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[Fishing] 3.3.3 Weather-Beaten Hat and Line Enchants

  1. el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 5 months ago:

    On the last Public Test Realm version of patch 3.3.3, both these were broken. These problems might have been fixed, but possibly not... [added - renork says not]

    • The Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat's lure can only be used on WotLK fishing poles (Kalu'ak, Jeweled, Bone). Other poles result in the error "item level too low". Probably related to the hat now requiring level 70 to wear (twinks were getting it via the Fishing Derby).
    • High Test Eternium Fishing Line displays a +2 bonus to fishing skill, even when newly applied. Possibly related to fixing the previous patch's "free" upgrade of +2 glove enchants to +5.

  2. Christhina <Angler>, 5 months ago:

    Thanks for the "heads up"!

    I have a couple of alts who haven't finished Kalu'ak rep yet, so the poor things are still using Seth's pole - but they all have the hat.

    Will pop some lures in the gear bag for now - they work just as well :-)

  3. el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 5 months ago:

    Be sure to test it on live realms first. Sometimes little fixes occur that never appear on PTRs.

  4. Grank <Salty>, 5 months ago:

    It would be a shame if you couldn't use the hat to lure the Arcanite Fishing Pole. It may not look impressive, but it is still has the best fishing bonus in the game.

  5. Scrimshaw <Salty>, 5 months ago:

    I agree with Grank, why would they not let me use it on the Best fishing pole in the game? (and arguably, the hardest to get?)

  6. renork <Salty>, 5 months ago:

    This is still broken on live realms =(

    Even if the hat doesn't work on the arcanite rod (which would SUCK) I busted ass forever to get my eternium line. They better fix that.

  7. el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 5 months ago:

    Thanks renork. There's now a thread about it on the official forums:

    http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23767644116

    And in this one, it's "being looked into":

    http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23766804239

  8. Wooly Bay <Angler>, 5 months ago:

    el wrote:

    Thanks renork. There's now a thread about it on the official forums:
    http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23767644116
    And in this one, it's "being looked into":
    http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23766804239

    Yes! thank for the heads up !!
    *runs back to the public forums and deletes his post about fishing lines being nerfed*

    Good catch !!

  9. Grank <Salty>, 5 months ago:

    It seems that the issue of the hat lure not working with lower level poles is now on Blizzard's radar.

    (0. 3.3.3 Known Issues List [Updated 3/23/2010] "The Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat does not work with low level fishing poles.")

    However, the change to the eternium line bonus is not listed.

    It makes me suspect that the hat will be fixed but that the enchant might be permanently nerfed.

    Oddly, Spun Truesilver Fishing Line still has its +3 bonus, making it now the more powerful enchantment of the two.

  10. el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 5 months ago:

    The line is "slated to be corrected in an upcoming patch" - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23767544486

    The hat appears to now be fixed on EU realms.

  11. Druegar <Salty>, 5 months ago:

    I had no problems applying the Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat lure to my Arcanite Fishing Pole yesterday and I'm on a US server. I was able to do it both in Northrend and Outland.

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