Completed Relic/Ebisu Rod List - Also, Indomitable Spirit quest bitching

[crux]

91,452 GP does not, in fact, translate to "Serpent Rumors"; thus my sulking.

[crux]

It's like Christmas two days in a row!

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[DAKPluto]

Hurray!

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[Fievel]

Hurray!

:O! Congrats Dak

[DAKPluto]

Oh, since everyone else is....

I didn't keep count, but if I had to guess, about 350 Liks (all bought, LWT doesn't have CoP areas open) and about 400 Gugrusarus. Mostly fished all of them (thank god for friend with WW mule that let me have access) Had to fish the Gugrusarus as Cerberus been a black hole of people selling Gugs.

[crux]

How the hell can you guess with numbers that large? In either case, congratulations!

[DAKPluto]

How the hell can you guess with numbers that large? In either case, congratulations!

Liks I can be pretty sure since I had to buy them all and I know how much I spent, lol.

Gugs I did buy some, and don't remember exactly how much I spent so that throws it off, but I always went and turned in when I had about 10 to turn in, and I remember fairly well the amount of trips, so just kinda educated guessed it.

[nitsuj]

Liks I can be pretty sure since I had to buy them all and I know how much I spent, lol.

Gugs I did buy some, and don't remember exactly how much I spent so that throws it off, but I always went and turned in when I had about 10 to turn in, and I remember fairly well the amount of trips, so just kinda educated guessed it.

I thought you quit? o.O

[DAKPluto]

I did. I sold Wolftamer back in May. But got bored and started a fresh brand new character that I just do things on that I feel like. I have no real desire to level, get Abyssea gear, crap like that. Mostly I just fish and craft when I feel like. FFXI light, lol.

[Talila]

I think my fish are lucky >=D My other half just went 1/35 Gugru and like...1/200 Lik, all that I've fished for him! Thank goodness though, he was getting sick of trading the fishies time after time

[Buffy]

Just traded my 500th-ish Lik. /Cranky

[shaddix]

I read on fishing thread that there was supposed to be another buff to ebisu in 2010? That ever happen or not come out yet? I still have another 1200 posts to read in that thread and kinda sick of it atm so thought I would post here and would also sneak in grats to all the people that got rods while I was gone.

Grats to you people, esp you nibu I was horrified at your numbers when I quit back in 09.....

[cdgreg]

I read on fishing thread that there was supposed to be another buff to ebisu in 2010? That ever happen or not come out yet? I still have another 1200 posts to read in that thread and kinda sick of it atm so thought I would post here and would also sneak in grats to all the people that got rods while I was gone.

Grats to you people, esp you nibu I was horrified at your numbers when I quit back in 09.....

There was a buff, it was minor if I remember correctly. The good news about the fishing threads is you can read the 150 pages while you fish endlessly! The only thing I still wish we'd figure out is the exact number of hidden fishing skill levels on Ebisu. I started to narrow it down years ago but ran out of steam since it required additional people with low fishing levels and ebisu (like 78) to test the auto-depletion. If I remember right it's somewhere around 20ish, but don't quote me on that. I'm sure you'll come across it in the fishing thread as you read. Hell, if you do come across it fire me a PM with the link, maybe I'll re-compile the info and try to rile the community to figure it out.

edit: also if you have a g-11 or g-15 keyboard it makes fishing much more pleasant, you can re-cast without switching back to ffxi window assuming you're on a PC and reading the interwebs.

[shaddix]

All that stuff is early October.

Here is one

Also. I am going to try to get gf ebisu. So I will stop her fishing at 78, get items, get ebisu, and we can do some testing.

Thank you very much Windfoxster. I have a half day from work today so I'm omw right now to try to see if gug/lik will regen with max items/paid support. I just bought a fishing harness so will let you know how that goes. I have one more favor to ask assuming you can actually do it. I'd like to once and for all squash the theory that different levels of water energy while having moghancement fishing skill = higher levels of skill. If you currently have Moghancement: Fishing Skill (or now adays it's just fishing but can be distinguished through reading your key item) can you start with faint water, verify it's +1, load up to either powerful or if you're really crazy overwhelming water and verify it's still +1? If you don't have that ability I think I can pull it off later using ahtapots + whatever rod you were using (I think carbon).

I'm going to try to borrow a Lu from an LSmate to test its hidden attributes. Is anyone reading this lower with Ebisu? All my lsmates with ebisu are 100 now =(. From my auto-depletion with ebisu but 0 extra skill on 100 Ryugu/Titanictus we "know" the hidden skill on the rod must be atleast +13 then?

Anyone reading this who's in the 80's with Ebisu lol? If the hidden skill is something like +20 then it's going to be very hard to test unless we find someone real low since even @ 90 skill with ebisu guesstimating it's +20 already puts you at 110. I think the best fish to test on are Pterygotus since they're VERIFIED at 99 unlike Legendaries which we just assume are 100 because that's what wiki says. 99+12 = 111 which should not auto deplete, 99+13 = 112 should auto deplete. So basically I think we need to find a 90 skill ebisu owner or below and have them stack skill gear (assuming they don't deplete yet) and slowly remove pieces/support until there is no more depletion. I think at that point we can simply subtract 13 from the level gap and figure out the hidden skill stat?

I know there's a lot of "if's" in there and I'm by no means a math major, so let me know if I made some big mistakes in the proposed testing process with pter's.

*100 + Ebisu (13 atleast) + 2 (support) +5 (gear) +1 (furniture) = 108 + hidden ebisu (13 atleast) = 121 DOES NOT stop gug regen while the rod is in the middle. If auto-regen works in the same manner that auto-depletion does that would mean gugs are AT LEAST 134 skill?

[cdgreg]

Thanks, I'm curious to figure this out actually. I'll go back and read my old posts, but does anyone here have Ebisu with skill below 90?

[Deathknight]

3.5 hours ago i got a saber shoot for my main char (1/35). I had 10 left over gugrus so I gave them to my other character. he went 1/9 just a few minutes ago. 2 saber shoots in less than 4hrs >.>;;

[Fievel]

3.5 hours ago i got a saber shoot for my main char (1/35). I had 10 left over gugrus so I gave them to my other character. he went 1/9 just a few minutes ago. 2 saber shoots in less than 4hrs >.>;;

-_-

[Talli]

3.5 hours ago i got a saber shoot for my main char (1/35). I had 10 left over gugrus so I gave them to my other character. he went 1/9 just a few minutes ago. 2 saber shoots in less than 4hrs >.>;;

Currently 0/300 ish.. i want to cry.. but i wont.. yet. Instead, for now, i will hate you a little..

[Deathknight]

It's SE. I'm sure i'll be 0/4000 on liks for each char. SE only gives hope because they know it hurts more to then take it away.

[Bendak]

It's finally mine. Hakuryu here I come.

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Lik: 1/116
Gugrusaurus: 1/274

About average I guess. I didn't get lucky but it could have been much worse.