http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/tags/stv Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:35:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate#post-207 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:29:36 +0000 Leibolmai 207@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hey all,</p> <p>I'm on my 12th tournament, and still haven't got the boots. Now I play on Dark Iron, meaning pvp is a hassle. </p> <p>What I've started to notice is that I get the hat every tournament. I've got the eternium line once.</p> <p>The hat I normally get around my 125-150th successful catch. The one time I got the line, it was around 225 (I also got the hat around 140 that tourny)</p> <p>Now its been really hard to get over 200 catches in 2 hours on the pvp server cause of the mass slaughter.</p> <p>I'm wondering if the 1/200, 1/100 successful catch ratio is right, but you always get the hat first, then the line, then the boots? So you would need to get over 300 catches for the boots.</p> <p>The one thing that through the # catches for a loop was my first tourny, I caught the fish for the hat on my very first cast. Boy I thought it was going to be so easy after that lol!</p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Leibolmai, 62 Warrior </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/cancel-loot-to-make-pools-last-longer#post-9387 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:55:30 +0000 Bregdark 9387@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>For the STV fishing contest, I get a few stranglekelps and firefins and oily blackmouths, etc.</p> <p>Does it make sense to turn off auto-loot, and then only loot if it's a tastyfish?</p> <p>Disadvantage: Takes a bit longer to loot each tastyfish.<br /> Advantage: Make each pool last longer, reducing travel time. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/how-to-almost-guarantee-victory-in-stranglethorn-fishing-extravaganza#post-8871 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:14:23 +0000 Koprofagen 8871@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Okay, so I had been trying the STV Extravaganza contest for a few weeks until my friend came up with the brilliant idea of bringing a few people with Mammoth mount to help me out.</p> <p>I started out on the south-western coast and I had one of my friends run along the eastern coast, and 2 along the western coast to simply take their Mammoth mounts and stand in the pool and block the fishing bopper for the other players so they can't click it (and of course attempt ganks if the player is opposing faction - but most importantly block casts with Mammoth mount).</p> <p>I won the contest in 14-15 minutes and people were complaining in the chat.</p> <p>Cheating? No one told me about the rules! ;)</p> <p>Good luck! Go win the conest now :D </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/booty-bay-fishing-contest#post-8055 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:22:49 +0000 meatfortress 8055@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>so today was my first win. it's very exciting to finally be able to turn into an ugly fish. anyways, i contribute most of my win to luck. i woke up from a nap right before the contest started and just decided to give it a try even though i didn't think i'd get there in time. i also had no trouble with griefers on either faction, though i did spot a well-known alliance griefer before the contest while i was in Booty Bay. but a good portion of my win was thanks to good strategy. most of that strategy can be found <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/stranglethorn_extravaganza_strategy.html">on this page</a>. i'm here to reiterate some of that knowledge and hopefully get you guys a step closer to that Salty title</p> <p>1. Find Fish<br /> it's common sense but i had "find fish" on, so i could see the pools of tastyfish on my minimap. if you don't have it already, <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/2_3_changes.html#tracking_journal">you can find more info on that here</a></p> <p>2. Get There Early<br /> got there early enough to set my hearth to Booty Bay and waited out on the coast for the contest to begin. depending on where your hearth is, about 1:40-1:45 server time is a good time to head down there</p> <p>3. Water Walking<br /> if you're not a shaman, collect them from fishing dailies or get an alchemist to create them for you. water walking's freedom is essential to helping you save much needed time when traveling from one pool to another. and for you priests, don't rely on levitate either. you'll need water walking specifically so you can mount up on the water</p> <p>4. Stay Away From the Crowd: Where to Start<br /> i read two very important pieces of info on <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/stranglethorn_extravaganza_strategy.html">this page</a> that definitely gave me my edge. first i read that there was no real place to start fishing, though the person who wrote the guide suggested starting in the center of the western coast. so i did that and i didn't run into people for a good ten minutes. it makes sense, most people would start at one edge of the coast and work their way towards the other. and when they do that, they're busy dealing with the crowd taking their tastyfish</p> <p>5. Stay Away From the Crowd: Do the Opposite<br /> the other important piece of info i read was "You must learn to adapt to what other anglers are doing, and normally do the opposite." this tip may have been the one that gave me my win. in the past, i would fish anywhere. if three people were trying to grab fish from a pool, i'd jump in. i mean, any piece of fish is worth fishing for, right? wrong. if you're spending your entire time competing for pools of fish, then you're wasting your time. the more people fishing out of one pool drains that pool faster and forces you to travel more often than you should. stay away from the crowd. when i saw a group of people coming at me from one direction, i'd try to stay ahead of them, or i would run towards them and look for pools of respawned fish</p> <p>6. Research Beforehand! Know What You Want<br /> i didn't have trouble with this but i thought i'd share the tip anyways. once you've gotten your fish and you're ready to turn it in, choose your reward and complete the quest as soon as possible. i've read stories about people trying to figure out which prize they want as another person snuck up behind them and took first prize for themselves. it's common sense but definitely something to keep in mind</p> <p>well, i slept through yesterday's Kalu'ak Fishing Derby, so i'll give it a try next week. if i win, then that means i'm doing something right and i'll be back here to start a thread on it. see you guys, and happy fishing! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stranglethorn-fishing-contest-cheating#post-7522 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:12:41 +0000 Aqua 7522@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Today was the day of the STV fishing contest and I was really excited and pumped up about it. I really wanted to win. So I did as many things as I could to get prepared including buying a lot of health potions, and switching my glyphs to help me escape the evil horde that killed me a few times. </p> <p>The contest just began, and about 5 minutes later, the winner was announced!! I was shocked. How could somebody win this fast. Luckily the winner was Alliance, so I deiced to whisper him. At first, he wouldn't tell me what he did to win, but after a while I gained his trust. He told me that earlier that day he contacted a GM and told him that he accidentally deleted 40 Speckled Tastyfish. The GM then gave him 40 and he handed them in right at the beginning. </p> <p>I was very disappointed with this and hopefully he didn't tell anymore people and give them ideas about cheating in this way! :( </p> <p>-Well at least I got my lucky fishing hat :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-luck#post-1539 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:37:11 +0000 Zero 1539@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>First let me say this site is awesome and got me addicted to fishing. </p> <p>I just recently started fishing and enjoy it. I just maxed out fishing mid last week. I did the fishing contest in STV for the first time yesterday. I fished up my 40 fish and realized that I forgot to set my hearth to BB. Thank god I was very close and just rode in and won. Also got the rare fish that gives the +5 line. I was pretty happy.</p> <p>This morning I log in and decide to go after Mr. Pinchy. Got him on my second pool. And got the pet on the first wish :)</p> <p>Hope everyone can feed off my luck a bit.</p> <p>Z- </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/death-knight-the-new-stv-fishing-champion-class#post-2785 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:12:02 +0000 donquixote235 2785@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I've just started playing a DK, getting it up to lvl 63. There is one skill that they have that makes me think that DK's are going to own the STV Fishing Extravaganza.</p> <p>That skill is Path of Frost:<br /> <strong>Path of Frost</strong><br /> <em>1 Frost</em><br /> <em>Instant</em><br /> The Death Knight's freezing aura creates ice beneath his feet, allowing him and his party or raid to walk on water for 10 min. Works while mounted. Any damage will cancel the effect.</p> <p>Emphasis: <strong><em>Works while mounted.</em></strong></p> <p>I can easily see a DK using this to ride his epic mount with his spurs and his riding whip up and down the STV coast along the water, not having to work around water hazards along the way. When he sees a pool, he dismounts and fishes, still standing 10 feet out into the water. After he fishes the pool, he mounts up. Lather, rinse, repeat.</p> <p>Also I can see this skill as bringing even more twinks into the fray... if you get a DK guildie to Path of Frost your lvl 19 char and your buddies, you can run up and down the coast without fear of getting attacked.</p> <p>Has anybody worked their fishing up on their DK yet, or encountered a DK using this ability in the STV extravaganza? I'm interested in hearing what luck you've had with STV. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/salty-awaits#post-2270 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:53:49 +0000 stirfry 2270@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I've visited this site many a time and never registered or posted. However, after following your website's great advice - honed with the knowledge (supplied by a two-time winner I questioned) of where people on my server were fishing so I could avoid them - I finally won the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. I've been trying to win it for a year (give or take a few months where my tourney entry dropped off), and would just like to thank you guys. It means a lot to me...and now, even more than ever, the tourney win has extra importance.</p> <p>You see my toon's name is Stirfry, and after the achievement system was established, I can now look forward to working towards "Salty Stirfry."</p> <p>Thank you all again. :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-win-and-rare-fish-in-the-same-tournament#post-2078 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:46:13 +0000 Doubled 2078@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Tried the STV Tournament today. Was still looking for that elusive 1st win. Didn't think I had much of a shot due to incresed participation by people trying to gain the achievement. About 10 minutes into the contest, I fished up a Rockhide Strongfish - One That Didn't Get Away achievement completed! Kept going, trying for the win. Felt I was doing pretty good. Then started getting close and no winner yet. Anticipation and a whole lot of anxiety going on. Got the 40th and no winner.... Hearthing never seemed like it took so long before. Turned it in - Win the STV Tourney achievement completed. This has to be the best fishing day I've had in a long time. Just wanted to share. Woot! </p>