Is Fishing still in AO, and if so, why?

[AwesomeOS]

@Derp

Lets say the average odds for magnetic collectors is ~2000

its not though? idk where tf are you getting 2000 from?

[Derp]

Im going off my shitty rng nobody’s rng is the same

[AwesomeOS]

go off everyone else’s not shitty rng

When did you get your first sunken?

I got my sunken sword at 380 fish, I’m not grinding the armour

[Derp]

No shitty rng gang rise up

[Jupiter]

how to make fishing not ass:
increase fish sell price
remove the rot mechanic (what was the purpose of this anyways)
add sunkens to sealed chest loot pool (with a much higher rate than fishing)
and no more fishing exclusive equipment

[Dr.Archipelago]

@Jupiter

increase fish sell price

Wont do much, we already have sunken chance and best food-stuts-effect that boost regeneration

@Jupiter

remove the rot mechanic (what was the purpose of this anyways)

Rot mechanic was made so that people could not store their money in fish, same thing was made for arrows. Btw banks are no-more in AO.

@Jupiter

add sunkens to sealed chest loot pool (with a much higher rate than fishing)

You will litteraly kill “fishing” as mechainc. Sealed chests are for"main way of obtaining ship-parts" - vetex

@Jupiter

and no more fishing exclusive equipment

You litteraly killing fishing as mechanic.

[TheoreticalExistence]

@Dr.Archipelago

Sealed chests are for"main way of obtaining ship-parts" - vetex

don’t forget enchantment scrolls and probably other things I’ve forgotten about.
(you ain’t telling me sealed chests are just for cosmetics, or even just for ship upgrades)

@Dr.Archipelago

You litteraly killing fishing as mechanic.

Consider this: If this change makes it so that nobody ever wants to fish again, doesn’t that literally just mean fishing, as it currently is, is a shit mechanic that nobody unironically wants to interact with at all???

[anon49231511]

@Jupiter

remove the rot mechanic (what was the purpose of this anyways)

to stop inflation, which failed because of crown codes xd

[evanaitor]

its legit just a feature that will add more content to the game, and i bet at least someone will have a moment when they’re trying to get fish to cook and they pull a sunken piece

[Dr.Archipelago]

Exactly, while guy will be waiting for his homies to come back, or while someone is claiming/protecting island, he can gamble for sunken chance(fish).

Notes are useless too, but they are still in game.
Feature should not be always “usefull” or “be usefull for X”, if dev feel like it, he feel free to add it

[Eastides]

Sorry for late reply, was busy busying.
Anyway…

@Divanochi

What’s the downside of having items be catchable from fishing? It literally adds more to fishing than detracts from it

That’s exactly why I hope that fishing is at the very least made less relevant in AO than it was in WoM. I would be fine if fishing was just removed or retained as a fun quirky gimmick that doubled as a way to replenish food supplies, but making fishing as important or relevant as it was in WoM would be disastrous.

Assuming fishing is sidelined, and that there are better ways to farm than fishing, then my rant would no longer apply. I would still think the feature was weird, but I would be unbothered by it’s existence within the game. Assuming it’s sidelined, anyway.

@Divanochi

You could say that about nearly any findable item in the game

I’m not quite sure what you mean by this. Fishing is a method of procuring items, not an item itself. I’m not against the existence of fish items in AO.

@Divanochi

It’s simple and doesn’t take any effort, only time. It’s cost efficient compared to buying from shops, and takes less effort than chest hunting

And the fact that it is like that while being grindy and unengaging is the problem.

@OmenHelpMe

My guy is really malding over a feature that takes 2 seconds to create and add new items to, and goes on about how bad it is, WHEN YOU DONT EVEN NEED TO DO IT.

this is the most retarded rant ever

Yes, in the sense that one doesn’t need to do any particular thing in any game. After all, it’s not very often that one is held at gunpoint and forced to use any mechanics within a game, so I suppose all mechanics in all games, on account of being technically “”“”“avoidable”“”“”, are all perfectly fine. I suppose no one should ever speak negatively about any features in any game, because YOU DONT EVEN NEED TO DO IT!!!.

lol, this is too much.

@ThatOneGuy

Fishing, while not an important aspect of the game, has it’s pros and cons. It is a way to get food along with all kinds of items. The price? Well aside from bait, time. Fishing isn’t an adrenaline pumping sport. Even fishing irl isn’t all that exciting but there are those who have some level of fun doing it. It is entirely avoidable too. Feature is in the game so why go through the trouble of removing it when the player can effectively remove it for themselves by just not fishing.

Fair enough, though I’d forward you to this part of a comment I made.

@Eastides

Why not have it only be for fish, then? Just have it be for flexing your catches or getting neat badges. Adding the option of catching for rare items was a mistake.

Assume I said “fishing” and not “catching” in the second sentence.

@anon44124357

I like fishing. It’s a nice change of pace if I get too frustrated. The only problem with it is that sunkens incentivize people to do it over everything else, which just kinda sucks.

Also, stop misusing the word objective. You’re gonna ruin it like people ruined “literally.”

In relation to your first sentence, see the reply above yours.
As for your second sentence, you’ll just have to accept that colloquial uses of words still count as valid usages of said words. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. That’s just how diachronic linguistics works.

@Derp

This is why vetex added pity

Pity only exists because fishing for rare items exists. If you couldn’t fish for rare items, you wouldn’t need pity.

[Arrentia]

Would you like to live off of fruit and vegetables? Meat and fish are the way to go, plus the game is sea based, so of course it has fucking fishing.