LobsterLarry
Well-Known Member
For a long time now fishing on Loka has been sort of dead beyond just tournaments and people occasionally fishing at their town or at Aladra. Fishing is a big tradition on Loka and considering there are skills that are not obtainable in towns (i.e Battlegrounds), I suggest that there should be a replacement in Gathering. A fishing Skill. You level it up by FISHING! (Crazy right?) You could get an industry of say like a Fish Market or a Docks in your town to generate passive continent based fish the same as any other industry works as well as maybe string, leather(maybe?) and other fishing related drops. It does not need to be crazy or anything but would incentivize fishing further on Loka, as well as giving an alternative to the useless skills that exist so far.
Biome Locked Fish - Garama has two types of fish, one of which has a maximum size of 30lbs. If I can't catch Pufferfish everywhere then why am I being limited to only catching 30 pounders when the swamp would let me catch bigger fish. Sure you can build a much much bigger farm some place but overall your chances of catching anything meaningful are super low. I also suggest making Pufferfish a continent based thing rather than biome specific to the swamp as it is now. Cod and Salmon are not biome based, so why should Pufferfish be?
New Fishing Isle - In Fishing Tournaments you are put into a sanctuary zone where you cannot be harmed by players (you still can by guardians which is not an issue, as it is an intended game mechanic), but after the Tournament is over, you have 15 minutes to leave before you can be killed. This does not leave very many places to fish except for in PVP areas or in Aladra where you will not catch anything cool. What if there was an isle such as Zyre but for fishing, where you could catch any fish from the continents at any weight variety (Just don't continent lock the fish). It would not have any other boosts or buffs, but would allow for players to safely fish and relax while they don't have to worry about being ganked. Perhaps a large island, similar to Cove, with deeper water to allow for custom fishing (To catch a custom fish it must be 3 blocks deep so start with that). It would give ample amount of room for people to do fishing alone or with friends and just chill out while things are on a downswing. Instead of people afking doing nothing just jumping around they could cast the rod with their friends and enjoy their company. You could move Haldii over there and maybe put in a Monthly and Lifetime ranking system to see the Month and Lifetime top 10 Fish caught there, maybe with the winner getting a cool title.
New Fishing Quests - There are some pretty decent achievements as of right now in terms of weight, but besides that there are no uniquely designed achievements or player quests for fishing that players are wanting to be doing. I get that Fishing is supposed to be a side thing on Loka but having players fish is a fun activity for some, and giving them more things to do while fishing (Quests, certain biome fishing) could be a cool content update for the avid fishermen out there. I think adding a 'catch them all' achievement where you can catch a fish in every biome would be a pretty cool start.
The Fishing Scene on Loka is very dead right now so with these suggestions hopefully some can come through so the content on the server can become a little less boring in peoples downtimes when they aren't hitting the Resource Isle or Infested Tiles. Just a way for players to chill out and enjoy talking to their friends while having something passive to do that won't be too mind consuming.
John the Fisherman - Primus
Biome Locked Fish - Garama has two types of fish, one of which has a maximum size of 30lbs. If I can't catch Pufferfish everywhere then why am I being limited to only catching 30 pounders when the swamp would let me catch bigger fish. Sure you can build a much much bigger farm some place but overall your chances of catching anything meaningful are super low. I also suggest making Pufferfish a continent based thing rather than biome specific to the swamp as it is now. Cod and Salmon are not biome based, so why should Pufferfish be?
New Fishing Isle - In Fishing Tournaments you are put into a sanctuary zone where you cannot be harmed by players (you still can by guardians which is not an issue, as it is an intended game mechanic), but after the Tournament is over, you have 15 minutes to leave before you can be killed. This does not leave very many places to fish except for in PVP areas or in Aladra where you will not catch anything cool. What if there was an isle such as Zyre but for fishing, where you could catch any fish from the continents at any weight variety (Just don't continent lock the fish). It would not have any other boosts or buffs, but would allow for players to safely fish and relax while they don't have to worry about being ganked. Perhaps a large island, similar to Cove, with deeper water to allow for custom fishing (To catch a custom fish it must be 3 blocks deep so start with that). It would give ample amount of room for people to do fishing alone or with friends and just chill out while things are on a downswing. Instead of people afking doing nothing just jumping around they could cast the rod with their friends and enjoy their company. You could move Haldii over there and maybe put in a Monthly and Lifetime ranking system to see the Month and Lifetime top 10 Fish caught there, maybe with the winner getting a cool title.
New Fishing Quests - There are some pretty decent achievements as of right now in terms of weight, but besides that there are no uniquely designed achievements or player quests for fishing that players are wanting to be doing. I get that Fishing is supposed to be a side thing on Loka but having players fish is a fun activity for some, and giving them more things to do while fishing (Quests, certain biome fishing) could be a cool content update for the avid fishermen out there. I think adding a 'catch them all' achievement where you can catch a fish in every biome would be a pretty cool start.
The Fishing Scene on Loka is very dead right now so with these suggestions hopefully some can come through so the content on the server can become a little less boring in peoples downtimes when they aren't hitting the Resource Isle or Infested Tiles. Just a way for players to chill out and enjoy talking to their friends while having something passive to do that won't be too mind consuming.
John the Fisherman - Primus
