http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:38:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/5#post-10514 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:07:04 +0000 LucyInTheSky 10514@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>OK, I've just won for the second time, and on Mal'Ganis-US of all servers. (MG-US is one of the original four servers, big as hell.) And here's the kicker - I've competed four times, and I basically won three times!</p> <p>I won two weeks ago (almost) by getting to 38 fish with 16 trash fish. (16 is extremely unlucky) I won one week ago straight up, and then this week I hit 40 fish and didn't turn in. I hit 44 fish before I got the yell that someone had won. I didn't turn in because I really don't care about the trinket and because I just want the Dezian Queenfish. Which I didn't get, of course.</p> <p>I won't bore anyone with my location - That sort of stuff doesn't mean anything as more people moving to a location makes it bad. I will tell you my theory about server populations. As a server becomes more populous and more people compete in the STVFE, the virtue having a large number of pools (from henceforth let's call that a group of pools) in a small area increases.</p> <p>Now, obviously having a large number of pools in a small location is ALWAYS a virtue, but bear me out: A group of pools, say 5-7 within 10 seconds of 310% flight away from each other, even when you've got a couple of people fishing at them, is, indeed, going to deplete fairly quickly. But during a heavy STVFE, those pools are going to respawn even faster!</p> <p>How can you leverage this? Don't move around a lot. The virtue of moving between groups of pools decreases as you get more and more people on the server because you have less time to wait for a respawn.</p> <p>Also, on a heavy STVFE, I'd advise you to find an extreme area. What do I mean? Well, you can look at the locations you fish as continuous strips of land, ones that terminate at natural locations, like Booty Bay to Hardwrench, Wild Shore to Crystal Vein, Zul'Kunda to the Vortex. What I advise is you pick a spot near the ENDS of those strips.</p> <p>"But, that means you only have one direction to search for more pools!" Yes, that's true. And that's a real disadvantage. However there is an upside: Everybody else has only one direction to go as well, so as a result most of those people who start out near you are going to do what's rational, and work their way toward the middles of those strips of land. This is only natural - They're forced to move toward the middle whenever they're at one of the two ends, and eventually if you assume they take a random walk from there, half of them will work their way toward the middle while the other half will immediately jam up against the end, only to be forced to head back toward the center. The point is if you assume the competitors take a random walk, the ends will gradually deplete.</p> <p>My point is during a heavy STVFE the disadvantage of having only one place to search for pools is mitigated by the high respawn rate, and is eventually superseded by the advantage of having people inexorably abandon your pool group, despite the excellent respawn rate. I basically won three times whilst fishing the same 7 pools. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/5#post-10296 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:07:41 +0000 Robodin 10296@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Well colour me surprised, because I somehow managed to win today.</p> <p>I was running quite a bit late (got caught up in the egg chasing on an alt), so I was enroute from BB (after seeting my HS there) when it started. I immediately landed at the next pool (NW of the Arena) and started working my way north from there. To my great surprise, I stumbled across a spot with at least 6 pools up within a very tight space. It was right on the border between Northern STV and the Cape, where the water flows into the maelstrom. There was only one other player there, a priest, who immediately offered me 500g if I would help him win. I turned him down. I managed to get at least 5 pools (2 of which spawned while I was there) before I ran out of pools. I then headed north past Grom'gol, where I found 2 pools before I ran into other players, so I headed back south to the previous location. And while there, I got the rest of the tastyfish needed.</p> <p>However, with the timer showing 19 minutes since the start, and knowing that Northern STV doesn't get the finishing shout, I had very litle hope of actually winning until I actually found myself in front of Riggle Bassbait and chosing the Arcanite Fishing Pole.</p> <p>And just to make my day, 5 seconds later, the priest I had encountered earlier came running from the inn. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/5#post-10099 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:12:12 +0000 Grainne 10099@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Winning either the STV Extravaganza or the Kalu'ak Derby is 'all' I need to gain the Salty title. But I'm starting to feel as though that title will never be mine. I don't know what else I can possibly do except hope that lady luck will accompany me one day. She certainly hasn't so far, lol. </p> <p>It's horribly frustrating and to anyone else in the same boat - I feel your pain! Good luck to you all :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/5#post-9287 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:01:32 +0000 traconis 9287@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Win/No</p> <p>Tastyfish caught until the winner/21</p> <p>Any Rare Fish Caught ? If Then Which one /Rockhide Strong Fish</p> <p>I caught the Rockhide Strongfish just few seconds after the winner was announced.<br /> I got killed twice by a dranei paladin i had to res by asking the spirit healer.<br /> The extravagza winner was announced at 13:21-13:24. I was lucky that I got<br /> One That Didnt Get Away.I saw 2 hordes my guild mate and a blood elf, Im<br /> not sure if the winner was a horde. </p> <p>Good luck angelers:) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/5#post-9059 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:40:01 +0000 Robodin 9059@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Been trying this on and off for a while, but thanks to RNG I usually have to settle for 35+ running the triangle between Yojamba Isle, The Savage Coast and The Haunted Isle.</p> <p>The closest I've come so far, was having 40 fish and being 5 yards from the quest NPC in BB, when some pesky little gnome won.</p> <p>My frustration can pretty much be summed up by a pool I had in todays Extravaganza: 2 oily blackmouths and a firefin snapper - and then the pool despawned.</p> <p>As for dirty tricks, seeing I'm on a PvE realm, I can't really pay people off to have them gank others. But I have found one thing, that you can use to ensure that at least the winner will only be a very dedicated player (or have a friendly warlock). An hour before the Extravaganza, bind your fishermans hearthstone in BB, move him to whereever you intend to fish, log an alt, and start farming Bloodsail Admiral reputation in the BB Inn. If you don't move beyond the lower floor (where the Innkeeper is), you only have to fight 3-4 BB guards, which are the ones you lost major rep off. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/5#post-9027 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:26:09 +0000 Migbert 9027@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>It took me 4 months of Sundays before I won the SVT - one thing I noticed the week I won was, it was a holiday weekend and I had little competition. The only other advice I have is - find an area you want to fish for the tournament and stay close to it, I found the SE coast has many pool spawn points in a smaller area, and while they aren't all visible at once on the minimap, you don't have to travel far at all to find them. Also - pools form at the tiny islands just off the coast and usually go unnoticed - I found them by accident one day. Hope this helped. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-8813 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:35:48 +0000 Xellros 8813@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>It's easier on some servers than others from what I could tell. It was a real pain on my server. But, Holidays are by far the best time to do it. A lot of people will skip out, that's pretty much all ya gotta do, just hit it every weekend, be as fast as you can. Avoid fights, and get lucky. Unlike the Kalu'ak one, this one ya don't have to be super lucky, just a little lucky. </p> <p>Farm the Arcanite Fishing pole while ya can, I have a hunch this might get far more popular in Cataclysm. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-8812 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:41:46 +0000 Gaevon 8812@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Sometimes being on a newer server can be helpful! This was my second attempt, and I got it in mere seconds before two other characters appeared! Just worked my way from pool to pool, starting at the southern tip of Stranglethorn.</p> <p>Then, on my way to catch a ship from SW, I ran into Lil Timmy! I farm his little white kittens, so this was a nice bonus! Later in Dalaran, I finished my 'Silver Coins' achievement. Thought I was on a streak, so I tried to farm the captured firefly - but no go there! :)</p> <p>All in all, a satisfying day! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-8802 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:44:17 +0000 Robodin 8802@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Two frustrating sundays in a row for me.</p> <p>Sunday 10 days ago, I finally managed to hit 40 fish before the winner was called, quickly cast riptide (Resto shaman with 2pc T10) and Recalled to BB. Ran out the door, targetted the NPC and got ready to click him - when the bloody gnome mage in front of me won.</p> <p>Sunday 3 days ago, I ended up on 38 fish when the winner was called. The frustrating part of that was having something like 4 others turn up and start fishing out of the pools as me.</p> <p>Not to mention my RNG is horrible, I usually always end up with something like at least 3:1 tastyfish / trash ratio. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-8800 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:14:25 +0000 Healingproof 8800@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I did this last sunday for the first time. I didn't know anything about tactic etc.. I even came 30secs too late (wasnt planning on doing it). I started at the pirateplace near booty bay next to some horde. He went south and I worked my way north. Fished really effectively without ever encountering anything but 1 alliance hunter, who i popped some cds and killed within ~5-6 seconds. I have my hearth at BB as default, im a mage (have it there to take the transporter when i wanna pvp in Ironforge). So after i catched my 40 i just HSed to BB and won the competition. Also won a pair of boots from catching some green fish. /who'ed STV. 19 lvl80 hordes with several lowerlevels and probably at least ~15 alliances. And yeah, this is the first time i ever do the STV competition :P</p> <p>//Healíngproof </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-8794 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:06:57 +0000 Sneakytitan 8794@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>So I did ALOT of research on the STV Extravanganza before I attempted it. I ended up winning my first try without having fish finder. Here is what you can do to increase your chances of winning. The two main things to do is to practice practice practice casting make sure you know when you are actually in pools, make sure to put fishing skill as a hotkey(Mine is mouse scroll up). The second thing is get 2-4 friends to help you (explained below). </p> <p>1.) Prepare by getting 10x water walking and 5x Swiftness Potion (The 10 water walking in case a player from the opposite faction hits you)</p> <p>2.) Set Hearth to BB.</p> <p>3.) Go to spot at least 45 minutes prior to start of tournament. The spot I used was eastern coast of STV. </p> <p>4.) Bring 2-4 friends along with you and have everyone spread out. Have each person park themselves in front of a pool. Going early is key here because it means that when other anglers arrive they are more likely to leave because they will see people camped infront of pools. </p> <p>5.) When the tourney begins have your friends pretend to fish in the pool that they are in front of. When the bobber goes down, instead of clicking the bobber have them recast. This gives the illusion that they are really fishing, but in reality your friends aren't actually catching fish they are simply reserving the pools for you. Once you get to a pool that your friend is at, you start catching fish while your friend leaves thr pool and goes to scout the next pool and pretend to fish. Their primary goal is to make it look like they are fishing so someone else doesn't grab the pools, because the fact is most anglers wont fish in a pool that someone else already is fishing in. Their secondary goal is to protect you. Not to start problems with the opposite faction but to protect the real fisherman if a member of the opposite faction attacks. </p> <p>6.) Move from pool to pool until you get 40. ( As soon as I catch one tastyfish I put it on an empty actionbar so I can keep track of how many I have as I am fishing.). Using swiftness potion and water walking as needed.</p> <p>7.) Hearth and then use a swiftness potion to turn in. Make sure you know which reward you are choosing.</p> <p>Hope this helps. </p> <p>Sneakytitan<br /> 80 Rogue<br /> Lightning's Blade<br /> Horde </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-8791 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:56:09 +0000 florelline 8791@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just won the STV Fishing Extravaganza, after following many of the tips from WoWhead and here. It was my third time participating in the STV one, and I had tried my hand at the Kal'uak one with no luck yesterday.</p> <p>I set my Hearthstone to BB, had 4 Water Walking potions, and had actually went out to Jaguaro island, confusing it and Yojamba Island. I started at Yojamba, went slightly down the beach with the trolls and crocs, however I worked my way back up toward Yojamba when a Warlock started fishing in my own pool. I dual-boxed at the beginning with my level 60 DK I had (No Path of Frost, and no fishing tracker on him) but ditched him on Yojamba while I waited for the other pools to respawn over there. Having him up seemed to scare away some players, including a Shaman and a Priest.</p> <p>I hit ~36 fish when people started talking in General asking about how many fish people had. Ignoring them, this still got me nervous as someone had 34 fish. I got fourty fish, spazz-whispered a friend of mine I was letting know of my score the whole time (Despite him not wanting to help and making me dual-box,) hearthed to BB and turned it in for the win. I took the fish trinket, because I like the "fun" stuff more. A Troll Warrior came in about 30 seconds after.</p> <p>Also, I'm a druid if that makes any difference to you. I only used Dash once, and that was to get to a close pool faster. Good luck! :) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-8534 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:50:48 +0000 beachmystic 8534@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>After having won the tournament on my first character long before the achievement system was in place, before fish finding too, I was sure I would be able to repeat it on this toon. After nearly 20 attempts or so I finally won the STV tournament, and during the Tournament caught the Rockhide Strongfish which gave me the Salty title. If you check my armory the two achievements are still up there, about 17 min apart.</p> <p>I fished the west coast between Gurabashi Arena and Grom Gol. Never strayed far from original location.</p> <p>One more tip, if you happen to be a Shaman, equip as much Haste gear as possible, I even ate a Imperial Manta Steak before the start, gives an additional 40 haste. This doesn't affect your hearthstone, but your Astral Recall will be a couple of seconds faster (8.1 seconds for Astral Recall vs. 10.0 for Hearthstone), so make sure its cooldown is ready. As there was another competitor about to turn in it seemed, I felt this was a big advantage for Shaman, quite possibly meaning the difference between winning and second place for me. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-8480 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:46:00 +0000 wwiz84 8480@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>This is an exciting story with a tragic ending:</p> <p>I spent the last week leveling my fishing, and working on achievements. I decided I was ready to try one of these fishing competitions. Since I was busy Saturday, I popped my cherry in STV. I stuck mostly to the SW side, near the bloodsail pirates. A gnome was fishing near me, and we both were going north. So, I decided to turn around and head back toward my original position so that we would not compete for nodes.</p> <p>I used my waterwalking potions and blinked to nodes that were nearby. I caught my 40 fish, and still had not seen a winner announced. I quickly hearthed to the BB inn and was running to turn in. I quickly noticed another player running inches behind me. I decided that this would be a good time to blink. So, as I turned the corner and saw Riggle, I did it. I ended up blinking to the very edge of the docks, then proceeded to run off of them into the water... I almost cried. Five seconds later the other guy was announced as the winner. </p> <p>I whispered him right after and congratulated him, explaining that I got so excited about winning that I blinked too far. He said I had made him so nervous that he had selected the trinket for his prize rather than the fishing pole that he wanted. I guess we both kind of lost. I will be here next week, and I hope the strategy that performed so well for me today will pay off even better then. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-8479 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:02:42 +0000 Melvoid 8479@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Finally won the STV today after what seems like months but was probably about 6 weeks of hitting Booty Bay every sunday.<br /> only tips i can give are much the same as anyone elses,but for one, WaterWalking Potions lots of em make sure you walk on water all the time and have a fast mount or some other means of speedy travel.<br /> Dont bother fishing in pools with other people unless its very close to your "patch" which in my case was just south of horde camp several people came riding up from BB all trying to get to the next pool b4 the other guy about 4 of them and then it happened as if by magic i was alone free to run between the batch of pools in close proximity to each other that was my patch.<br /> I dont mind telling you my hands were shaking as i hit 37 tastie fish (this is the point a winner is usually declared on this realm).<br /> one more pool with no interruptions HS back to the inn, leg it to the contest master hand in quest just at the same time a dwarf on a horse came thundering up, better luck next week mate this was my turn.<br /> Picked the Arcanite Rod (well you would wouldnt you) and thats it.<br /> Even tho i fish the full two hours every week i have yet to see the blue racer and i soooo want the boots, (the boots of the bay would be nicer but thats a whole other contest).<br /> I cannot complain tho i have the weatherbeaten hat, Gauntlets of The Sea with + 5 fishing enchant on and a + 5 line enchant on both my poles also in the last week i finally fished up the Turtle mount while doing the Ghostfish daily.<br /> So just keep on doing it you will get it one day and remember if its no fun it will take even longer. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-8408 Tue, 18 May 2010 03:31:48 +0000 rekra 8408@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Nearly won on my first try, i was running out of the bar to turn in my fish when the winner was announced, so i lost by about 5-10 seconds :'( </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-7255 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:55:26 +0000 Kiingy 7255@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I helped a friend with this the other day, I have both Horde and Alliance. He asked 2 friends from alliance to come and I came on horde with a friend as well.<br /> So in all, 5 people (including the person trying to win)</p> <p>He won.</p> <p>You don't need massive raid groups for it.<br /> When I won this all I had 1 was person with me and yes I was on a high populated server. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-7252 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:37:46 +0000 trespasser 7252@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Really, this achievement is only dictated by luck if you let it. Some social engineering will get you this title. I won this achievement 2 weeks in a row, for the rod and the trinket...and this was back in the day when raids of 40+ ally would camp it. So I am tired of hearing people on this board cry about RNG and luck. You make your own luck in this game. It was no luck that my 1st 2 weeks doing this that I got it both times. </p> <p>1) Pick a side/path and keep to it. Practice your route before the contest, as all the pools are in the same place, just replaced by Tastyfish.</p> <p>2) Get about 10-15 friends to come with you. Offer to pay them each 100g or so for their 40 min of time. Trust me, this is how I won my 1st two weeks doing this achievement.</p> <p>3) Send 2 groups of 3-4 roaming every coast, killing every ally they find. This is your gank group. It will immediately weed out some of your competition. </p> <p>4) Keep 2 with you as bodyguards. Never stop to help them kill someone, always fish. Have a pally be 1 of your bodyguards, for mount increase speed aura.</p> <p>5) Send 1 group of 2 people as your "spotters". They run up and down and spot pools for you. It is best if they are male tauren. If any ally come by, kill them. If any horde come by, get your 2 tauren friends in the water, jumping up and down, making it near impossible to click on the catch for the competitor. </p> <p>6) Carry Elixir of Water Walking with you so you can easily cross any water obstructions and easily maneuver to get any pool. Or have a DK be one of your bodyguards.</p> <p>7) Lastly, don't bother with setting your stone to BB. Have a summon team consisting of a Warlock and 2 friends be ready right @ the turn in. Not only do summons have no cast time, but it will put you closer to the turn in. This contest is ALL about using every last second. When you are at around 35 tastyfish, have them summon you, so that the absolute second you get all 40, you can click accept on your summon and turn it in.</p> <p>Thats about it. You follow those 7 rules exactly and I promise you, you will win whenever you want to win. You may think that some of my tactics are semi-dick moves. But hey, I have been known to go to STV and win the contest weeks in a row for no better reason than to stop people from getting their achievement. :-D </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-7251 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:42:00 +0000 Genom 7251@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>So, after winning this contest way back when it started on my warlock, on the second week, I have since changed to a DK, and let me tell ya, bad luck is really getting me down.</p> <p>I got everything else for my new Salty title pretty easy and quickly (Pinchy droipped in 24 casts, vs 18 months of fishing last time)</p> <p>But every week I end up at 38-39 when the winner gets anounced. so depressing. Half the time it's because I get a yellowtail 2-3 times in a row and done.</p> <p>Oh well, here's hoping for next week. Cause I must do this achievement vs the enw one, because I must have the fishing rod! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-extravaganza-support-group/page/4#post-7220 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:36:00 +0000 Spackler 7220@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>All the tips are good, I'm sorry though you are doing yourself a HUGE injustice thinking this is a solo endeavor.</p> <p>YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME:<br /> 1) Make a raid.<br /> 2) Hearthstone at Booty Bay. kicking a dead horse</p> <p>Raid Group 1: You and a friend<br /> 3) You fish ONLY! No distractions, no other actions, if you're not moving to next closest pool to fish, you are FISHING.<br /> 4) Get your best friend to help out, scouting pools, giving you water walking: whatever support he can provide - NO PVP</p> <p>Raid Groups 2 -3<br /> 5) The best PvP team you can find. Sick on the opposite faction, up and down both shores. Make sure they know DO NOT CORPSE CAMP ANYONE. You need to kill all opposite faction anglers at least once.</p> <p>Raid Groups 4-5<br /> 6) This is your same faction squad. They need Kodos, Mammoths and fishing poles. If they are close to you, have them cover pools with mounts, or fish the far away pools as fast as possible.</p> <p>7) Groups 2-5 need to understand they are buying time for you. All they need to do is delay the fisher a pool or 2, or 1 corpse run, and their job is complete. Once they throw a fisher off time, move on to the next one.</p> <p>This strat works flawlessly. We have used it to own the Tourney and it is 8-0-1 so far. The 1 draw being the sunday we didn't have a fisher in the tournament, but held off the Tournament being won til the raid started that night at 6pm.</p> <p>You can say what you want about courtesy, blah blah blah. You have to play win, you can either control your destiny or let it be controlled for you. </p>