11-22-2005, 08:19 AM
Lissa,Nov 18 2005, 02:43 PM Wrote:I'm not sure if area plays an effect or not because I usually go to the highest area I can fish, but yes, I know for a fact that it's 8 fish caught per skill up once you get above 200 skill (and it's clock work, I could look back in my log, count the number of fish caught since the last skill up and confirm exactly when I would get the next skill up, but it also does appear to change to 9 fish caught per skill up at around 285 to 290 skill).
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Fishing skill ups also depend on what you catch. If you're fishing in the higher level areas, everything is about the same level of catch for you, but this can be much more notable in other locations.
For example, one of my stops for skilling up fishing is in Menethil Bay. You may not be receiving any skill ups for the level 5 Rainbow Fin Albacores, but depending on your level you'll probably get a skill up for every lvl 15 Oily Blackmouth and lvl 25 Firefin Snapper.
Once you're consistently fishing lvl 45 items, it should work like clockwork, though. The only thing that will throw that off is if you catch lvl 55 stuff (raw whitescale salmon, plated armorfish). These are item level 55 which may change the accumulator value.