http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/tags/suggestions Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:30:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/achievement-creation-the-extreme-title#post-11488 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:04:14 +0000 Bigchief 11488@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>This is my post on WOW site about an idea for a new title and gear to make all of us anglers happy with the coming expansion. </p> <p>"I love fishing. I have gotten "Salty" on a number of my characters and on a couple of them I have fished up everything that can be possibly given an achievement. I guess I just wanted to be like ol Nat Pagle Mr. "The Extreme" himself. I propose putting in an achievement for the truly "extreme" fisherman an achievement that includes all the fishing tourney rewards etc., catching of all the rare fish and many other very creative and dangerous adventures for the hardcore fisherman in Azeroth and Outlands that Bliz can dream up. I know amongst the fishing community it would be the greatest challenge for all fellow anglers alike. Maybe the reward could be a pony keg of beer with a fishing buff that speeds up fishing :) or maybe a high tech reel or combination of parts that would make the Arcanite Fishing rod into a legendary fishing rod only a few could possess with very hard work."</p> <p><a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/4015353124#1">Forum Post Link</a> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fisherman-fos#post-10708 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:55:05 +0000 Values 10708@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I posted about this on the forums. Wanted to see if any other extreme anglers out there felt the same way.</p> <p><a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3764966730" rel="nofollow">http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3764966730</a></p> <p>Premise is simple. Expand the achievement to a "catch every fish" version. Don't care if it rewards a title or not, just tossing ideas out there. Could be an achieve or a feat, doesn't matter to me.</p> <p>Thought maybe I could garner more support if I drew it directly to the angler's attention. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/extravaganza-in-salty-achievement#post-2373 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:13:51 +0000 fredje222 2373@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>There are a lot of posts about this on offical wow-forums so i thought i'd make one here too.</p> <p>A lot of people want the STV-achievement deleted from the Salty-title because its totally not what fishing is all about. And they are totally right in my opinion<br /> And no, i'm not lazy. I have caught Ironjaw, Crafty, Mr Pinchy twice and doing the [The One That Didn't Get Away] now.</p> <p>But the thing is: 52 sundays a year, let's say about 40 times that you can actually join and about 50-100 people joining every week (on my server).<br /> That means if you join every week you should win after about 2 years and all fishers that caught one or more rare fish know that you can be lucky which can make you win in one try or very unlucky which could make you fish for 4 years without ever wining.<br /> Other people have to work on sunday-afternoons and can never win the Salty title, and dont give me that shit: 'yea but people that want raid-achievements have to be online on raid-times too' because if you dont like the raiding-hours of your guild, just join another one that has good times.<br /> And NO (again) the problem is NOT that these people dont want to use a lot of time for the achievements.</p> <p>All other fishing achievements can be done by just fishing alot and in prolly a month (thats a long time) you can catch all the other rare fish(wotlk not included, dont know the catch rates).</p> <p>My idea's are:<br /> Make the Stv-tournament happen more then once per week, because its just silly that it's only on one hour and only 52 times per year.</p> <p>or</p> <p>Delete the stv-tournament from the Salty-title and make a seperate title like: Master Angler, or something. </p> <p>If people say that it's too easy now: add Crafty, Ironjaw, Giant Rat.</p> <p>No, i didn't win the tournament yet.</p> <p>Please, tell me your opinion about this.</p> <p>Ps: all the threads on official forums have been totally ignored, just as my gm post about it. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/robotic-fishing-pole-idea-and-scope-idea#post-10001 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:38:13 +0000 Aninja 10001@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>its an half bot idea....<br /> Robotic fishing pole<br /> Rec 525 fishing<br /> equip:auto recast(after a first cast the pole will auto recast into nearby water up to a max of 10 times)</p> <p>u still have to be there to right click to reel in...and u have to be there to re click after 10 recasts...plus the 525 fishing means u did your time sitting there fishing...would be acquired from vendor in dala or from engineer...no bonus to fishing...the point is when your farming fishes to make it slightly faster...there would be a buff showing how many are left</p> <p>Pool finder scope A matic 5000<br /> Attaches a scope to your fishing pole making it home in on pools...cannot be used with the Robtic fishing pole because the Artificial Intelligences will fight with each other(counts as enchant so no fishing line)</p> <p>discuss below </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/future-fishing-additions-id-like-to-see#post-9999 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:45:00 +0000 Gruundarf 9999@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>/I posted this in reply to a thread at the official forums.</p> <p>Things I'd like to see:<br /> An occasional "fishing crit" proc that would catch extra fish, scalable by skill and perhaps gear.</p> <p>More funny and perhaps lore-ish items!</p> <p>One or two rare "treasure" items that sell for a good chunk of gold, such as a "Glimmering Clam" that cracks open to reveal a "Flawless Gargantuan Pearl", worth 200g.</p> <p>One rare, one epic, and one legendary catch. Extremely low chance from open water, or each from a different type of water. Achievements for each, but also turn-in rewards from Nat Pagle. Turn in the rare = receive a "line extender" that lets you cast 10 yards further; turn in the epic = receive a trinket that lets you *target* a pool so your bobber always lands in it; turn in the legendary = a small fishing boat mount!</p> <p>Achievements:<br /> "Fisheye? Deadeye!" - Land your bobber in the center of a pool. (10 pts)</p> <p>"Winner, Winner, Fishy Dinner" - Win both the Stranglethorn and Kalu'ak fishing contests. Reward: Pagle's Prime Pescetarian Filament (10 pts and +25 enchant to fishing pole)</p> <p>"My Little Buddy and Me" - Obtain a fishing boat. (10 pts) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/suggestion-for-a-lure-change#post-9967 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:59:56 +0000 Aninja 9967@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>i think instead of lures increasing fishing skill by a large amount They instead could increase the speed at which you can fish(like u know in the world of lifecraft)<br /> Shiny bauble-5%<br /> nightcrawler-10%<br /> Bright baubles-15%<br /> Aquadynamic Fish Attractor-20%<br /> Heat-Treated Spinning Lure-25%(cap)</p> <p>by speed i mean the speed by which the bar moves...faster fishing means your skill would level up faster so it sorta makes up for the loss in skill...25% would be the cap and any lure with equal skill would increase by same amount </p> <p>this would also mean a change in skill req would probably be something like 100-200-300-400-500</p> <p>although this does leave some problems with the fishing contests....</p> <p>discuss below </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-boat-mount#post-1456 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:28:24 +0000 Gnarrl 1456@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I've been avidly posting a suggestion for a fishing boat mount. My suggestion would be either a rowing boat or motor boat that moves at normal speed and possible a cooler for beer. I would like to see your opinions are here at elsanglin.com. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/what-would-you-like-to-see-in-cataclysm-for-fishing#post-8334 Tue, 04 May 2010 19:00:58 +0000 Chipper 8334@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Every new expansion brings the opportunity to change a tradeskill for the better. Cataclysm, with all of it's water-based dungeons and zones plus the revamped old zones (some flooded) should offer many new opportunities for innovation in our favorite WoW pasttime.</p> <p>Here are a few items I'd like to see in Cataclysm: (just dreaming and wishing)</p> <p>1) Fishing Boats - these could be one of the new water mounts. Only usable in bodies of water (obviously) and limited to how far out you can venture (fatigue sets in). You could fish while seated in a boat. Boats could come in 3 different speeds: basic, fast and speedy. Eliminate the need for water walking potions / spells. Obtainable only by fishermen at certain skill levels (300, 375, 450, 500?) Possibly allow 1 to 2 other friends to join you for a fishing expedition and related quests.</p> <p>2) New fishing derby. We know that many zones are changing and the possibility that the STV derby may change dramatically or possibly be relocated or even go away. I imagine that a new version of the fishing derby may be introduced. Perhaps with better rewards and enhancements.</p> <p>3) Fly tying skill. As part of the fishing skill, you could optionally make your own lures. Different levels of lures would act like bait but be permenant. Imagine having a lure that replaces the need for bait full time but only if you learn how to make em. Lures could go as high as +150 to fishing.</p> <p>4) Fish battles - imaging having to work to pull in a big one. It takes the regular cast to a new level. In order to land a big fish, you'd need to use a special big fish lure and need to use special hot keys to use abilities to pull in the really big ones. Makes fishing a bit more skill based rather than passive.</p> <p>5) Create your own custom fishing poles - this could be an engineering enhancement. Would love to see more custom crafted equipment like fishing poles in the game. Epic poles could be able to catch epic fish!</p> <p>6) Epic fish - have the ability to catch more uber rare fish (kinda like Old Ironjaw) only with the ability to convert it into an epic item.</p> <p>7) Spearfishing / Net fishing - who says fish can only be caught with poles? As we've seen in some quests, we can catch fish with more than just a fishing pole. Why not make it an option to what type of tool we use? With spear fishing, we could even be underwater and catch fish. No more "Can't cast while swimming" message. Would add a variety to our fishing options. Some players might just stay underwater all the time!</p> <p>These are just some daydreaming ideas I had. Hopefully Bilzzard will put in 1 or 2 of these with Cataclysm. </p> <p>What are some of your ideas for improving fishing with Cataclysm? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/what-cool-fishing-ideas-do-you-think-blizz-should-implent-in-a-furture-patch#post-7133 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:10:42 +0000 Kemzow 7133@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Just wondering what people would like to see implented in a future patch that would improve fishing or make it more fun. </p> <p>Personally I would love to see Blizzard come up with a way to customize your fishing. Two good ideas I thought of was, either: being able to customize your cast action instead of everyone having the same cast action, or being able to actually customize your bobber. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/comment-on-almost-anything#post-7502 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:40:06 +0000 el 7502@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Over the new year I've added some new features to El's Anglin' (and Professions). Most obvious are the drop down menus (thanks mj for the suggestion) and the ability to comment on (almost) anything.</p> <p>Just like the <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/fish/" title="Fish Finder - Where to catch fish, showing skill required, type of water, and variations such as time of day.">Fish Finder</a>, if you tag a forum topic with the title of a page, or use that title as the topic title, a summary of the topic will eventually appear at the bottom of that page. Changes will take up to 10 minutes to transfer from the forum to other pages.</p> <p>There are a few exceptions (for example, you cannot comment on the front page). If there is a small box at the bottom of the page inviting comments, then feel free to tag/title.</p> <p>The idea seemed to work reasonably well on the Fish Finder, so I thought I'd expand it to every other page. Precisely what information you get is a <em>bit chaotic</em>, but even the best comment systems (Wowhead is a good example) never quite work perfectly. And tagging forum topics allows the same discussion to appear on several pages, if it covers several topics.</p> <p>Suggestions/improvements are always welcome. Some take forever, but some get implemented quite quickly. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/i-must-wow-on-wow-fishing-venting#post-7510 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:57:12 +0000 smalliam 7510@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I saw one person got all but Saltly and Weekly fishing achievements, under 5 hours... </p> <p>They need to rework the way fishing works so that ppl who puts in time actually gets the reward, I may just be bitter, but ^%*&amp; I have spend 6 straight hours trying to get the turtle and just to see a person get it in 20 casts.. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/really-big-fishing-creel#post-7481 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:39:02 +0000 Al 7481@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Wouldn't it be nice to be able to earn/buy a nice 32 slot fishing bag? </p> <p>My alc/herbalist loves the Emerald Bag. He does herbing much as he does fishing - whenever he has some time and the inclination. It would be nice to be able to fish whenever the notion strikes and not have to fill all the slots in your regular packs with various fishes. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-in-wotlk#post-6654 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:44:17 +0000 nonameform 6654@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Looking back at how fishing skill had serious impact on your chance to catch something, I question why Blizzard has included BoP one hour lures that grant you +100 skill (<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=46006" title="Wowhead - Glow Worm." class="nocolor">Glow Worm</a>). Sure they might be very useful for leveling your fishing, but when you're at 450 skill you might as well want to vendor them. At least I did so with some of my lures, but then I decided to save them, in case Blizzard makes them normal lures some time in the future and I will be able to sell them at AH/transfer them to my alts.</p> <p>In vanilla WoW days you had to have maximum fishing skill and had to use best fishing gear and lures available, so you could fish in Bay of Storms for money. In TBC you had to be well geared too to be able to catch fishes in Terokkar's lakes. Now in WotLK you need a maximum skill and a 75 lure to be able to catch all fishes you need for <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43015" title="Wowhead - Fish Feast." class="nocolor">Fish Feast</a>. Zones that require you to have more than 525 skill don't actually provide better fishes. How many of you actually made more than one <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43478" title="Wowhead - Gigantic Feast." class="nocolor">Gigantic Feast</a>?</p> <p>I only need to win STV Extravaganza now for my title (got as close as 39 fishes so far) and I'm wondering what I will do after that. Sure it might be fun for some people to win the contest twice for both the trinket and the pole, but I don't feel like doing it twice and making it harder for other people to get the title. Compared to the Undying title I have, Salty requires much more work and patience, as losing the contest several weeks in a row when you thought that you are about to win it, is really sad. Well, at least I can spend the rest of the contest time to fish for money and possible rare catches (got only one <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=19971" title="Wowhead - High Test Eternium Fishing Line." class="nocolor">High Test Eternium Fishing Line</a> so far, so saving it for an <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=19970" title="Wowhead - Arcanite Fishing Pole." class="nocolor">Arcanite Fishing Pole</a> I hope to win someday).</p> <p>Overall fishing in WotLK seems uninteresting. Yes, I can make money by selling Fish Feast, as I have about 1k+ <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43007" title="Wowhead - Northern Spices." class="nocolor">Northern Spices</a> on my main char, but I want some excitement from the profession. I got all possible achievements, except for the one mentioned above and I want more. Maybe some really hard stuff like catching all those fishes, that got away. That would keep me busy for some time or catching 100k fishes, which isn't hard, but sure takes more time to get, than 1k for the title. I still have to see fishing rings and some of the rarer TBC fishing drops, such as crocs (make it an achievement too, come on), but all in all every time I think about fishing in WotLK, I get excited and then in a second I tell myself "Wait, there is nothing interesting to do actually."</p> <p>I'm not an angler, just a fisherman, a sissy by someone's standards as I didn't bother to level my fishing skill to maximum until WotLK arrived, but after that it became a way to pass time in game without mindless killing or farming reputation or whatever. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/achievements-andor-feats-of-strength-past-1000-fish#post-6759 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:06:53 +0000 Lyps 6759@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>It seems kind of silly that there are no achievements and/or feats of strength past the 1000 fish mark. It will likely take mostly people 10k+ casts to get all the current fishing achievements, and even then some people just like to fish for fun and/or money.</p> <p>Most other achievements that track your progress on an unending count (i.e. honorable kills) max out at much higher levels (100k kills), and it's really cool to still have something to aim for once you've completed all the other achievements related to a specific skill or subarea of the game.</p> <p>It just seems that 1000 fish is such a silly mark, and since they track your fish caught in the statistics tab anyway, why not implement achievements at the 5k, 10k, 25k, and maybe even 100k mark? Surely some people will hit those numbers over time, so why not give them some recognition for doing so?</p> <p>Hopefully Blizz is planning to do this already and just hasn't prioritized it since not many people are over the 10k mark yet anyway.</p> <p>What do you guys think? How many fish (and other things) have you caught so far?</p> <p>Me, I'm only at the 6k mark, but I still have a couple rare fish to catch and just haven't had the time to sit down and grind them out.</p> <p>Hey El, how about a poll that asks people which of the above marks they've reached (1k, 5k, 10k, 25k, etc)? I'd be curious to know where most other anglers stand at this point. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/lack-of-fishing-skill#post-6281 Wed, 20 May 2009 13:29:59 +0000 Taiah 6281@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Just abit of a moan about the game mechanics really ... but im hoping someone might offer some insight , or at least agree with me :)</p> <p>So .. Taiah started out with no fishing skill like everyone else did , however ... she oviously has no problems setting up her rod, baiting up or getting a half decent cast into the water .. but couldnt seem to catch much usefull.</p> <p> * * * </p> <p>Shes now at fishing skill 400 , but can she cast the rod straight? hell no , i stand her facing one direction and she casts it the opposite direction almost and two feet infront of her like a complete newbie fisher.<br /> Sometimes i find myself casting a ridiculos amount of times before managing to get my cast in the pool ( no matter where i stand )<br /> .. but somehow her improved fishing skill has strengthened her LUCK in catching fish.</p> <p>i hope you understand what im getting at here =) </p> <p>Thanks for reading. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-change#post-4901 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:23:49 +0000 Crafty 4901@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>If you could get just one change for fishing, what would it be?</p> <p>For me, I'd like a more engaging mechanic than we have now (cast, wait, click) -- something going on in that wait period, even if it's just watching the shadow of a fish swim towards my bobber. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/special-acvhiement-gear#post-4240 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:32:30 +0000 TheTacoMan 4240@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hey guys, who else thought it would be cool if getting the 'Hail to the Chef' and 'Accomplished angler' acvhiements, gave us a piece of gear to help with out professions? I was thinking:</p> <p>Chef's Hat (Rare Quality)<br /> Head<br /> Cloth<br /> Equip: Gives a chance to create two of the item you are cooking (give it like a 5% proc rate)<br /> AND/OR<br /> Use: Creates a northern spice out of a soothing spice (12 hr cooldown)</p> <p>Fisherman's Vest (Would look like a vest covered in hooks/lures and such) (Rare Quality)<br /> Chest<br /> Cloth<br /> Equip: +5 Fishing<br /> Use: Apply one of the various lures from your vest to your fishing rod (Would have a 50% chance to apply a +75 lure, a 45% chance to apply a +100 lure, and a 5% chance to apply a massive +120 lure!) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/things-id-like-to-see-in-fishing#post-3922 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:02:32 +0000 Dethwolf 3922@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I posted it on wow forums, but you know how those are fishing stuff drops to page 9876789 in 5 minutes.</p> <p>EL, we knows you got some pull with the developers!! pass some stuff on!!!</p> <p>Blacksmithing: Saronite Fishhook (x5)<br /> Reagents: 1x saronite bar, 1x crystallized earth<br /> Benefit: Increases fishing skill +125 for 5 minutes. Cannot be combined with other lures.</p> <p>Jewelcrafting: Luminous Pearl Lure (x5)<br /> Reagents: 15x Saronite Fishhook, 1x Northsea Pearl<br /> Benefit: Increases fishing skill +75 for 5 minutes, but will catch 2-3 fish (or items) per succesful catch. Cannot be combined with other lures.</p> <p>Enginneering: Sock's School Spool<br /> Reagents: 4x Cobalt bolts 1x Froststeel Tube 1x Hair Trigger<br /> Benefit: Duration 10 minutes.<br /> Attaching the spool to your rod will land your lure perfectly inside any school of fish, as long as the pool is within cast range.<br /> NOTE: Booty Bay officals have ruled that use of Sock's Spool is unsportmanlike and therefore will not work on tasty fish pools.</p> <p>Leatherworking (420): Frozen Sea Hip Waders<br /> Reagents: 10 x Heavy Borean Leather, 5 x Eternal Water, 10 x Deep Sea Monsterbelly, 1 x Green or Brown Dye<br /> Benefit: Stylish Hipwaders grant +5 fishing skill. Available in Green or Brown (like winterveil suit availability)</p> <p>Tailoring (420): Tackle Vest of the Fjord<br /> Reagents: 6 X Imbued Frost Weave, 5 x Eternal Water, 10 x Deep Sea Monsterbelly, 1 x Green or Brown Dye<br /> Benefit: Stylish tackle vest grants +5 fishing skill. Available in Green or Brown (like winterveil suit availability)</p> <p>Alchemy: Elixir of Moa'ki's Revenge<br /> Reagent: 5 xTiger lily, 5 x talandra's rose, 5 x Kungaloosh<br /> Benefit: Grants you the form of a tuskarr and adds +10 to fishing. Usable anywere. Duration 5 minutes. 10 minute cooldown due to alchoholic potency.</p> <p>Inscription (375): Nat's Notebook of Fish Finding<br /> Reagent: Ink of the Sea x 5, Resilient Parchment x 5 , 1 x Northsea Pearl<br /> Benefit: Creates notebook which teaches the art of fish finding. Inscriptionist must already know how to find fish to be able to create this book. </p> <p>That was yesterday...</p> <p>Cooking (450): El's fancy fish food (x1)<br /> Reagent: 1 x kibler's bit , 1 x stranglekelp, 1x northern spice<br /> Benefit: Sprinking the flakes into fishable water has a 50% chance of creating a feeding frenzy and causing a spawn pool to form. Pools will only be of fish that spawn in that region's water. 10 minute cooldown</p> <p>Blacksmithing (450): Titansteel fishing chair<br /> Reagent: 2 x titansteel bar, 8x cobalt bolts, 1x eternal water, 1 x eternal earth<br /> Benefit: Creates stylish fishing chair that you can /sit in and fish from</p> <p>Engineering (450): Nat's Fishing Dory (mount)<br /> Reagents: 200 x Simple wood, 10 x Titansteel bars, 20 x cobalt bolts, 4 x Overcharged Capacitor<br /> Benefit: Creats small wooden row boat (use model of lil boats in onslaught harbor) that can be used on water and fished from. Can only be summoned while in water. </p> <p>CMON EL!! we know you can get these implemented </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/vanity-off-hands-a-suggestion#post-3785 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:29:00 +0000 Grorlond 3785@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I think items that can currently be equipped in the off-hand but don't really do anything other than look cool should be changed to one-hand equip instead of off-hand. For instance, if Old Ironjaw and Old Crafty could be equipped in either hand, wouldn't it be awesome to walk around Dalaran dual-wielding Azeroth's most legendary urban fish? I can't think of a downside. I doubt twinks would get any unfair advantage from them, since the only stat they have is stamina, and aside from twinks, who wields OI and OC for any reason other than to look awesome?</p> <p>I actually had the same idea a while back when I got rather excited about the idea of carrying around a rose and a wine glass at the same time (don't ask), then realized to my chagrin that I couldn't do it because they're both off-hand items.</p> <p>At any rate ... if anyone else has any thoughts about this, whether you agree or simply think I'm a nut, please respond! Perhaps we can petition Blizzard to fix this. :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/a-few-changes-to-the-fishing-mechanic#post-3849 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:07:03 +0000 TheTacoMan 3849@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hi guys, I've got a few suggestions for things that i would like to see happen in the future in regards to the core fishing mechanic</p> <p>1.) Fishing from mounts. If we don't get our specialized boat mounts, this would be the next best thing. Sitting on my magic carpet, having a fish would be killer</p> <p>2.) Fishing skill having more of an impact. At the moment, Skill doesn't play too big a role. I had 375 fishing when WOTLK came out, the weather beaten fishing hat, and the arcanite fishing pole, and with 100 lures, i could fish pretty much anywhere in Northrend from the get go. I've heard a few times that the higher your skill, the accurately you should be able to cast (in regards to fishing pools), and that's a good idea, but it needs more. I think the chances of catching 'rare' fish (EG, Mr. Pinchy, Dalaran sewer rat, Eventide fountain coins, rusty footlocker's key, and fish for the 'one that got away' achievement) should be increased as your fishing skill goes up</p> <p>3.) Fisherman's 'Buff'. All of the primary professions have recently been given a self only 'buff' (IE: Increased crit rating for skinners). Grand Master Fishermen (As well as those cooks and medics!) should also get a buff in the real world for all the hard work they put in to fishing! Some good ideas: Increased Swim Speed, Increased Hit Rating (due to the accuracy required to cast well) or increased Water Breathing (although that one is fairly lame)</p> <p>Give me some more suggestions of things you would like to see done to fishing in the future! </p>