http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/junk-fish-catch-goldenscale-vedorfish Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:13:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/junk-fish-catch-goldenscale-vedorfish#post-10092 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:51:08 +0000 el 10092@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>As a rough rule, any catch or drop rate below 10% creates "theories": Humans (and gnomes) doing what they do best - looking for patterns, even where there are none. Eric Heimburg <a href="http://www.eldergame.com/2008/10/player-superstitions/">provides a good introduction to player reactions to randomness</a>.</p> <p>Wowhead comments create a pyramid structure of validation for these theories: If a thousand people act on a comment, a few of them will be able to confirm it however rare the catch remains. They appear to validate the theory, so even more people try it, and so on. This seems to be a particular problem for achievement-fish, because new anglers mostly care about catching the first fish, then move on. "It took me 10 catches" is a lot less reliable evidence than "I caught a 100 fish and 10 of them were this".</p> <p>I don't dismiss these reports without testing, because sometimes things do change, and I'm often reliant on people posting here to know.</p> <p>In this case Steam Pump Floatsam pools would need to have much higher (5-10%) catch rate for Goldenscale Vendorfish than other pools to be recommended for the Limnologist. Why? Because the pools are only found in a set of 3 different pool types, making Steam Pump Floatsam much harder to find (and fish sustainably). If, as I suspect, all pool types in Outland still have the same chance, fishing just one pool type in Zangarmarsh is a huge waste of time (except perhaps for the gold, which is still low compared to Cataclysm). </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/junk-fish-catch-goldenscale-vedorfish#post-10091 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:54:14 +0000 Druidmoon 10091@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Looks like quite a few have found it a decent source of the Vendorfish reading wowhead comments like this;</p> <p><a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=27442#comments:id=1199052" rel="nofollow">http://www.wowhead.com/item=27442#comments:id=1199052</a></p> <p>I used to catch them all over the pace as a rare drop including open water. Was always a pleasant surprise. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/junk-fish-catch-goldenscale-vedorfish#post-10090 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:21:35 +0000 el 10090@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Malvenue - Sounds like you got lucky. I just fished 10 Steam Pump Floatsam pools empty (40 catches) and never saw a single Goldenscale Vendorfish. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/junk-fish-catch-goldenscale-vedorfish#post-10089 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:15:29 +0000 Malvenue 10089@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>The Goldenscale Vendorfish can commonly be caught from Steam Pump Floatsam pools in Zangarmarsh. I mention this because it's counts for the Limnologist achievement and currently El's Guide does not mention this. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/junk-fish-catch-goldenscale-vedorfish#post-5697 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:26:18 +0000 Trann 5697@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>That is good to know, I missed that attention to detail that TBC fishing seemed to have. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/junk-fish-catch-goldenscale-vedorfish#post-5685 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:45:32 +0000 Gihelle 5685@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Goldenscale Vendorfish was a trash from Outland fishing...</p> <p>Is it on Northrend now? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/junk-fish-catch-goldenscale-vedorfish#post-5667 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:51:33 +0000 ChefTrotline 5667@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I love it! The Goldenscale Vendorfish lives on in Northrend! :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/junk-fish-catch-goldenscale-vedorfish#post-5663 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:45:44 +0000 Nonzor 5663@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I've caught a few of these pre-WotLK in the Outland. It's aptly named, eh?</p> <p>Happy casting! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/junk-fish-catch-goldenscale-vedorfish#post-5661 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:41:45 +0000 Gned 5661@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Howdy fellow fisherfolk,</p> <p>I didn't see this particular catch listed anywhere on this fantastic site. Caught it one time in the Frozen Sea, a non-pool catch.</p> <p>Gned<br /> Argent Dawn </p>