WINDSWARD FISHING EXPANSION
Point of Interest: Fisherman’s Colony
West of Windsward | Fishing Guild
By my knowledge Windsward is seen as the fishing region, this is also the location the first fishing quest is available. My idea was making a entire little village around the pond.
But this would take me too much time without any in house engine tools. Sadly I have to do all this in photoshop, not very efficient.
There would be multiple buildings, each with at least 1 NPC giving a daily fishing quest.
Some quests are not available right away and will have some requirements.
Suggestion: having NPC’s in a fishing animation loop on the docks, or patrol around the town to make it feel more alive.
Systems
The Windsward Fishing Guild uses the same reputation system and reward shop as the winter/summer event.
Quests
All daily quest have gold as a reward that scales based on player level,
they also give 100 reputation and 3 currency tokens.
#1 Catch a Azoth Infused Carp | Level 20 requirement
Azoth Infused Carp is a new fish only caught in mysterious waters.
On salvage this fish gives Azoth based on the fish it’s size.
Small 1, Medium 5, Large 10.
Why a Fish that gives Azoth on salvage?
Currently for <lv60 players you can get Azoth from Portals, Gathering, Killing mobs.
Fishing does not have any Azoth income so this would fill the gap.
This Daily Quest teaches you on where to catch this type of fish and tells you to go to the Shattered Obelisk, inside are mysterious waters.
I found this location fitting since this is where you create the Azoth Staff.
#2 Catch a Swamp Cobra | Level 30 requirement
Swamp Cobra is a new fishable type. It can be caught only in Weavers Fen and in shallow waters, it also requires Mice Bait.
Once accepting the quest you will be given a single Mice Bait it has a 100% catch rate.
Swamp Cobra can be salvaged for Snakeskin it is the equivalent of Scaly Hide.
#3 Catch a Lava Eel | Level 60 requirement + Metal Fishing Pole
Lava Eel is a new fish only caught in Lava, requires a Metal Fishing Pole.
On salvage this fish gives Fire Motes based on the fish it’s size.
Small 1, Medium 5, Large 10.
Lava Eel hotspots could re-use the Salamander Snail Fire FX asset
Metal Fishing Poles are a new type of Fishing Pole.
Steel and Platinum Fishing Poles can be crafted at the Forge.
These fishing poles are capable of fishing in lava without turning into ash.
Lava Fishing table consists of.
Stone, Lodestone
Flawed Ruby, Flawed Topaz
Ruby, Topaz
Small Lava Eel, Medium Lava Eel, Large Lava Eel
#4 Fill the Fish Barrels | Level 1 requirement
This is a fetch quest with visual gameplay feedback to at least make it feel more engaging. Gather Fish from the dock and fill 3 fish Barrels throughout Fisherman’s Colony.
#5 Low on Poles | Level 1 requirement
The quartermaster is running low on Fishing Poles,
ever since the Medleyfaire the demand of Fishing Poles has increased.
He wants you to craft 5 Treated Wood Fishing Poles and give them to him.
New Fishing Method: Fishing Nets
This is a more passive fishing method where you can deploy Fish Nets by pressing E in certain locations all around Aeternum, these net spots are mostly at the top of waterfalls where fish are being pulled into.
The Fishing Nets are a 1 time use and have to be crafted at the Weaving Station.
It requires level 40 weaving and 50 fibers to craft.
The pattern can be bought at the Fishing guild shop and requires rank 1 and 5 tokens.
After deploying the fish net and an hour has passed you can go back to the location interact with E and gather your yield, the reward is various fish and a whopping 1500 fishing exp!
Fish Net hotspot idea for the map with a timer how long until you can gather your yield.
Shop
As mentioned earlier the Fishing Guild uses the same reputation and shop system as the winter/summer event, this fills the gap of solo content that the game is lacking at the moment.
Mice Bait
Fish Net Pattern
Steel Fishing Pole Pattern
Music Pages for new songs
Lava Eel Memento
Infused Carp Memento
Swamp Cobra Memento
Fish Barrel furniture piece
Broken Boat furniture piece
Battered Fisherman’s Armor Set
Hardy Fisherman’s Armor Set
Fierce Fisherman’s Armor Set
Platinum Fishing Pole Pattern
Baby Crocodile pet
Magma Core Fishing Pole
Since the Legendary Fishing Poles from the questline: Fishing Legend are not great.
And are random just like the outfits, which isn’t good game design.
I think this would be a good opportunity to introduce a useful one, that takes a bit of grinding to get.
Requirements: reputation rank 5 and 150 currency tokens.
What makes this fishing pole special?
It’s the only obtainable 600gs lava supported fishing pole
It has the ability to teleport you in front of the fishing guild quartermaster
It has a build in light source giving you a little bit of light at night
Achievements
New achievements are a must since they are quite lacking and not very engaging especially the fishing ones.
Fresh Angler | catch all types of fresh water fish
Salt Angler | catch all types of salt water fish
Gone Fishing | Complete all the Fishing Colony’s quests
Does it Bite? | Obtain the Baby Crocodile
Caught in a Net | Gather 10 fishing net yields
??? | Getting reputation rank 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Tangled | Learn to craft Fish Nets
Fishy Business | Complete 50 Daily Quests in Fisherman’s Colony
Important Fishing re-work
Ever since the Music skill has been introduced we have a new category called Casual.
Fishing is also a part of that category.
I recommend emphasizing more on it being a casual skill by promoting group play, for example. Let fishing hotspots last longer based on amount of players fishing in it.
Right now a hotspot has 10 casts so if 2 players fish it’s 5 each.
Change this in giving each player 15 casts instead, this promotes going fishing together.
This has been my idea to spice up fishing and create some solo content to grind reputation and rewards in. This is very bareboned right now and I would love to hear more suggestions from the community.
