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[Fishing] Faster Fishing???

  1. zdirnats <Angler>, 8 months ago:

    http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=15673100226&sid=1

    Sorry if I missed it elsewhere but this seems to show that the fishing timer has been turned up to a higher speed.

  2. el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 8 months ago:

    Possible. I've been averaging 3 casts a minute. But I have 300+ms ping to test servers, so it is very hard for me to judge.

  3. Shimarenda <Salty>, 8 months ago:

    Interesting post by Zharym. But really, how is 20 seconds too long? It seems that if people are in that big a hurry, fishing might not be for them anyway.

    Dropping the quest for Artisan fishing is pretty disappointing too. I might not mind the change to allow people to cast a hook anywhere if it wasn't an obvious accomodation for folks who rush to the level cap, treating everything in the game that requires a bit of patience as an unreasonable burden.

  4. nebalee <Angler>, 8 months ago:

    It's 17 seconds now on the PTR (22 sec. on live)

  5. Riptomjones <Angler>, 8 months ago:

    Now I have to say I'm glad blizzard is adding some more content for us anglers but at the same time quite a few of the changes really bug me.

    I'm happy to see dailys finally in WoTLK, the new poles, fish and mount but really bothered by the ease of what fishing will be.

    Shimarenda wrote:

    Interesting post by Zharym. But really, how is 20 seconds too long? It seems that if people are in that big a hurry, fishing might not be for them anyway.
    Dropping the quest for Artisan fishing is pretty disappointing too. I might not mind the change to allow people to cast a hook anywhere if it wasn't an obvious accomodation for folks who rush to the level cap, treating everything in the game that requires a bit of patience as an unreasonable burden.

    ^^Very well put

    First off being able to fish anywhere without a restriction.
    I think this really takes away from what fishing is, a nice relaxing experience where you get to see new places, explore new areas and take in some amazing sites. I know I would have not seen the amount of places I have, and found some nice fishing holes without being restricted to my area. When I was talented enough to move to another area it was a great feeling, just as getting to the next level with your toon. If they are going to remove the restrictions on the fishing they should remove the restrictions on every other profession and allow level 1 characters to make level 80 epic quality items.

    Time needed to catch a fish
    If 20 seconds is to long for you, go find another profession. Once again fishing is to be relaxing, something to enjoy not rush, rush, rush (unless it's STV time). I sometimes wish it took 30 seconds just so I could sit back and relax. I think fishing started to become a rush a few patches ago when they halved the time on the fishing chair from 10 min to 5 min. If I am intending to fish somewhere I intend to sit there for at least 10 min if not longer till I move on to the next spot, unless I'm pool fishing.

    Each cast has potential for fishing skill gain
    I have only seen this once, in the blue post from the link above. Does this mean there is the potential for some lucky few to cast 450 times and be maxed out on fishing? I know as I leveled I might have to cast in excess of 15 times to gain one level as I progressed to higher levels. This would allow for someone to potentially go from 1-450 in a matter of a few hours.

    I guess I shouldn't complain to much about the changes since there are a few that are nice and something to look forward to, but at the same time giving hand outs to all those who just want to power level it really bugs me.

    Well back to fishing.

  6. nebalee <Angler>, 8 months ago:

    Well they made mining and herbing quicker so I think it's just logical to do the same with fishing. Especially since fish became the main ingredient of buff food.

  7. Christhina <Angler>, 8 months ago:

    You know, changes like the ones announced in 3.1 are both good and bad.

    Yes, I'm happy to see new fishing dailies, I've missed doing them across my 4 fishers. I'm also glad to see new poles and so forth.

    I'm not pleased to see the changes that seem to want to "hurry up" fishing.

    As someone on another forum so eloquently wrote, it appears that we are now dealing with the "Teach me patience and I want to learn it NOW" generation, where instant gratification appears to be a must-have.

    I personally enjoy my fishing time - to the point where I will let my guild know ahead of time that I'm going fishing, and I literally shut off all chat windows - to have some gentle, peaceful and quiet time in the game is becoming rarer as time goes on, and I like the sense of "just me out here in the world".

    Might I also add, El, that your videos are always very beautifully crafted, and really convey a great feeling (as well as very concise information) when viewing them? Love the work you do in them, and on this site, to allow all of us to enjoy our fishing time even more - many thanks indeed! :-)

  8. Qyn <Salty>, 8 months ago:

    Blizzard has always caved somewhat and catered to those who complained about things taking too long. Sad to see they're nerfing casting time again.

    Riptomjones wrote:

    I sometimes wish it took 30 seconds just so I could sit back and relax.

    It used to be 30 seconds, back in 'the day.'

  9. jadejaws <Angler>, 8 months ago:

    " I'm old and I'm not happy. Everything today is improved and I don't like it. I hate it! In my day we didn't have hair dryers. If you wanted to blow dry your hair you stood outside during a hurricane. Your hair was dry but you had a sharp piece of wood driven clear through your skull and that's the way it was and you liked it! You loved it. Whoopee, I'm a human head-kabob. We didn't have Manoxidol and Hair Wings, in my day if your hair started falling out when you were 16 by 19 you were a bald freak. There was nothing you could do about it. Children would spit at you and nobody would mate with you so you couldn't pass on your disgusting baldness genes. You were a public menace, a crome dome by age 20 and that's the way it was and we liked it! We loved it. Hallelujiah look at me, I'm a bald freak oh happy day! Not like today, everybody feeling good about themselves. I hate it! In my day we didn't have these thin laytex condoms. So you could enjoy sexual pleasure. In my day there was only one kind of condom. You took a rabbit skin and wrapped around your privates and tied it off with a bungee cord and you couldn't feel nothing! And half the time you didn't even know your partner was there. And we used the same one over and over again! 'Cause we were ignorant morons! Just a bunch of hairless, head-kabobs standing around with rabbit skins on our dinks and that's the way we liked it! "

    Seriously though.....Its an improvement to fishing all around.
    No one should be complaining about the time to fish being lowered.

  10. Norrinir <Salty>, 8 months ago:

    We decided, that 6 hours of sleep is enough for typical man. Changes to law will now allow police to enforce maximum time of sleep. Anything over 6 hours is not required for life and thus is wasted time.

    Also, people aren't allowed to eat more than 15 minutes at a time. Selling food is now prohibited by law and police is allowed to enforce this. People are required to eat at fastfoods.

    Relaxation is also prohibited by law. Relaxation is not needed for life, time spent this way is wasted.

    ...

    This problem has nothing to do with technological improvements, they are completly different things that you just can't compare.

  11. 84 <Angler>, 7 months ago:

    I like that its faster.The sooner I catch my fish,the sooner I can maul anything that bothers me while I'm fishing.
    I like that it will only require level 10 and you can fish anywhere.This way I can level my alts AND their fishing at the same time.No more having to head back to lowbie zones to catch vendor trash,while trying to remember how to turn off general/trade chat,and hoping I don't have some twink hover over my bobber because I wont run them through wc.
    Please remember,some of us arn't so much lazy and impatient,as we are wanting to be as efficient as possible with what little time we actually get to play*.Especially if we have altitis or we're the main gatherer for our guild.

    *Or we just want to fish in peace.Stupid twinks...

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