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Unbalanced Fish pools & Market contracts

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  • Bevk (INT1)Bevk (INT1) Posts: 118
    Can anyone tell me what is the point of having all these fish pools that we don't need at all?  I get herring, salmon, tuna, swordfish, cod and lobsters day after day after day and no shellfish pools but all my contracts need Shrimp, Oysters, Clams and Chum.   There is no profit to be made in this fishing scam I am lucky if I can fill one contract in 3 weeks we were supposed to be able to make a "daily profit".  Yet another lie from GGS.
  • Surya54 (INT1)Surya54 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 507
    I just got a huge order of "Herring Straits" and only 1 clam contract. Although I can cram pool generation to make more than 3 shellfish pools a day, now I need herring/tuna in huge amount. BTW, I NEVER rely on fish market to keep my farm running. If I can fulfill 1 or more contract, I just got lucky.

    Contract Management 1 

  • Uncle John (GB1)Uncle John (GB1) GB1 Posts: 11,004
    The fish you mention can be sold  directly for between $1800 and $5000 
    With a lvl 6 Trawler, 1  Roy, 1 Nancy and 1 Victor a fish costs $243 to catch
    Q.E.D.
  • Much needed advice!
    I've been trying to catch lobster for the past week and haven't been able to catch a single one.
    The pools shows it has lobster, but I'll catch oysters and shrimp instead.
    Any tips on how to catch lobster please!!?

    Thank you
    Equip your boat with a LOBSTER CAGE - that will catch lobsters in LOBSTER POOLS ONLY! Cannot catch Lobster in Shrimp/Clam/Oyster pool!
  • dchen1 (US1)dchen1 (US1) US1 Posts: 993
    Clams, shrimps, and oysters are so rare that I will only fill a contract if it is worth more than 12000 * total of clams, shrimps, oysters.  Contracts contain higher value fish to increase its dollar value, but the majority of the difficulty is from the clams, shrimps, and oysters.  
    I catch 1000 total of swordfish, salmon, cod in the amount of time I find and empty enough clams, shrimps, oysters pools to catch 250 total of these shellfish.  Even though the developers intended that lower value fish are easiest to catch,  lower value fish are more difficult to catch than higher value fish.  
  • elb (GB1)elb (GB1) GB1 Posts: 100
    ClassyLady1 you do not need to use lobster cages. Lobsters are always on their own. I think you might be confusing shrimp with lobster, they look similar, which is why you're catching oyster and shrimp instead..
  • I am  new to this game and the fishing bit really confuses me. I have daily tasks to get swordfish, salmon and herring but most days I find nothing but lobsters clams oysters how can I possibly do the dailies without fish in the pools is there something I'm missing or is it just the game is rigged to frustrate us if so You Win I'm frustrated.
  • Bevk (INT1)Bevk (INT1) Posts: 118
    DEFINITION OF BALANCE

    A situation in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions.


  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    Same here, no oyster pools this morning. I guess the key here is patience. If you focus on clearing the pools there are times 2-3 oyster pools will spawn but it seems to come in waves. My current wave is lobster, lots of lobster....lots and lots of lobster! Did I mention lobster? :p
  • Southern (US1)Southern (US1) US1 Posts: 3,268
    Now this is the kinda contract I can sink my teeth into. :)


  • I currently have 4 lobster pools of 500+ each, no oyster, clam, shrimp pools and when I do get them I am lucky if they have over 100 total; 20 - 40 of each.   I thought lobster pools were supposed to be rare.  The way my pools go the oyster, clam shrimp pools are rare and very sparse when they do show up  even though every contract calls for something from that pool.  At the very least can the oyster, clam, shrimp pools have 500+ like all the other pools do?  
  • Surya54 (INT1)Surya54 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 507
    Take it or leave it...

  • Southern (US1)Southern (US1) US1 Posts: 3,268
    Take it or leave it...

    3 months of shrimp in one contract? I'd toss that sucker faster than you could blink. :)
  • Surya54 (INT1)Surya54 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 507
    Take a chill...  :)


    P.S. : Currently I also working out on 2-3 item variants in fish market, which means I most likely will encounter shellfish products and/or chum. You can see the proof on bottom contracts (2 items at 19, 3 items at 20). I also discovered when using accept & decline together method, my 2 items contract value have change a bit. 1st attempt at 19, 2nd attempt at 19, 3rd attempt at 20, and 4th attempt down to 19.
  • SandiOne (US1)SandiOne (US1) US1 Posts: 153
    What are the best boats to have working for us?
  • Uncle John (GB1)Uncle John (GB1) GB1 Posts: 11,004
    level 6 Trawlers have the potential to cost the least per fish caught although it depends on what crew you use.
  • SandiOne (US1)SandiOne (US1) US1 Posts: 153
    level 6 Trawlers have the potential to cost the least per fish caught although it depends on what crew you use.
    Thanks for the info Uncle John
  • dchen1 (US1)dchen1 (US1) US1 Posts: 993
    Take a chill...  :)


    P.S. : Currently I also working out on 2-3 item variants in fish market, which means I most likely will encounter shellfish products and/or chum. You can see the proof on bottom contracts (2 items at 19, 3 items at 20). I also discovered when using accept & decline together method, my 2 items contract value have change a bit. 1st attempt at 19, 2nd attempt at 19, 3rd attempt at 20, and 4th attempt down to 19.
    I think that Lobster pools more common than other pools and they have nothing but lobsters.  More lobsters in contracts make more profit.  I have more than twice as many lobsters than any other fish in storage.  
  • Bevk (INT1)Bevk (INT1) Posts: 118
    I need an explanation from GGS on how they think that this contract is at all possible as it needs to be completed in one day.  I can make 32 chum at a time and it takes over 7 hours so even if I could make chum 3 times in a day I would still only have 96 chum.  How do GGS calculate that we can make 452 chum in one day?  I would love to know then I can complete this contract in one day.


  • Surya54 (INT1)Surya54 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 507
    The 'best' contract I got so far (after stockpiling few shellfish).


    P.S. NEVER hope to complete the contracts in one day (expect you have a stock).
  • Bevk (INT1)Bevk (INT1) Posts: 118
    The contract will expire in a day it is a limited contract which is why I am asking GGS how I can make 452 chum in one day.  I have never got stock of chum because the contracts ask require so much of it.  I currently have four contracts including the one above that require 1430 chum and I can make 64 a day if I want to sleep that is.  Something needs to be done here either the number of hours to make chum needs to be seriously reduced or the quantity needs to be drastically increased.  
  • grrr (NL1)grrr (NL1) NL1 Posts: 664
    The contract will only expire in a day once you add items, just make sure you have everything in stock before you fill the order.
  • Bevk (INT1)Bevk (INT1) Posts: 118
    We need the quantity of chum sorted out this is a ridiculous amount of chum to have to make for four contracts 1432 will take me a month.  GGS said stated we could make 6-million a day from the Fish Market I am lucky if I can do that in a week and it is always at a loss because I have to send out so many boats to complete the contracts because of the quantities asked for and the total lack of shellfish holes and the 32 chum at a time that takes over 7 hours.
  • grrr (NL1)grrr (NL1) NL1 Posts: 664
    I agree with you about the need for balance, what I do when i get to many orders with large amounts of the same stuff, mostly clams or chum, i flush a few, to heck with the bonus.
    Sometimes it works out very well, I now and then get an order for lobster or fish without shellfish or chum, other times i get a lower bonus level order where the amounts are smaller and more do-able.
    Those 6 million a day I make most days, but days can go by where I'm not making much at all.

  • landghe (SKN1)landghe (SKN1) SKN1 Posts: 93
    I am not worried about the contracts. Something has been done to the pools. All of my six pools end in about 14 minutes. This has been happening for weeks. How can anyone participate in the fish hard working event, when all my boats take at least 3 hours to fish???? I don´t have time sit by idle and wait and no I am not gonna waste my gold. The only time I can play (when not at work or doing something called a life) and I have to waste time waiting. 

  • Southern (US1)Southern (US1) US1 Posts: 3,268
    I need an explanation from GGS on how they think that this contract is at all possible as it needs to be completed in one day.  I can make 32 chum at a time and it takes over 7 hours so even if I could make chum 3 times in a day I would still only have 96 chum.  How do GGS calculate that we can make 452 chum in one day?  I would love to know then I can complete this contract in one day.


    Where is it written that you have to make all that chum in one day?  Just keep making chum every day until you have enough to fill the contract, then dump them all in at once.


  • Bevk (INT1)Bevk (INT1) Posts: 118
    edited 22.11.2017
    Obviously I am unable to read according to you.  Please note it very clearly says one day in the Farmers Market below and also in the Fishing competition.


     in 

  • Obviously I am unable to read according to you.  Please note it very clearly says one day in the Farmers Market below and also in the Fishing competition.


     in 

    what the 1 day means is, from the time you add the first thing to the contract so the contract can sit there for weeks if you want it to, while you make the chum to fill it,as long as you dont start it by adding to it.
  • CrazyBigfarm55 (US1)CrazyBigfarm55 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,226
    Happy Thanksgiving everyone I hope you all have a great day :)

    I am thankful for the contract I just filled! 
    $206,626,100 for 14k salmon and it was 99 value. I needed it too, saving up 1,828,000,000 for the last piece of land on FF. Now if I could just get a contract for lobster :)


  • Surya54 (INT1)Surya54 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 507
    Non limited contract fulfillment

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