Fishing

@shinjorai said in Fishing:

I really hope they add this.

Me too, sailor!

If we seriously get stupid MTX pets before a proper fishing system that should have even taken priority over the Merchant animal fetch questing... SMH. Absolutely Rare's biggest fan and cant wait.... but a fleshed out fishing system just has to be in here!

@thecanisdirus said in Fishing:

Absolutely Rare's biggest fan and cant wait.... but a fleshed out fishing system just has to be in here!

Ha-haar! Good to hear, pirate!

I noticed a lot more fish present in the game during the scale tests, which is great to see! Added a lot more life and colour under the waves. Can't wait to see how alive it will be on release, along with the eventual release of fishing. 13 days!

@drone-bros said in Fishing:

I hope they do add that to the game since the only hp giving item are bananas

Me too! Only 13 days, my dude.

Keep your ideas and feedback coming! All feedback is welcome!

@jeaf7 said in Fishing:

Fishing is a MUST for pirates... Make it happen

Great to see your support, jeaf!

8 days until we set sail! I hope during first couple weeks of release we start to see more information come out about fishing. As stated previously in the topic, they have worked on fishing in an earlier build.

Added new idea to the OP, I've seen this posted around the forum a couple times in relation to fishing.

Loot!
So you've had a long, gruelling day at sea with no real significant catches. You head to the dock for a quick fish before turning in. You reel in a catch, to be greeted with a gold trinket! The finest form of fish. Possible other catches could be low tier cosmetic items, gold coin purses and maybe even quest items.

Hope everyone is having an enjoyable release thus far. It has been choppy seas, no doubt. I'm really hopeful we will see fishing on one of the earlier content releases, until then. We can only keep brainstorming, sailors!

@douglas-badger said in Fishing:

Purpose of Fishing

• Trade for Gold
  Take your haul to the merchant for cash

• Consumption for Health or Buffs
  Alternative Food inventory to regenerate health like Bananas

Certain consumed fish could provide short term buffs if consumed such as: Oxygen timer increase, damage reduction, steady aim etc

• Bucket of Guts
  At the fish storage crate on ship for Fish, fill up your bucket with fish guts, use this to either throw over board in order to lure Sharks, Sword Fish etc to your area for harpooning or fishing, or alternatively like the bucket of puke throw it over an enemy player to temp blind them and make put a 5min timer on them making them prime bait target to all sea creatures looking for a snack.

Arghhhh! Great ideas, Doug! Particularly fish giving you certain buffs. Thanks for the feedback as always, my dude.

Fishing seems to be very close to being reality, so I'm going to bump this and hopefully we get some new ideas! Any feedback and ideas are welcome!