http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:31:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/3#post-5945 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:27:50 +0000 InfectedZombie 5945@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>3.5 months of fishing the contest for the full two hours plus off and on for the last 4+ years has gotten me exactly 1 rare fish. I got the fishing line a week before I won. Already have the hat from the fishing daily so I am dreading getting the other one for my 1 in 4 month rare fish! If I get the boots I don't think I will ever go back to STV lol! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-5926 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:34:23 +0000 Gonah 5926@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Over my time fishing in the tournament on various characters, I have caught 3 hats, 8 Boots, and 1 line. The majority of the hats and boots were caught during my time fishing on twinks, which i did for probably at least 2 years worth of weeks. During that time I didn't catch the line once. Last few weeks I have fished the tournament on my main to get salty and I finally caught a line last week for the first time. Mean while I have a friend that has fished probably half as much as me and he has caught around 10+ lines.</p> <p>Its completely random dumb luck. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-5923 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:58:50 +0000 Thalen 5923@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><cite>Petre <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-1160" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p>The uncommon fish that drop during the tourney are entirely random. I've looted 2 of the same type of fish during the tournament many times.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://thalen.googlepages.com/hats.jpg">The day I vendored 3 hats</a></p> <p>I know the picture doesn't *prove* anything, but that day I actually caught 3 of the rare fish for the hat (and already had won it on a prior day). That screenshot is dated Nov. 6 2005, so it's an oldie ;-)</p> <p>The first contest was Sept 18 2005 if I remember correctly. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-5899 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:42:34 +0000 Hordriss 5899@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I've still not got the boots, although I got the line and the hat last week (2nd time for both), along with 190 tastyfish and more damn stranglekelp than I care to count. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-4069 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:47:12 +0000 Azaguth 4069@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I honestly have no desire to win a third time, but if I have the 40 tastyfish, and nobody has turned them in yet, seems like a waste to sit idly by and let a hordie win when I'm on an alliance toon.</p> <p>If the situation presents itself, I might just hearth to BB and wait at the quest turn in point, to see if whomever runs up to turn in is horde or alliance. If horde, I turn in so alliance wins. If alliance, I let them take it.</p> <p>The horde-alliance dynamic seems to be a bit larger on pvp servers than on pve (since I've played both), and I like to keep alliance on the upper hand when I can (since horde outnumber on bonechewer 1.5 to 1).</p> <p>Until the last month, when I won the two competitions that I won, horde has won 15 out of the previous 16 competitions. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-3988 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:59:11 +0000 Norrinir 3988@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>This rule certainly doesn't exist for Marlburo, it seems. :D </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-3981 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:24:23 +0000 el 3981@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>There's an unwritten rule that one doesn't formerly win more than twice. There is nothing more to gain, and it tends to upset other competitors... </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-3980 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:00:49 +0000 Norrinir 3980@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><cite>So since I'm obviously going back for the line and boots, what do I select if I win a third time? The pole, or the hook?</p> <p>The pole is unique, so...</cite> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-3978 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:23:32 +0000 Azaguth 3978@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Well, I've been seriously doing the STV quests for the last six weeks now, on Bonechewer (PvP) Alliance (outnumbered 1.5-1 at the time of this posting). Here's what I've taken away from it:</p> <p>1x Arcanite Fishing Pole<br /> 1x Hook of the Master Angler<br /> 2x Rockhide Strongfish<br /> 5x Lucky Fishing Hat</p> <p>Haven't gotten the line or the boots yet, and yes every time I play I stay til the end (even if I win). I hearth for the turn in, and head back out to fish some more. I'm hoping for a REALLY lucky week next week for the line and boots...lol</p> <p>So since I'm obviously going back for the line and boots, what do I select if I win a third time? The pole, or the hook?</p> <p>Now it'd be nice to have a pole with Eternium line on it and a pole with Truesilver line on it, just for the hell of it...but on the other hand I can only hold one fishing pole at a time, but have two trinket spots... </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-2559 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:31 +0000 Famos 2559@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>i can usually get 160... the most ive have fished up in one tourny was 184 i think... i know im still try'n for 200. </p> <p>as for the rare fish and %... like others have posted, i usually get 1-2 rares a sunday. sometimes its the same one. last sunday i caught all 3 rares before the event was over... the 3rd was like 2 min before the end. (so fish till the very last minute) </p> <p>i originally started doing the event again to catch the queen fish for the fishing line, and deck out the new epic fishing pole in WotLK (till i saw it was +30skill) :( so no i just fish for the rockhide!!! (to go with my steelscale) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-2526 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:34:28 +0000 Morbanth 2526@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I took part in and won my very first tournament last Sunday in 13 minutes. I kept fishing afterwards (well, after a beer to steady my shaking hands) and caught another 100 tastyfish and the Queenfish, so I have a lovely +35+5 fishing pole now. </p> <p>I'm hoping to get the boots from the contest and the hat from the dailies, so I was wondering what is the maximum feasible number of tastyfish one can get in those two hours per week? I'm thinking 200 should be easily doable. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-1255 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:36:42 +0000 illuminatus 1255@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hey there, i just did my first competition today and the very first cast i made was a green fish. I didn't know what the hell it did so i just kept on fishing. Later on it turned out to be the fishing boots, so i was quite happy to get that at my first cast.</p> <p>However i lost the tournament with 2 fish left to fish but i didn't mind it, it was my first try.</p> <p>I'm not familiar with the drop rates yet but a friend of mine, who was fishing, got 3 of the same fish (which led to the hat) in a single tourney. So with that i don't think you may only have 'one fish each tourney'. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-1186 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:38:29 +0000 Dolphinfed 1186@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hehe Yep yep, totally random, you're going to hate me for this probably, but I got Fishing Hat first cast, second tastyfish, third Fishing boots. &lt;3 Totally random. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-1160 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:49:10 +0000 Pipre 1160@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>The uncommon fish that drop during the tourney are entirely random. I've looted 2 of the same type of fish during the tournament many times. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-1159 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:24:35 +0000 bristal 1159@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I've only done 3 contests, won it once, got line/hat other times. Is it possible that you can only get one rare fish per contest? Some posts have reported several in a single contest, but I also read that rare fish initially required a loot confirmation, then a patch stopped that, then it came back. So maybe it was possible to get multiples only when the patch was off.</p> <p>My reason for asking is that I don't understand why a rare fish would require a confirmation box, since fishing can't be a group loot activity. Yesterday during the contest, I was at 37 tastyfish, and starting to get a little shaky, then a stupid rare fish dropped and the confirmation screen nearly made me jump out of my skin. Of course in my haste I accidentally clicked [cancel] and lost it. Then 30 seconds later someone won. GRRRR!</p> <p>Spent the rest of the contest fuming at why on earth you would need a confirmation screen, but I managed to get another rare. Then it hit me. If they limited it to 1 rare per contest per person, it would make it more difficult to collect them all, and the cofirmation screen would be if you caught a rare that you already had, you could throw it back and keep trying for the one you needed.</p> <p>Any thoughts?</p> <p>Can anyone verify that they have gotten more than one rare fish while having to confirm the loot? And if that's not the case, WHY WOULD YOU NEED TO CONFIRM????? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-959 Mon, 26 May 2008 14:21:27 +0000 Doubled 959@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Just wanted to join in.....I did the STV Extraganza for the first time this past weekend. I only caught 16 by the time someone won it in less than 18 minutes. How are you supposed to beat that?</p> <p>I did end up with a rare fish, got the Hat out of it. Took about 50 successful catches before it popped up. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-913 Sun, 18 May 2008 21:47:12 +0000 Sukaduk 913@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Did my 4th contest today and about 86 casts into got a Brownell's Blue Striped Racer Woot &gt;.&gt; and I also won for the first time =) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-911 Sun, 18 May 2008 16:04:16 +0000 el 911@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>That may be a change or a bug. I noticed that the Consortium Prison Key drops [rewards once the prisoners were killed] were triggering a confirmation dialogue, even though I was the only one who could loot them. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-910 Sun, 18 May 2008 14:39:19 +0000 Masken 910@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Just a little correction to the text on the Rewards page.</p> <p>I got the confirmation window when i caught Brownell's Blue Striped Racer. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-rare-fish-drop-rate/page/2#post-909 Sun, 18 May 2008 14:35:24 +0000 Masken 909@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just did my first competition and I got two (2) Brownell's Blue Striped Racer.</p> <p>Two pairs of Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots in my bag now.</p> <p>Have to try for the Hat and Line next Sunday. ;-) </p>