http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:27:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards/page/2#post-6610 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:33:12 +0000 Gummo 6610@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I still think it's just randomness, but it's possible that it uses e.g. a random number seed based on your name, and the random number generator isn't very good. But I don't think that's the case.</p> <p>Only blizzard can say what their random number generator(s) do, and I doubt they will. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards/page/2#post-6609 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:10:45 +0000 seaborn 6609@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I QQ'd about this in a different thread about a month or two ago but i will reply here too.</p> <p>I have a few toons that do the dailies. My main has always had what i considered terrible luck compared to the other toons. To prove it, when the fishing daily was introduced into the game I started keeping track in a logbook format. It is said that the bags are completely random.</p> <p>My findings:</p> <p>The toon that I have always felt to have "bad" luck. 88% of fishing bags have had Worthless Glass of various colors. I have received 1 of the BoP items. That item was the fishing hat, but it came from the Outland fishing daily. This toon also has not received the Polar Bear mount yet and i have done that daily 214 times. (The other thing to mention is that the 88% number has stayed between 80-90% since day 10)</p> <p>In contrast there is the other toon. It receives worthless glass 35% or the time and has many of the neat items. Has gotten 3 polar bears mounts now.</p> <p>Basically what i want is an answer on how this so called random number generator works. I'm not saying its broken, but based on what I have seen there has to be some other factor that plays into it. If something is truly random, time will ALWAYS make things level out. Luck is something that only plays into small sample pools.</p> <p>Its like a casino. If you go in and set your chips down and win on the first few rolls, the best thing you can do is pick up your winnings and go home. Over the long run the casino will win. That's why they exist. Unless of course you are cheating.</p> <p>If I am missing something, please tell me. Something just isn't adding up. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6606 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:15:29 +0000 Lilitheen 6606@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I guess I've been pretty lucky really. The second time I did 'Corroded Jewelery' I got The Giant Sewer Rat. That was actually only the second time I'd fished anywhere in Dalaran.<br /> I also got the jeweled pole and the strand crawler in the same bag. I've gotten the bell twice, the painting 3 or 4 times and Red Stormjewel. The rep is nice too, the KT have a head enchant I'm after, along with the pet. What I'm really after though is the 5 ring. +55 stam, +55 hit &amp; +55 crit strike rating will be a nice add. At this point I'm not really interested in the turtle mount, which means the way my luck goes I'll get it long before the 5 ring. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6605 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:23:57 +0000 Bravo25 6605@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I've picked up the pet, but no gems or poles for me. Granted, the only thing I'd really like is an overhaul to the Arcanite fishing rod. :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6602 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:22:26 +0000 Malice 6602@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I've been very lucky with my fishing daily rewards. Rigid stormjewel, solid stormjewel, bone fishing pole, the crawler, the fishing hat. Also got Porcelain Bell twice, which vendors for 100g. Battered junglehat also twice, 100g on AH.<br /> Also have the turtle and the sewer rat pet. BUT I do fish a lot so it's not like I got any of those on my first try.</p> <p>Good luck to all of you! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6591 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:29:36 +0000 Thalen 6591@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Been having a major cold streak on my 2 fishers for the last month or so. Junk drops weren't too bad, but mostly worthless glass and deviates.</p> <p>This weekend, we had the crocs come up. No, I didn't get a croc. I did the Dalaran daily and got the jeweled fishing pole, and when I went to do the Shat daily, I got the 2 ring!</p> <p>Decided to press my luck the next day, and started farming for the turtle. ~30 minutes later, he dropped for me!</p> <p>I'm expecting several months of bad luck to now make up for all that ;-) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6588 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:52:18 +0000 celtictexan 6588@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just got the small lock box tonight. Was full of gems one epic that i had just paid 1000g for. So I have 2 now. The rest were blues and one green necklace. Not a bad reward. still looking for one of the poles. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6572 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:05:32 +0000 Charmuffin 6572@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Well, I've done only a few Dalaran fishing dailies.<br /> My first try, I got a strand crawler.<br /> I named him Barnaby.<br /> 8D </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6570 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:52:01 +0000 Leny 6570@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>On the first day the dailys came out 5mins after my realm got up I got one of the gems. After a while I got the crawler. Still no pole but I did get all the other good rewards, still no croc though </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6568 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:45:38 +0000 Daimoth 6568@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>First post!</p> <p>I got the glow worm, that's the most valuable thing I've gotten so far. I expect the odds were set this low so that we'd still have things to fish out by the time the next expansion comes out... Haha. How dismal is that? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6550 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:39:38 +0000 Vicenti 6550@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I had been having bad luck too, having fished the daily almost every day, I too was getting, disappointed with my lack of fortune, but then I opened my latest bag and found the Jewelled fishing pole. I was quite happy after that :) However, there was better to come, within a week I got a real lucky bag, in it was:</p> <p>Strand Crawler<br /> Fishing Hat<br /> Poison Vial (the one that starts a quest)<br /> Tower Key (worth 16.66 gold)<br /> 2x trash items</p> <p>Can’t remember what the trash items were, I was too excited with all the other stuff ;)</p> <p>Keep fishing, the next bag could be the lucky one :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6535 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:23:43 +0000 jacobsod 6535@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I seem to have week at a time streaks. One week I got the weather beaten hat, bone and jeweled fishing pole, and Mr. Pinchy. Next two weeks absolutely nothing worthwhile. Then another bell-filled week &amp; won the tourney. Hang in there. as they say, randomness is random. :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6533 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:30:09 +0000 Cherel 6533@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I've had mixed luck. No poles, but I got the crawler, two fishing lines, the new age painting at least once and the porcelain bell twice. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6530 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:28:30 +0000 dirtyjenkins 6530@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I did get the bone fishing pole. And I have the master kaluak. I just got my 1st High Test Eternium Fishing Line. Problem is the bone fishing pole doesn't show a line, so I have to wait to see the bobber appear. The master kaluak shows the line so I can recast if it falls outside a school. Does the High Test line add line to the pole to observe the cast? If not it's going on the kaluak. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6526 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:15:17 +0000 yossarian 6526@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>hello,</p> <p>just joined this site today....my first post....</p> <p>i love wow fishing...i'm my guilds fisherman...</p> <p>yes...i'm a nerd...</p> <p>i'm suffering the same...no good drops...</p> <p>but it may be that i have gotten many of the unique ones and obviously they no longer drop so it seems worse, if you get my meaning.</p> <p>i suppose if i removed poles and pets and such i already got during my first weeks it would be similar to my recent experience.</p> <p>having said that....</p> <p>i agree i'm increasingly disappointed in the fishing quest drops too...</p> <p>yossarian </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6525 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:27:48 +0000 DarkMime64 6525@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I've done the daily every day since it came out and I too have had nothing of note.<br /> I think I had the New Age Painting twice.</p> <p>Similarly, I spend a lot of time each day hunting pools in Northrend and have yet to get a turtle.<br /> The worst part is I know people who got a turtle on the first and don't even care, they hate it!</p> <p>Ahh, luck. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6523 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:47:12 +0000 Renetta 6523@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Missed about a week due to travel, but still no crawler to date. Combine that with over 11k catches for no turtle and that's my fishing life right now ;D </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6519 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:43:15 +0000 mikado 6519@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Well, I think my QQ actually worked. After almost 2.5 months of doing the quest every day the fishing bag contained a jeweled fishing pole - first notable reward. Now for crawler, the bone pole and maybe gems/line/lockbox. And btw yet another new age painting, I haven't actually counted but I would venture to say that I've gotten it at LEAST 10 times since the quests were introduced. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6515 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:08:08 +0000 Thalen 6515@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Both my toons have the crawler. I've seen 1 lockbox, with a gem in it (strength...go figure, neither toon wants that). No poles on either one.</p> <p>That said, I have gotten the bell the last 2 days in a row on my main, and quite a few paintings in the days leading up to it.</p> <p>Aside from the jewels, I'm really only looking for a pole for my alt, since I probably won't run her through the extravaganza. But like a good fisherman, I'll keep doing them anyway ;-) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/anyone-else-getting-unlucky-with-dala-daily-rewards#post-6513 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:04:23 +0000 leifs 6513@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I have had 2 characters doing the fishing from the start and two more for much of the time. The one that was 450 the whole time got the jeweled pole quite early while two others both got a crab pet over the many weeks.</p> <p>Just this past week I got the sewer rat pet on the second char at 450. She is the "most" lucky by far as she had the crab and also got the 2 ring.</p> <p>I have not seen a turtle mount.</p> <p>I feel that the drop rate for all these rare items was higher early on and has since been lowered a lot. I would say that in the first month I got the jeweled pole, at least 3 gems, multiple hats, multiple fishing lines and multiple bells.</p> <p>Lately the bells are very rare and I had to buy a runed gem. </p>