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Update Oct 27th - Going Fishing! - Discussion

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  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    Thanks Jess…. I swear that wasn't showing up before.   Maybe they fixed something??? 
    Guess I need to go fishin now.   
  • I'm having a problem:  After catching a fish, my pole gets cast out again without any action on my part.  Because it doesn't do this every time I catch a fish, I'm wondering if I'm doing something without realizing to cast out my line again?  Holding down the mouse a second too long perhaps? 
  • jess_d (US1)jess_d (US1) US1 Posts: 3,515
    You're welcome :) I'm glad its working for you now!
  • This question will have been asked before, but I am unable to find it or an answer.
    I have followed all the instructions on how to catch catfish, but I do not have a bait tab in my fishing areas.
    What level must I reach to gain this 5th tab, or am I making an error when I go fishing?
    I'm keen for an answer, as I wish to progress in the game. I am enjoying having another task to attempt during missions.
    Thank you in advance for your answer.



  • CrazyBigfarm55 (US1)CrazyBigfarm55 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,226
    @Tract01 (AU1) While you are in your fishing area left-click on your bait, then the bait tab will pop up.
  • CrazyBigfarm55 (US1)CrazyBigfarm55 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,226
    Here is a spreadsheet showing needed points to increase Fishing level @MsWalker (US1)

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DDUJQncLV3joyVO2BGbmBJ0NJwCp1eo_dBzNa0CsK6U/edit#gid=0
  • Thank you that helps a great deal :)
  • How do I find the catfish? I clicked on the boat all it does it cast my fishing line. I am on the task to catch catfish but I can't find them . Can you please help me because I can't move pass this task. Thanks
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    edited 14.11.2016
    I had a chat with Oleg this morning, and we had an argument abut the future of his business on my island. So his business is now level 16, next MB dish and fishing equipment unlocked at level 24. Is there anything happening on leveling up between L16 and L24? Something like the boat rent get's progresively cheaper, or the amount of fish cought in every location progressively increased?

    From L16 to L17 it needs about 30 k fishing experience. I reckon to level 24 it could be half a mil or more. Half a milion fishing exp is equivalent to about 3 weeks of nonstop Oleg exp fishing. Can't even think about other unlock points. :) Well ok, as reasonable as leveling to L16 looked, now it rather looks like extremely long journey to move anywhere further. I could deal with that, but if there is no game content betwen these very distant unlock points, no reason to level up other then just get a chance to have a go at another level, I'd be disilusioned with Oleg and quickly losing interest in developing him. He might find himself fired and replaced with a more progressive guy rather soon. :)

    Anyone has comments or observations on this point? 
    Post edited by Kamilcom (GB1) on
  • thesurveydoc (US1)thesurveydoc (US1) Posts: 80
    edited 16.11.2016
    1) There needs to be a way to check/see your fishing level other than just Oleg.  When Oleg is fishing/training, one can't check/see his/her level.

    2) There needs to be a notification when Oleg is done fishing/training (green indicator on right side toolbar/toggle).

    3) While I don't mind waiting for the boat to arrive, it would be nice if, when it does, one could choose which boat type to rent.  i.e. One shouldn't be forced to rent the most expensive boat when a cheaper one will do.  Accordingly, what you can catch would be affected, but that's the expected trade off.
    Post edited by thesurveydoc (US1) on
  • Now when I click to go fishing, I get an error message:
    Problem is:  I do have all the items to go fishing.
  • Data King (US1)Data King (US1) US1 Posts: 7,994
    lady lemon (AU1) do you have the items equipped into your tackle box ??
  • You guys fixed the Large Bucket issue on the main server, but it is still bugged on the Test Farm.  Please fix before I reach level 25!
    It is not allowed to discuss about testserver issues here, therefore
    discussions regarding testserver issues should be held at the testboards,

    -Keldeo.


    Gosh!  I get yelled at for starting new threads when your search button does not work & I can't find any similar posts & now I'm getting yelled at for posting a comment under the right existing thread but in the wrong forum. Gee Golly!  Well at least the search bar worked this time.
  • Only up to the donate catfish level early on and my line breaks after every single fish I catch and I had to go back out and buy the new equipment and this is SO FRUSTRATING! So much so that I have stopped fishing myself and I just get Oleg to do it. Any tips?
  • Only up to the donate catfish level early on and my line breaks after every single fish I catch and I had to go back out and buy the new equipment and this is SO FRUSTRATING! So much so that I have stopped fishing myself and I just get Oleg to do it. Any tips?
    @FarmerJimbo (GB1)  Some fish put up more of a fight than others, but you should still have time to catch them without breaking your line. Hold the left mouse button until the meter reaches the red zone, then release it and let the meter drop back down to green before holding the mouse button again. If you never let it reach the end of the red zone, the line will not break. For some fish just toggle the mouse button in the yellow/orange zones, so that they do not have time to swim too far away when you release the button.
  • What level before you can use fishing boat?
  • What level before you can use fishing boat?
    You need lvl 15 for renting the fishing boat
  • I have found the Catfish, I have a full tackle box..........and I watch the Catfish swim backwards and forwards in front of me. 
    However, I seldom manage to hook one, and after 3 days of trying, I have still yet to catch one!
    Is this because of the Supermoon?
    Seriously, though, what am I doing wrong? Does any one have some angling tips for me?
    Thanks in advance for any help offered.
  • Sandra L Fletch (US1)Sandra L Fletch (US1) US1 Posts: 188
    Answer ✓
    heavier line, better hooks
  • Thank you, Sandra L Fletch. I think I will have to increase my XP to buy better equipment.
  • Hi all,

    Can someone walk through how to catch fish please? Every time I try the line breaks and the fish swims away. I do hold the button down like it said in the tutorial but I cant make the fish come to the reel. I appreciate I'm probably being stupid but I really need some help!

  • Arwyn (RO1)Arwyn (RO1) RO1 Posts: 403
    edited 16.11.2016
    There are some kind of fish that are harder to catch so you will need to improve your tools. To do that you have to lvl up the fishing experience, because new tools needs a higher lvl to get enabled. So first put Oleg to do some xp then buy new fishing tools or you can raise your lvl until 15 when you can rent a boat and put Oleg to fish again. 
  • Hi Arwyn thanks for your reply. Its more basic than that, I'm not sure what I should be doing to stop the fish swimming away. I know I hold the mouse button down but do I also need to move the mouse towards the fish or the fisherman or the surface  or what??
  • Hi Arwyn thanks for your reply. Its more basic than that, I'm not sure what I should be doing to stop the fish swimming away. I know I hold the mouse button down but do I also need to move the mouse towards the fish or the fisherman or the surface  or what??
    @StokieTom (GB1) You can click anywhre in the mini-game area & you don`t need to move your mouse to any partilular place. just don`t hold the left mouse button until the line breaks, keep releasing it as described in my post ^^^ up dere. :)
  • I had a chat with Oleg this morning, and we had an argument abut the future of his business on my island. So his business is now level 16, next MB dish and fishing equipment unlocked at level 24. Is there anything happening on leveling up between L16 and L24? Something like the boat rent get's progresively cheaper, or the amount of fish cought in every location progressively increased?

    From L16 to L17 it needs about 30 k fishing experience. I reckon to level 24 it could be half a mil or more. Half a milion fishing exp is equivalent to about 3 weeks of nonstop Oleg exp fishing. Can't even think about other unlock points. :) Well ok, as reasonable as leveling to L16 looked, now it rather looks like extremely long journey to move anywhere further. I could deal with that, but if there is no game content betwen these very distant unlock points, no reason to level up other then just get a chance to have a go at another level, I'd be disilusioned with Oleg and quickly losing interest in developing him. He might find himself fired and replaced with a more progressive guy rather soon. :)

    Anyone has comments or observations on this point? 
    ~I've been working for over 2 weeks, with another 2-3 days to go,  to get to level 25 so I can buy the carbon steel rod & complete the next task.  Huge gap here, I agree.
    ~If you rely on Oleg to get your XP, it takes forever, even if you hover over him & send him out every 15 minutes.
    ~If you try to fish to gain XP, you end up spending a TON of money on the equipment & hold back the progress of your other farms. 
    ~RE: the boat rental - You can send OLEG fishing to catch fish on these boats WAY cheaper than doing it yourself & the catches count toward your tasks too!  crazybigfarm55 has a website with this info.  http://crazybigfarm.tk/farm/oleg/oleg_inflatable_raft.htm
    Scroll down to the bottom and there is a graph showing where you can go with which boats, how much & what type of fish you can catch & the bottom portion of this graph shows you the cost per kg for catching the fish at each location with the different boats.



  • When I click on anything on the Start Oleg fishing circle, nothing comes up.  I've tried clicking on all of them from every farm and nothing.
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    @ESP2016 (TEST-SERVER1) i've seen that web before and decided to gather my own data instead as it seemed more functional for my needs. I ended up needing only two simple lists: rent price for individual boats and sell price of the catch in individual locations. The rest is just an easy interplay: go for the highest value catch available based on the boat I rented. Net profit is the difference between catch sale price and boat cost, but that's not really important most of the time. Nice and simple. I don't always fish in the highest available locality for given boat as lower locality sometimes gives catch with higher sell price. The only other factor that can occasionaly influence my decision is the need for specific fish that is not included in the highest sell price locality. I might need other data or structured differently when I get to higher MB recipes due to increased need to fish for specifich higher level fish, but that's a very distant future and I haven't bothered to calculate that yet. For now this litle seems to be sufficient for very simple and effective decision making regarding boat fishng and related needs.

    i think next I should try to finetune a bit my estimates of XP needed for leveling Oleg and calculate the cost in dollars, the cost in gold and the cost in gold if you wanted to speed up all XP fishing. I think that should be fun. :)
  • Pietral (US1)Pietral (US1) US1 Posts: 163
    Maybe I am getting ahead of myself, but I'm worried about the later Mermaid Bay recipes.

    First, the time it takes to run each recipe: Yes, I understand that the Mermaid Bay is like the Flower Shop, where the higher level recipes are inherently better in terms of profit/hr.  However, the problem is that the higher level recipes all take a really long time.  Compare this to the Flower Shop, where production time varies from recipe to recipe, and the last recipe is actually the *fastest* recipe.  Given that the game usually rewards lower production times with higher profit/hr (all other things being equal), this makes it so even if you are sitting at the computer, you're better off doing a slow recipe.

    Second, Hogfish.  The last 3 recipes all require Hogfish.  And they're the exact same production time.  And the last one is the best, both in terms of profit/hr and profit per Hogfish.  (Unless you like to do the fishing mini-game a lot, you won't have enough Hogfish to run it once a day, let alone twice a day.)  This is kind of a waste of the other 2 recipes, since you'll never use them once you get Fisherman's Delight.

    Specifically, I'd like to see the last 3 recipes to be changed so:
    1 Recipe is much what it is now - long production time, requires Hogfish, has the highest profit/Hogfish
    1 Recipe changed with a lower production time, maybe in the 1-2 hour range.  Would have the highest profit/time, but a lower profit/Hogifsh.
    1 Recipe that doesn't require Hogfish.  It should be a short to mid production time, to act as a non-Hogfish alternative to the 2nd recipe, but under 4 hours since Grouper Steak already fills that role.  Maybe it should use Bluefish, Pickerel, or Catfish, seeing as how those fish are only used in 1 recipe each.  Would probably have the lowest profit/time out of the 3, since endgame Mermaid Bay seems to revolve around Hogfish.

    Also, Sushi Plate and Breaded Catfish are just bad.  Just... just bad.  Sweet and Sour Pickerel is more profitable, takes less time and is obtained at an earlier level than Breaded Catfish.  (Fresh Fish Salad also suffers the same problems too, but to a less severe degree)  Sushi Plate only generates about 20% more profit than Grouper Steak, but has double the production time (meaning it's profit/hr is 40% less than Grouper Steak).  I think increasing Sushi Plate's sell price to about 2500 would fix this.
  • Prince13 (INT1)Prince13 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 87

    level 25 at last, phew

    and done with the bucket mission after buying the carbon fishing stick

    there was one mission after that

    did it, now no new mission after that ? 

  • aaabbb1 (INT1)aaabbb1 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 1,049


    Also, Sushi Plate and Breaded Catfish are just bad.  Just... just bad.  Sweet and Sour Pickerel is more profitable, takes less time and is obtained at an earlier level than Breaded Catfish.  (Fresh Fish Salad also suffers the same problems too, but to a less severe degree)  Sushi Plate only generates about 20% more profit than Grouper Steak, but has double the production time (meaning it's profit/hr is 40% less than Grouper Steak).  I think increasing Sushi Plate's sell price to about 2500 would fix this.
    I have read somewhere, that for Sushi plate you also get seaweed (from which you can make seaweed humus and food). This is probably the reason why Sushi plate is bad.
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