http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-8036 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:37:46 +0000 sandiegoeve 8036@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>QUESTION TO :Character: soulbender (US-akama-H).<br /> Was the GM any help? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-8024 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:32:56 +0000 sandiegoeve 8024@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>3535 fish caught . 6095 other thing caught.. No mount . fished all over northrend<br /> <a href="http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/4020/wowscrnshot031710122817.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/4020/wowscrnshot031710122817.jpg</a> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-8008 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:58:53 +0000 Joss 8008@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>2089 fish caught in Northrend pools, finally got the little-guy today as a last minute try before heading off to work! Keep on trying, you'll get him eventually! And it's definitely possible to do this at low levels. I'm level 21 and start out with 1 fishing. I'm now almost to Grand Master. XD </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-7776 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:23:53 +0000 Mightfish 7776@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>About 1500 casts to catch 2 sea turtle mount.</p> <p>Turtle 1<br /> <a href="http://files.wowfishing.coms.hk/img/petsblog/5_CA13C8F853C17.jpg">http://files.wowfishing.coms.hk/img/petsblog/5_CA13C8F853C17.jpg</a></p> <p>Turtle 2<br /> <a href="http://files.wowfishing.coms.hk/img/petsblog/WoWScrnShot_112309_042523.jpg">http://files.wowfishing.coms.hk/img/petsblog/WoWScrnShot_112309_042523.jpg</a> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-7760 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:00:35 +0000 thurum 7760@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Wooooo!<br /> I just F ing got it!<br /> Just registered just to post this, I'm really happy right now!</p> <p>Check it out. From now on when In a city I'm going to use this mount. :)<br /> <a href="http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5784/screenshot020710015312.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5784/screenshot020710015312.jpg</a></p> <p>I cought like 2900 fish and other stuff and then I got it in Howling :D</p> <p>Now I'm going for the Salty title.</p> <p>EDIT<br /> I was just gonna log out yesterday, and decided to just take a few casts in the underbelly and on the 3rd cast I got the gian sewer rat! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-7758 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:52:31 +0000 Meryll 7758@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Blah... over 9k casts. And I see myself somewhat dedicated. I have every fishing achievement there is to get (save for turtle and Master Angler of... ), but those two seem to be eluding me to no end. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-7682 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:36:27 +0000 soulbender 7682@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>8929 fish still no mount. Idk what is going on. I always see people with the mount at 3k fist or less. I will post back as i fish more.</p> <p>Edit 9496 fish caught. still no mount. I'm starting to wonder when the pools spawns does it already have the sea turtle in it. Kinda like how mobs have a predetermined item drop on them. Just have to get lucky and hit the right pool. Talking to a gm about this now :( will keep this updated.</p> <p>10075 fish still no mount. wtf. QQ </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-7612 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:33:23 +0000 thecreep 7612@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>i was fishing for salmon in grizz after two days i caught the turtle if your trying to make coin for fish feast this mite be the way to go dint think i would ever catch the thing but i did just takes a little time. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-7608 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:36:43 +0000 Barkeater 7608@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>24th catch for the Turtle and just over a hundred catches to win the Kaluak Fishing Derby!</p> <p><a href="https://home.comcast.net/~prisa.khadgar/turtle.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://home.comcast.net/~prisa.khadgar/turtle.jpg</a><br /> <a href="https://home.comcast.net/~prisa.khadgar/fish.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://home.comcast.net/~prisa.khadgar/fish.jpg</a></p> <p>Now for all you folks saying... omg! I have a druid who was my main in TBC, who is my "Fisherman". I have literally spend hours upon hours fishing with him trying to get those with no luck. Just happened to be on my priest and trying out the new 3.3 fishing rules and got lucky. Its just a luck thing! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-7606 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:16:48 +0000 mavchryos 7606@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Past 3500 casts and still no turtle, if there's a sea turtle god, he seems angry lol</p> <p>*edit* 4000: still no turtle</p> <p>*edit* ~5200: wooooooo! Turtle god be praised! lol </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-7280 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:51:56 +0000 surpsycho 7280@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I caught himm last night, at skill lvl 283, just leveling my skill when i caught a sea turtle, didnt think to much of it, didnt even check the ach. Guild started goin crazy, congradulating me, so i looked, and it was a mount, pretty cool...GL all, was on a borean man of war pool right there by the frozen elementals in BT. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/13#post-7239 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:23:03 +0000 ProfP 7239@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>About open water. I have ~86.000 casts in Northrend in open water for last 6 months, no turtle. So, I think, you must catch one in pools only.<br /> Now I have ~300 casts in pools (Grizly Hill). No turtle. From articles in this topic, I think, that probability ~1/3000. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/12#post-7176 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:08:02 +0000 Ninf 7176@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>After around 12-13k of fishes caught i finally got it. I nearly lost all my hope after i fished for 7 hours straight without getting it. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/12#post-7165 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:50:11 +0000 Al 7165@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <blockquote><p> - for example, ever killed a mob, but been unable to loot it because you "were not close enough", in spite of standing on it? The game server and your game client disagreed about where the corpse is. . </p></blockquote> <p>Yes. This has happened to me. I always think it's something wrong "at home" and re-log. Thanks for this explanation. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/12#post-7164 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:24:19 +0000 el 7164@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Does "in Valiance Keep" mean in the dock area, right in the middle, where the moored ship is? This would be interesting, because, as far as I know, there are no pool-spawning points inside that dock, except <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/fish/pool_of_blood.html" title="Fish Finder: Pool of Blood.">Pool of Blood</a> (which can appear anywhere in Borean Tundra, and are reported to sometimes contain a turtle). </p> <p>I generally look for how anglers can become confused about events, by missing some information. That tends to happen in the excitement of catching something like this. A pool spawning right under the bobber at the moment the angler caught the turtle is one such confusion. Another example of confusion might be the bobber landing in a different named area to the place the angler was standing (which used to explain a lot of "weirdness" in <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/fish/azshara.html" title="Fish Finder: Azshara.">Azshara</a>).</p> <p>The basic arguments against Blizzard intending Sea Turtles to be caught from open water <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/sea-turtle-problem">are here</a>. 80% of all casts in Northrend <a href="http://timhowgego.com/where-we-fish.html">are in open water</a>, so if this was anything other than a freak event, these forums would be flooded with people that caught the Sea Turtle from open water accidentally.</p> <p>One explanation is a "sync bug". The game server momentarily got confused about where your bobber was, and so sent you a fish from another location, not the place you were. WoW does this more than it should - for example, ever killed a mob, but been unable to loot it because you "were not close enough", in spite of standing on it? The game server and your game client disagreed about where the corpse is. Unfortunately there's no reason why Northrend should be the only place this happens. Nobody ever reported catching <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/fish/mr_pinchy.html" title="Fish Finder: Mr. Pinchy." class="nocolor" rel="item=27388">Mr. Pinchy</a> while idling in Stormwind.</p> <p>Another possibility is a freak chance of breaking the "loot table". For example, the server might try to roll somewhere between 0 and 1, but due to a quirk of the way computers aren't perfectly accurate, calculates the result as 1.0000...00001, producing an unintended loot. But again, there's no reason why such a bug would only influence the Sea Turtle. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/12#post-7163 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:06:54 +0000 Gladkathie 7163@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I was leveling in the open sea, in Valiance Keep. It was between 1000-3000 catches, while I got my turtle. So it can be found in open water, too. You can imagine how happy I was, cause I red it everywhere, I cannot get it, unless I fish from a pool, I was completely shocked, when I saw, that In my catch there were 2 pages... And on the second, there was a blue item... "What the heck-I thought" and I saw it is my brand new, little, dear, precious(yeah, preciousssSSSsSSS) cute turtle!!!!! Maybe it was a bug, or you can really get it on every water, but anyway, something is sure.<br /> I was lucky like hell! :D </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/12#post-7116 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:09:43 +0000 icechief 7116@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hi I was just fishing last week for food type fish and I caught the Turtle Mount.<br /> I have did not try an catch the turtle just lucky, </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/12#post-7105 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:19:04 +0000 Utopia 7105@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Finally got mine last night after only about 60 casts, but I have been fishing like a woman possessed for it since it was implemented, and Pow! it drops when I'm least expecting it :D </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/12#post-7102 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:21:15 +0000 Solanis 7102@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I hang my head and have to say I'm one of the lucky ones. I was fishing a monsterbelly pool and got both <strong>Northrend Angler</strong> and <strong>Turtles All The Way Down</strong> simultaneously.</p> <p>Just an update to swim speed: druids' aquatic form is +50% and (at least in plain vanilla WoW when I tested it against a friend), the STV fishing quest reward was the same speed as that. This makes the turtle 10% faster, not 5% as C Rage notes in the write-up. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it/page/12#post-7101 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:40:52 +0000 Shircon 7101@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>i respectfully withdraw myself from this catagory as i caught him in BT during the Blood is Thicker Dailey,and i met another person in game who caught it on the same daily that day....possible seaturtle glitch? i saw 2 pools after i completed quest and BAMMO... </p>