El says: For a contest summary and guide, see Kalu'ak Fishing Derby. Original post:
Posted on the MMO-Champion website
"The Kalu'ak hold a fishing derby every few days in Northrend. Be the first to catch a Blacktip Shark and win respect with the Kalu'ak, and an amazing prize!"
Wondering if anyone can confirm that this is on the PTR for testing.
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Allakhazam also has a posting about new stuff on the PTR build 10623 that changes the Master Angler of STV to Master Angler of Azeroth. The information is at this link, which I don't know how to properly link as my html has gone rusty: http://wow.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=20212
If it's every few days I actually stand a chance at someday getting the only title I've ever wanted. :) *fingers crossed*
Troo wrote:
If it's every few days I actually stand a chance at someday getting the only title I've ever wanted. :) *fingers crossed*
I've just last night gained my Salty title (I won STV this sunday and have frantically been doing the last bits since)
Having competed since the STV gone live, this feels like a bucket of cold (salt ;) ) water thrown in my face...
For a short moment I felt elated by knowing that for the fist time since I started I playing WoW (been here since serverstart) I had achieved something special - this title that only 52 can achieve a year on a given server.
Why, oh why do the contests have to share the Master Angler achievement and thereby heavily devaluate it? :-(
Yeah I know, this is just QQ ....and actually I did...
el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 2 years ago:I'm currently searching for information...
As you know, the Master Angler achievement will require a win of either contest. The PTR in-game calendar shows the event on Wednesdays at 20:00 server time (on the PTR, that's PST). But that may just be for testing. Unfortunately I'm not seeing anything else yet... The only data-mined clue is that there are not new items associated with the Kalu'ak win. However that may be simply because the new contest does not need to be retrospectively awarded - every winner will automatically flag the "win" criteria at the time they win.
I should add, however, that there are several new fishing-related spells lurking. Notably the old +5 fishing glove enchant is back. Old because it never actually appeared in the game.
The idea of a Northrend contest has been mooted on these forums - Northrend has a lot of pools. Whether the new contest is the same as the STV contest remains to be seen. I think it's too early to declare that a win/Salty has been dramatically devalued.
Perhaps we will see implementation of the alternate bobbers, and the Stick model fishing rod that we never saw with the fishing dailies.
Although part of me hopes that the reward for this comp is exactly the same as the STV one, otherwise it will make people who already have salty compete just for the rewards
el wrote:
I think it's too early to declare that a win/Salty has been dramatically devalued.
Now that I've composed myself a bit ...and have read and reread the comments, I can only concur. :)
Reading the originally qouted statement as having a Northrend fishing contest several times a week is not what it says.
The addition of another fishing contest _is_ a great thing.
I will certainly try my luck when this goes live. :)
PST as in Pacific Standard Time?
Guess I'll have to try it out tomorrow morning.
Maybe one of the prize could be one of the beta-removed non-combat pets -> http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/21168/baby-shark/
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=21168
I would love it
Ninf wrote:
Maybe one of the price could be one of the beta-removed non-combat pets -> http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/21168/baby-shark/
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=21168
I would love it
a water-only pet would be cool
I seem to recall in the WotLK beta that the Mastercraft Kau'lak fishing pole model was attached to another item. It was named after some specific Tuskar NPC, and it's on-use ability was to summon that NPC's special Fishing Chair.
I've always remembered that because it sounded like a Fishing-tourney type reward. I'm betting we see that for the tournament reward.
el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 2 years ago:Tjalfe: PST is Pacific Standard Time - about 9 hours behind Europe, depending on where you are.
Meadows: There's been a spell to summon "Drostan's Fishing chair" since WotLK beta. As others comment, there's a lot of loot that we've never seen in-game.
I checked Dalaran, Unu'pe, Kamagua and Moa'ki for any sign of a barker or new quest giver.
Nothin'
It's on the calendar but not necessarily implemented yet.
I'll be on the PTR at 8 tonight so see if anything happens.
I can't tell you how excited I am by this. I've been trying to win the STV contest for what seems like forever. Despite following the guide and the advice of past winners, I'm never even close. To make matters worse, we have a few people on our server that have already won multiple times and continue to win week after week because, and I quote, "It's fun to participate." /strangle Salty [Insert Name Here]
With the winning conditions requiring just one shark, sounds like the outcome will be even more random than the STV contest. Hopefully, this will discourage the people that feel a need to win more than twice. Ideally, they will make the quest for this one non-repeatable, which will eliminate that sort of thing altogether.
I can't express how happy I am to hear this news. The STV contest is the last achievement I need for my Salty title. But, no matter how hard I try, it just never seems to work out.
I take all the tips into mind, and do all the tricks. I set my hearth to BB, I have a fish macro on my action bar, so I can see how many I've collected, without having to open my bags. And, I always get there early and find a good spot.
But, being that I'm on a pvp server, even when I bring a friend, it just never seems to work out. There always seems to be big groups of five or six who are just waiting to wreck everyone's fun. And, what stings is that, most of the time, they don't even have a fisher who's looking to win the contest, with them. They are just out to wreck the chance for anyone else, because it's a pvp server and they think it's all in fun and justified.
And, I'm all for world pvp. But, I have enough respect for other players, that I'm not going to attempt to screw them over on something that I realize they only have a chance to do once a week. So, it just sort of ruins the whole fun of it. And, even if I were to bring a big group of my own, which isn't always easy to accomplish, it would still equal in wasted time pvping. And so, like I said, it just never seems to work out. So, I am definitely thrilled about the possibility of this new contest. Not to mention, that it just sounds really cool and fun. And, I love anything new and exciting that involves fishing. :D
US PTR Broxigar
No announcement went out in Dragonblight and no changes happened at Moa'ki.
There were alot of Fishermen hanging out waiting for something to happen.
Left Moa'ki just after 8:01 for Kamagua, then Unu'pe and Kaskala. No changes there either.
No new quests or new NPCs
It's probably not implemented or enabled yet.
el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 2 years ago:Indeed. Hard to be sure, because I don't know what I'm looking for. But the obvious signs - like announcements, quest givers, widespread change of pools or catch - haven't happened.
el wrote:
I think it's too early to declare that a win/Salty has been dramatically devalued.
I'm on the fence. :) I want Salty to be a bit tough to get so it's not the new Jenkins, but I'm so very happy that there will be a chance for the people who absolutely cannot participate in the STV tourney due to work. I'm hoping that this will be a once a week thing as well, but just at a different time. I don't care what it involves.. I will be there. Consider me one excited fisher-orc.
i wouldn't mind it if it gives the salty title but i would love that it would become a second achievement. so i could show i won the stv 1 and not the derby. and also i wouldn't like it if your only able to win it 1's.. its fun to partisepate in and also for the people that are saying that they hate it if some 1 wins more that 1 time at stv i just want to say this: if you can't beat them your probely not good enough to be a worthy salty member... (dousn't count for the people that work on sundays or something).
From the latest patch notes:
The all-new Kalu’ak Fishing Derby, a test of fishing skill with a healthy dash of luck, has come to Northrend! Every Wednesday beginning at 8 PM players can try to catch the elusive Blacktip Shark. Elder Clearwater sits in Dalaran for one hour awaiting the return of the quickest, most experienced fisher to bring him this shark. This champion fisher will be rewarded in-kind for returning with the first catch. Those who aren’t able to return with the first catch will still receive just reward for getting the Blacktip Shark to Elder Clearwater before he takes his leave. It is said that these sharks’ favorite meal are the bite-sized Pygmy Suckerfish. Perhaps a hook in their waters will do the trick.
Interesting. I haven't been able to find a "Blacktip Shark" in any item database. (Yet)
I assume it's only catchable during this time frame and has a limited duration like the Tastyfish.
Sounds like you have to wait for him in Dalaran and get a quest from him first, then go fish and bring it back within the hour. I hope you don't have to get the quest first. I can see speeding up the process by having a 'lock friend waiting and summoning you to your fishing spot right after you get the quest. I have a feeling though it'll be one of those things you can only catch if you have the quest.
The hint to fish for it where Pygmy Suckerfish are found isn't much help since they are found in every body of water in Northrend. Since it's a Shark I assume it'll have to be coastal water. I'm also assuming pools and not open water since you only catch suckerfish from pools.
It doesn't sound like a test of skill, but a contest of luck.
Since this does grant the requirement for Salty, IMO it does diminish it and doubles the number of available titles to 104 per year.
P.S. At the moment (on the PTR) the achievement list has no way to distinguish which contest you won.
You just get "Master Angler of Azeroth.". There are no new achievements in the list.
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