Post by Bulldust on Jun 28, 2005 11:43:07 GMT 12
Found this on the net and thought it might be useful ;-)
Guide to Fishing
Fishing seems to scale up along with the difficulty of the zone. A basic formula is the skill divided by the number of levels, that is 300 divided by 60 gives you 5 points per level. If you break that down and compare it to the difficulty of various zones, say every 10 levels, it is easy to find the areas in which you need to fish in order to progress. The following chart breaks down the level ranges of the zone versus the fishing skill level at which the zone becomes trivial.
Zone Level Ranges:
1-10 to 50
11-20 to 100
21-30 to 150
31-40 to 200
41-50 to 250
51-60 to 300
Since the interface doesn?t list the green and gray level for each zone, this isn?t to say you won?t still get skill-ups after reaching a certain skill. Simply, you will have a better chance at skill-ups if you move on to the next zone level range. If you try to fish in an area too far above your skill you will not see many skill-ups either.
For Horde skill-ups, being Tauren, I used the following progression:
Thunder Bluff to 50, the Barrens to 100, Hillsbrad Foothills to 150, Desolace to 200, Tanaris to 250 (pausing to do the Dustwallow marsh quest at 225), Western Plaguelands to 300.
Playing on a PvP server, I tried to choose areas in which I wouldn?t get jumped while fishing. The newb areas would obviously change by race and there are alternate zones to use. This was just personal preference.
Plus fishing items, such as nightcrawlers or bright baubles, do not seem to affect the rate of skill-ups. They simply allow you a better chance to catch something in a zone above your skill. If you consistently get ?Your fish got away!? messages, either use a plus fishing item or try a zone closer to your skill level.
The trainers for the various fishing titles for the Horde are as follows:
Apprentice ? any starting city, max skill of 100 Journeyman ? any starting city, available at skill 50, max skill of 150 Expert ? Old Man Heming in Booty Bay sells a manual entitled ?Expert Fishing ? the Bass and You? ? usable at skill 125, max skill of 225 Artisan ? Speak with Lumak, the fishing trainer, in Orgrimmar, who will in turn send you to Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh. You need to be level 40 and
225 skill to get the quest. After you collect 4 different fish for him, you will be able to skill-up to 300.
The only difference for the Alliance, besides the progression zones, is the guy that sends you for the Artisn fishing quest. See Grimnur Stonebrand in Ironforge.
Guide to Fishing
Fishing seems to scale up along with the difficulty of the zone. A basic formula is the skill divided by the number of levels, that is 300 divided by 60 gives you 5 points per level. If you break that down and compare it to the difficulty of various zones, say every 10 levels, it is easy to find the areas in which you need to fish in order to progress. The following chart breaks down the level ranges of the zone versus the fishing skill level at which the zone becomes trivial.
Zone Level Ranges:
1-10 to 50
11-20 to 100
21-30 to 150
31-40 to 200
41-50 to 250
51-60 to 300
Since the interface doesn?t list the green and gray level for each zone, this isn?t to say you won?t still get skill-ups after reaching a certain skill. Simply, you will have a better chance at skill-ups if you move on to the next zone level range. If you try to fish in an area too far above your skill you will not see many skill-ups either.
For Horde skill-ups, being Tauren, I used the following progression:
Thunder Bluff to 50, the Barrens to 100, Hillsbrad Foothills to 150, Desolace to 200, Tanaris to 250 (pausing to do the Dustwallow marsh quest at 225), Western Plaguelands to 300.
Playing on a PvP server, I tried to choose areas in which I wouldn?t get jumped while fishing. The newb areas would obviously change by race and there are alternate zones to use. This was just personal preference.
Plus fishing items, such as nightcrawlers or bright baubles, do not seem to affect the rate of skill-ups. They simply allow you a better chance to catch something in a zone above your skill. If you consistently get ?Your fish got away!? messages, either use a plus fishing item or try a zone closer to your skill level.
The trainers for the various fishing titles for the Horde are as follows:
Apprentice ? any starting city, max skill of 100 Journeyman ? any starting city, available at skill 50, max skill of 150 Expert ? Old Man Heming in Booty Bay sells a manual entitled ?Expert Fishing ? the Bass and You? ? usable at skill 125, max skill of 225 Artisan ? Speak with Lumak, the fishing trainer, in Orgrimmar, who will in turn send you to Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh. You need to be level 40 and
225 skill to get the quest. After you collect 4 different fish for him, you will be able to skill-up to 300.
The only difference for the Alliance, besides the progression zones, is the guy that sends you for the Artisn fishing quest. See Grimnur Stonebrand in Ironforge.
