I hope it's okay that I'm not posting this in the trade skill forum, but I see it has only had 3 posts in the entire past year so... Yeah, sorry if this is a problem.
Hopefully some of the anglers of Vana'Diel can help me with a few of my questions.
There seems to be several guides to fishing in FFXI. One made by a person named Talila on ffxiclopedia, the other is on BG, made by several people. I just recently started fishing again and haven't really played much for quite awhile. I must say I absolutely hate the new system with the little arrows. Instead of actually fighting the fish it seems more like a DDR button mash. I'm not certain, but it looks like the new system has made a few of these older fishing guides obsolete. I went out and farmed the gil and bought a Lu-Shang's thinking it would help me. I guess it may have at one time, but for example, the BG guide says you can go from 0-52 in Nasmau. When I try to fish in Nashmau, due to the current system I cannot get any of the fish below 3/4 of their life with even the utmost care. I also read that the lake in Sea Serpent Grotto at J12 is a good spot, but after catching maybe 10 Nebimonites I could not catch anything else, even after a good 20 or so casts, nothing but rusty items.
I feel like there's a lot to fishing now that I might not know...
Also, do you really have to wait up to one real life month just to get a Pelican Ring? From what I see, the "contest" to get it lasts for 2 weeks then the next one doesn't start for another two weeks. It also seems like some one could very easily knock you out of your spot and you would not get the ring, making you have to wait another whole month for the chance to get one once again.
Is this truly what fishing is in Vana'Diel now? Thanks for any help.