http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:19:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf/page/2#post-6291 Wed, 20 May 2009 19:24:57 +0000 crono999 6291@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><cite>el <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5715" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/16473140829-mastercraft-fishing-pole-response.html">Nethaera</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>In this case [Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole], this change was unintentional and no change was meant to occur to this item. We plan to correct it in an upcoming patch.<br /> </blockquote></blockquote> <p>I'm glad to hear that... But really, how do you "accidentally" nerf fishing poles? Sounds like a bad joke to me &gt;.&lt; </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf/page/2#post-5788 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:43:00 +0000 Leonie 5788@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Timara, I feel your pain.</p> <p>I didn't buy four poles (bought two and started grinding a third), but my Druid found herself without a weapon on patch day. The pole had been so great for feral dps, I had sold all quest reward staves/maces and anything from TBC I had in the bank.</p> <p>I had to hastily go out and grab an Auction House blue item and slap a scroll of enchantment on it just so I could play that day. I spent nearly 500g on the new mace and scroll, and *now* they hint at giving my epic whacking stick back? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf/page/2#post-5751 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:40:37 +0000 timara 5751@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just say your post el...lol...sounds like they will fix this ....eventually. LOL </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5750 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:07:25 +0000 timara 5750@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I currently have a ticket open and am waiting for a GM to verify the current price on the Mastercraft Kulu'ak Fishing Pole. I have bought a total of 4 of these poles for a whopping 512 gold only now to see them selling for 52 copper each!!! This is outrageous...where is my other 509gold 98 silver?? Wasn't happy about the nerf on the stats...but i am not too keen on the game mechanics when it comes to weapons and such. Ok ...i can live with that. But when i tried to sell this back to the quartermaster, I got 13 copper! NO no ...thats not going to work.</p> <p>So for all of you who purchased this pole for 52 copper...congratulations! </p> <p>Will post the results when I hear something from the GM. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5715 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:37:18 +0000 el 5715@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/16473140829-mastercraft-fishing-pole-response.html">Nethaera</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>In this case [Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole], this change was unintentional and no change was meant to occur to this item. We plan to correct it in an upcoming patch. </p></blockquote> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5610 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:53:18 +0000 Yoco 5610@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>The dps on the fishing poles was nerfed indeed, and probably rightly so: when my level 78 feral druid got her mastercraft fishing pole last week, together with the level 78 polearm from the kalu'ak (whale-stick harpoon), I was shocked to notice that in cat form both were doing similar dps (far more than the reward from ragemane's flipper quest I was using up till that point). If it weren't for hitrating, stamina, and enchantability, I could have used the fishing rod as my main weapon ... </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5568 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:13:00 +0000 el 5568@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Oh. Looks like all the level requirements on poles are gone now. (Added:) I should probably read Gummo's earlier post more closely... </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5567 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:58:00 +0000 EIlhan 5567@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just noticed that the Big Iron Fishing Pole has had its minimum level requirement removed. It now only requires a Fishing Skill of 100 to use. I haven't fished on any of my alts for a while, but I suppose this happened in 3.1? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5538 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:05:58 +0000 Gummo 5538@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><strong>"Anyone (that has never did the quest before) able to check the original Hinterlands quest, and see if the pole is still the reward?"</strong></p> <p>Reinisch is now level 44, and the quest reward offered is still <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=19022">Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000</a> and 75 silver. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5462 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:10:15 +0000 Kiingy 5462@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>The Arcanite Fishing Pole has been changed as well.</p> <p>DPS has been lowered to 5.0 DPS from 17.5 (dont really care : /)<br /> But the +fishing has been increased to 40 from 35. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5452 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:49:40 +0000 crono999 5452@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I'm new to this site and I just registered this morning...</p> <p>But my post is concerning this fishing pole nerf!! I just got the mastercraft this morning as well and it is very sobering indeed to find that the DPS bonus was nerfed by about 100! That is crazy... My mount and fishing pole simply serve as a cool looking submarine now :P</p> <p>Mind you, I was teamed by sharks in the frozen sea and thought I could defend myself with the fishing pole.... so unfortunately, I died. This was NOT in the patch notes! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5448 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:18:44 +0000 Phlegger 5448@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I can't stand when Blizz does this (nerfs) to items only obtained by rep grinding, in this case the Kalu'ak Fishing Pole! I mean with only 1500 rep obtainable per day, I remember grinding for something like 15 play days (or something like that) just to be able to get that item, not to mention the 125G or whatever I paid for it. Granted, I didn't get it for the DPS stats but it sure was nice to have something equipped that would deter lower levels from taking a shot at you while fishing, ala Old Crafty while in Orgrimmar (I'm alliance), without having to worry about item switching and getting to range (I'm a hunter) when someone attempts to gank you. At least you had a puncher's chance with this sucker equipped. Now, because of the nerf there are number of suitable alternative rods to use instead for the fishing stats. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5421 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:49:40 +0000 Gummo 5421@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I don't know why they nerfed the attack stats on quest poles; you can't get those until you are high enough to do the quests, so the stats should be fine. I can understand the big iron fishing pole, which only has a fishing level, and with the changes, a level 1 could use it. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5418 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:20:08 +0000 ILubLawn 5418@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><cite>Roddamv <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5390" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p><cite>ILubLawn <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5364" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p>The Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole gives 1843 feral attack power... an 80 druid friend commented to me that this was better than her current staff...</p></blockquote> <p>My pole lost the 1844 attack power.</p></blockquote> <p>Darn, the original comment was awhile ago. </p> <p>Did they really drop to 52c? I'll check. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5390 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:01:18 +0000 Roddamv 5390@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><cite>ILubLawn <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5364" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p>The Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole gives 1843 feral attack power... an 80 druid friend commented to me that this was better than her current staff...</p></blockquote> <p>My pole lost the 1844 attack power. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5372 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:03:07 +0000 sengoret 5372@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Did you all also notice that the COST of the Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole is now 52 copper?</p> <p>Wasnt this like 160 gold last week? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5364 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:44:56 +0000 ILubLawn 5364@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>The Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole gives 1843 feral attack power... an 80 druid friend commented to me that this was better than her current staff... </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5324 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:39:49 +0000 Nokturnal 5324@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole has been severely nerfed as well.<br /> No +54 Stamina and much reduced DPS :-(</p> <p>So sad ... </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5320 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:38:18 +0000 Gabrielmot 5320@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I am also /crying as I just spent about 2.5 hours retrieving my big iron fishing pole from traps the day before the patch, only to have the damage nerfed...</p> <p>I'm not a twink, just an alt.. and I was leveling up to 80 as a Paladin with nothing other than a fishing pole after level 5.. Made it to 24 before they killed the damage on all poles..</p> <p>I was inspired by this site to do it actually.. it made Warcraft a lot more interesting than the WOTLK upgrade I just bought.</p> <p>How unlikely would it be for us to ask for the damage to be put back in and actually *get* a response? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-pole-nerf#post-5305 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:32:07 +0000 Leonie 5305@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I thought this post might have been about the Mastercraft pole ... Blizz has taken the 1844 feral attack power off of it, much to the dismay of my two Druids.</p> <p>/crying salty tears </p>