http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ El's Extreme Anglin' Forums Topic: No love for the fisherman (or fisherworman) en Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:45:07 +0000 http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/no-love-for-the-fisherman-or-fisherworman#post-100 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:19:13 +0000 Torgon 100@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Yes, but now that there are pools, I think it would make sense to take the restriction off of the book at least. Just my 2cp. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/no-love-for-the-fisherman-or-fisherworman#post-97 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:13:13 +0000 el 97@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>From memory (and we're going back years here), the level restriction on fishing skill was added to prevent level 1 alts fishing in high level areas like <a href="/fish/?s=Azshara" title="Fish Finder - Azshara.">Azshara</a>.</p> <p>Originally there were no pools of fish, so anyone that could travel to a zone could find a safe place to catch fish from open water. A level 1 character, that had simply spent a day (often semi-AFK) raising their fishing skill, could make the same money from selling high-level fish as the level 45+ characters the zone was designed for. But the level 45+ characters had invested a <em>lot</em> more time levelling.</p> <p>In contrast, herbs, mining and skinning almost always require a character that is close to the level the zone was designed for: Sure, you might be able to find the odd node or corpse you can reach without aggroing, but a level 1 alt has reduced choice, and so is not as efficient at resource gathering as higher-level characters. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/no-love-for-the-fisherman-or-fisherworman#post-92 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:49:18 +0000 Torgon 92@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>So a friend had asked me to start a new character with them, and having nothing better to do, I accepted. After the typical starting quests i found myself at lvl 12 in Ratchet with a fishing pole and some time to burn. I used some bait and quickly hit 75, few to Org and trained, flew back and got 150. Rather pleased with myself (and having a few gold from selling oily blackmouth's in the AH when i was in ORG) I hopped on the boat to Booty bay to grab my copy of "The Bass and you"...and was very sad to learn that apparently I could not read... </p> <p>Even though I could cook and bandage above 150 (both which require books to learn) and skin/mine/gather herbs above 150 at my level, I could not fish above 150. Anyone know the reasoning behind this?</p> <p>While i understand the higher the required level to fish, the more dangerous the location, this should be a risk/reward choice I should be able to make on my own. </p> <p>What's your opinion of being forced to level to increase your fishing level cap, while other "secondary" professions (and several primary ones) do not have this restriction? </p>