you can heal yourself through it, although you may die once in the attempt. I tried a Paladin too, and didn't make it and died many times.</p> <p>On a fishing note, got Crocolisks in the City. Very easy. Took like 4 casts. With the ability to do 25 dailies in 2.4, there seems not to be a reason to do the fishing and cooking quests once you get all the leet rewards. The actual money may be less, but the "extra" rewards make up for it. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-306 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:55:16 +0000 Oberweiss 306@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I have a little information on the Bait Bandits quest. It may be nothing. One time, I clicked the bobber after a splash without waiting and got the message "No fish are hooked." It could have been the Blackfin Darter getting away, but it also could have been lag.</p> <p>I'd be interested in seeing if anyone else has had this happen while on the Bait Bandits quest.</p> <p><em>Edit: see my follow up to this post <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/4?replies=64#post-331">here</a>. This error was not able to be replicated.</em> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-303 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:37:56 +0000 Dasvampyr 303@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Just completed Crocolisks in the City.</p> <p>Got another valuable trash item: <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34829" rel="nofollow">http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34829</a></p> <p>sells for 11G to the vendor </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-297 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:13:59 +0000 Zhivago 297@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Just got Bait Bandits again. Cast my line, and by reflex, clicked the mouse as soon as the bobber jumped. Who says getting fishing to 375 doesn't create muscle memory. Caught the Black Darter on the first try!!!!</p> <p>I noticed with this quest that the fishing timer goes to end alot more the usual. When I clicked the bobber "early" (see above), the timer was NOT near the end.</p> <p>So I don't know if the "waiting a couple of seconds" only applies when the fishing timer is near the end or what. I will pay more attention to this in the future. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-296 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:53:25 +0000 el 296@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I've read about "waiting a while after the bobber splashes" a few times now, but so far haven't been able to detect any tangible difference in the speed at which fish are caught. The process of catching quest fish is highly random, which makes it very hard to prove anything. Anyone else looked at this? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-295 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:13:51 +0000 Zhivago 295@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Just did the Bait Bandits quest for the Blackfin Darter. It is a little tricky, but counting to 3 or 4 (depending on how fast you count) after the bobber jumps make this easier.</p> <p>Finally, a fishing quest with RL fishing skill!!! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-294 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:42:56 +0000 Oberweiss 294@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I was lucky enough to get 2 Snarly pets the other day (on 2 different characters), and I uploaded a video of one. He makes some funny noises.</p> <p><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8830701419370381773&#38;hl=en">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8830701419370381773&#38;hl=en</a></p> <p>Regular photos (4) are here: <a href="http://kabby.net/wow/crocs/">http://kabby.net/wow/crocs/</a> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-changes-in-24-the-dailies/page/3#post-292 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:58:15 +0000 Kahless 292@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>So I got Muckbreath the baby pet Crockolisk this morning.<br /> There's a picture of him here...<br /> <a href="http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=muckandmesd1.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=muckandmesd1.jpg</a></p> <p>So far the rewards I've gotten from the daily are...<br /> 51 Sharpened Fishhooks<br /> 5 Elixers of Water Walking<br /> 2 Gold Wedding Bands<br /> 1 Ancient Coin<br /> 2 Razor Sharp Filet Knife<br /> 8 Jaggal Pearls<br /> 1 Weather Beaten Fishing Hat<br /> 1 Muckbreath's Bucket<br /> 1 Recipe Captain Rumsey's Lager </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/feralas-ahi#post-280 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:58:15 +0000 Zahngril 280@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Working on the Master Angler quest and love your site. Just wanted to drop some addt'l info for your stats...</p> <p>Level 63 Hunter, 225 skill, Big Iron Pole (+20)</p> <p>Sar'theris Striker: 1 out of 5<br /> Feralas Ahi: 1 out of 56 (+75 lure equipped)<br /> Misty Reed Mahi Mahi: 1 out of 20<br /> Savage Coast Blue Sailfin: 1 out of 4 </p>