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Chum affects on fishing time do not match published numbers
nuke9104 (US1)
US1 Posts: 149
- Chum with a "Catching Speed Bonus" of 10% actually only increases the rate by 5%
- A 15% bonus is really only 7% (exact)
- A 20% bonus is really only 10%
- A 25% bonus is really only 12% (exact)
The examples given below are from fishing pool 8, the one at the top of the screen, in the middle, nearest to a rock; there were over 400 Swordfish/Salmon/Cod in the pool, so more than the capacity of the boat. In each case, there is enough equipment to complete the fishing in less than the maximum time, and completely filling the capacity of the boat. The equation for all of these examples should be:
(Fishing Time)= (Boat Capacity)/((1+(Chum Bonus))*(Fishing Rate))
where (Fishing Time) is in hours, (Boat Capacity) is in fish, (Chum Bonus) is a percentage/decimal, and (Fishing Rate) is in fish/hour.
Examples are below, with screen shots provided later:
- Level 6 Runabout, 4 Paul, 0 Chum (capacity is 22 fish; fishing rate before chum is 24 fish/hour); Fishing Time is 0:55:00 (matching in game and by calculations)
- Level 6 Runabout, 4 Paul, 1 Fish Chum; Fishing Time is 0:52:22 in game (a 5% rate increase), should be 0:50:00 (a 10% rate increase)
- Level 6 Runabout, 4 Paul, 1 Oyster Chum; Fishing Time is 0:51:24 in game (a 7% rate increase), should be 0:47:49 (a 15% rate increase)
- Level 6 Runabout, 4 Paul, 1 Herring Chum; Fishing Time is 0:49:49 in game (a 10% rate increase), should be 0:45:50 (a 20% rate increase)
- Level 6 Runabout, 4 Paul, 1 Lobster Chum; Fishing Time is 0:49:06 in game (a 12% rate increase), should be 0:44:00 (a 25% rate increase)
It would be nice if the game either corrected what is published for the "Catching Speed Bonus", or corrected the programming to match what is published.
Here are the screen shots from the game (note the published chum percentages are shown in the screen shots in the section below the equipment selected by the user):





Comments
I cannot report it as a "bug", but I'll forward your posts as a feedback as the issue was in discussion before some time.
Hence, be assured that it is forwarded as a feedback
Thank you for understanding,
Bugs Bunny
Where was the discussion for this?
Thank you for your patience and all the wonderful work that you do for us.
Hey @nuke9104 (US1)
This was previously reported that is why i can't again report it, however I've passed on the new information you've provided as a feedback to the existing report, it was in discussion a long time ago itself.
Anyway like i stated above, The information you provided now is also passed on to the team.
Regards,
Bunny
Thanks for the response and your efforts. It wasn't clear to me that it had been previously reported as a bug. I had looked through all the reports under this "Bug Reporting & Technical Issues" topic and didn't see it listed.
Would you please point me toward the earlier discussion you mention? I would like to read through what had been said. I have tried searching the forum for discussions of chum, and have not found it yet.