Fishing

[nibu]

SSG fishing is pretty good. Depending on AH prices, you can sometimes make 40-50k an hour, but you'll reach your fishing cap within a couple hours because you're constantly pulling things up.

To fund part of my ebisu, I was fishing Trumpet Shells. Again, made about 45-50k an hour AHing then (100 fishing), but the demand for them waxes and wanes, depending if there's a bonecrafter wanting to skillup off of them. Alternatively, if you have or know someone with 100 bonecrafting, you can have them crafted into rings and NPC them for 50k an hour instead of relying on the AH. They also have weird bite schedules, and mainly bite during weather effects, so your mileage may vary with them.

[cdgreg]

To fund part of my ebisu, I was fishing Trumpet Shells.

Good advice. Personally I *HATE* trumpet shells, but a few of my high level fishing friends fished them on a daily basis for profit. They put up way too long of a fight and have too many other-fish-bites for my liking.

[Bakthi]

Good advice. Personally I *HATE* trumpet shells, but a few of my high level fishing friends fished them on a daily basis for profit. They put up way too long of a fight and have too many other-fish-bites for my liking.

I would have to agree with this. It seems to take years to reel one in.

I haven't fished in a while (I, uh, sold a speed belt, focused on leveling jobs to get Maat's Cap, and then got a full-time job), but at my current Fishing level I did pretty well with SSG. I do, however, also have a 95 cooking mule.

[Julian]

edit: nvm :/

[azagarth]

ya my fishing is just 27 atm lol... but got pelicans ring and lu rod and just been doing istridyes atm (10k a stack on ah, and 9k to bone person), was planning to move onto ahtpots at 50s~ so plan just do nash npc thing till 90, but after that I need to really go hardcore for income to get ebisu which was more my concern.

[dejet]

Back after a few months off. Anything change in fishing at all? or just keep fishing lik up ^^?

also when I quit there was the new rings from MMM that everyone was just finding, can anyone point me to that info on how to get them?

[urat]

Back after a few months off. Anything change in fishing at all? or just keep fishing lik up ^^?

also when I quit there was the new rings from MMM that everyone was just finding, can anyone point me to that info on how to get them?

First off, Welcome back man!

Secondly, SE added a handful of new fish that can be zaldonned, most of em seem like crap so far (though the crappy fish net 1-2 crappy items, shells, etc) so it is highly possible they also give some kind of really nice item that no one has gotten yet. Who knows.

As per the MMM rings:
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Aq...opulation_Team

Happy Fishing~!

[dejet]

Thank you just what I was looking for. Happy to be back

[Aihree]

I'm looking at living in Nashmau for a very long time (just hit 49).

Anyone know what music file to remove to kill Nashmau?

[Theraven]

I'm looking at living in Nashmau for a very long time (just hit 49).

Anyone know what music file to remove to kill Nashmau?

Can just turn the music volume down in the game. Go into Config >> Gameplay and turn down the music volume. I've had both music volume and sound effects volume turned off for years because I like to watch tv while I play.

[dejet]

Very few zones in this game are worth the music anymore ~_~; after being in the same zone 500000 times. Youtube/your own music! .dat editing hardly worth it. In time that song will get old too.

[Albender]

Actually it all comes to a personal preference. Ptery, Armored Pisces, etc...
I took the Cherax route because:

I can have a lot of free space on main inventory
I can be in the Fountain of Kings (Avoid Kuftal) in 5 minutes while it takes more time for me to reach Nashmau.
Fish sells higher at NPC
I can get +0.3's (Can someone re-confirm Ptery do not give 0.3's?)

But hell you have more fishes...If you are not mad about hitting 100 {Fast Cast} you could try Turnabaligis in Wajaoom Woodlands.
Cap is 100 and you can trade them to Zaldon and cross-fingers for an ore.

Camp is 2 min walking from Al Zahbi zone.

Am gonna write about something I have been considering recently.

Let's say you get 1200 Gil for each Cave Cherax to NPC and 800 if you trade to Zaldon. Dwarf Pugil let's consider is 40% drop.

100 Cheraxs to NPC: 120k Gil
100 Cheraxs to Zaldon: 80k Gil and 40x Dwarf Pugils

And now the key question...How many Matsya can you reel with 40 Dwarf Pugils? I'd say you can reel 5...but now, this is so random although I am talking from own experience.

So... 80k (Zaldon) + 125k (Matsya to NPC) --> 205k

Of course this is for Ebisu holders only unless someones comes and confirms Matsya can be reeled off a Lu Shangs.

Opinions on above welcome, keep in mind that is just average numbers here and there, we all know Zaldon can be an %s&/3$"

Happy fishing
Alby

[Aihree]

Can just turn the music volume down in the game. Go into Config >> Gameplay and turn down the music volume. I've had both music volume and sound effects volume turned off for years because I like to watch tv while I play.

I'd prefer to kill Nashmau background while still being able to hear the fishing music to indicate a fish is there. Because I do the same thing, just zoning out, watching the rod movement through peripheral vision but focused on the TV

[Aerides]

Based on some earlier replies I went out and tried Cave Cherax for a few days.

I don't think the skill up rate was any higher cast-for-cast, but I did observe the following:

a LOT of line breaks/did not catch at full depletion
a LOT no catch casts
a LOT of monster cancels
and, worst part
a LOT of people busy catching and killing stuff all around me trying for DM's and cluttering up my screen

Very annoying. Got a couple of .2's on my first couple of rings, but went 0/5 on the next charges before deciding to GTFO. I'll try AP's for 99-100 but it's back to Ptery's for now.

[Theraven]

I'd prefer to kill Nashmau background while still being able to hear the fishing music to indicate a fish is there. Because I do the same thing, just zoning out, watching the rod movement through peripheral vision but focused on the TV

there's fishing music? maybe i should turn my sound back on to see

[Windfoxster]

Based on some earlier replies I went out and tried Cave Cherax for a few days.

I don't think the skill up rate was any higher cast-for-cast, but I did observe the following:

a LOT of line breaks/did not catch at full depletion
a LOT no catch casts
a LOT of monster cancels
and, worst part
a LOT of people busy catching and killing stuff all around me trying for DM's and cluttering up my screen

Very annoying. Got a couple of .2's on my first couple of rings, but went 0/5 on the next charges before deciding to GTFO. I'll try AP's for 99-100 but it's back to Ptery's for now.

You went to the wrong location for cherax though. Kuftal is pretty bad unless you wish to catch Devil Manta too. Go to Fountain of King, no monster catch except 1) and 2) you listed are still true.

[Anomander]

You went to the wrong location for cherax though. Kuftal is pretty bad unless you wish to catch Devil Manta too. Go to Fountain of King, no monster catch except 1) and 2) you listed are still true.

This.

Also, what's a did not catch? Do you mean got away due to skill? This has never happened to me on cherax's

King's fountain is pretty remote, and you never snag monsters. Didn't catch anything streaks can run pretty damn high sometimes, however.

[urat]

I too find cave cherax the best. Mainly because unlike the ferry I can trigger Ebisu's rage mode down there.

Speaking of which, do we still not have complete confirmation on this? It seems to happen pretty often for me now. I got my fishermen's smock so I wanna try that out sometime.....

[Haxx]

When I was finishing up my skill ups I tried cave cherax for many hours, ended up 4.5 stacks of ex bait from it. I found them to be a waste of time compared to what I could catch/hour vs armored pisces. Anytime there's a weather element up in qsc your bite rate goes near zero on them and there's almost always weather up. I also had issues with breaking lu shangs on cave cherax and at the time I didn't have woodworking lvl'd to repair. Nothing sucks more than buying 30stacks of meatballs, running to the fountain and popping skill up ring and first fish you snap rod<.<.

I'd suggest to anyone trying to finish skill ups to try armored pisces. They won't snap lu shangs and no need for baits that hog up inv space.

[Aihree]

What do you mean, "Ebisu's rage mode"?

The only rage I know of is that which is directed at certain galkas. (0/625G 0/188L)