Heyo!

The difficulty of training early ranks of foraging is being addressed, both in terms of baiting fishing poles and foraging itself.


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On his face. If he worried, he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled that thing
That couldn't be done and he did it."
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> The difficulty of training early ranks of foraging is being addressed, both in terms of baiting fishing poles and foraging itself.

Bless you.

~Hanryu Ves'Shomis
Sword of House Calibanor, Ambassador of the Ilithi Court, Emerald Knight, Keeper of the CEC, ... still a Ranger
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I'm trying to raise my meager 11 ranks of AL on my youn paladin, so I'm fishing in Ilaya Taipa.

There doesn't seem to be much technique required for fishing...it's just hit or miss. For example, I'll throw my line in the water and instantly get a hard tug. Then, as a test, I threw it in and after a couple minutes left my desk to take something...figuring that the worst that could happen is my pole gets yanked out of my hands (no other active experience, sleep mode no scripts running). 5-10 minutes later, I come back and surprise surprise, not even a nibble. Ilaya Taipa is a river town, and definitely has a lot of resources for fishing, but it seems kind of odd that I only tend to get a bite every 10-20 minutes (which is not helpful when you're trying to gain skill).

Is this little fishing town just a bad place to fish?

Is there such a thing as GM's needing to restock the fish?

What else can I try?

I'm currently using fish eggs as bait...if there's something better, I'd love to hear it.

Keep the line in the water ~5 to 10 seconds max. Then reel in and recast. You maximize the chance of a bite that way.

~Hanryu Ves'Shomis
Sword of House Calibanor, Emerald Knight, Keeper of the CEC, Ranger
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Hey Gent,

Check the Lang record boards, I finally beat one of your records.

they do not appear to be present in TF I mean

I learned on my own, mostly. (Starting up from a derail in the necro forum)

Apparently, there's a wiki page http://elanthipedia.com/wiki/Fishing

Free fishing poles and stuff in the Amusement Pier, or the Skirr'lolasu.

My MO is to fish to mind lock foraging, then go elsewhere to take each fish/turtle, skin them twice (can't fail it, and teaches a bit). After that, I take out a scraper and scrape them, usually ruining them.

And then, being a Prydaen on my fishing characters, I eat the fish if I've got one left. The raw fish bits that come out don't taste so good in my experience, so I leave them alone.

Some of the boats -- Crossing-Aesry, I think; maybe others.

The eastern pier in Aesry.