Fishing in Mortal Online

Rohn

SV has given this explanation of the new fishing system - part of which will be implemented in the patch tomorrow, the rest of which will come in a later patch.

Here is the gist of the system:

This is a description of the first iteration of the fishing system (introduced in this patch). Below you will find a quick guide to get you started, and if you continue reading you will find more details on how fishing works and what is planned for the next iteration (next patch).



Goin’ Fishing



To start your fishing career, first get a Fishing Rod from a utility vendor. The Fishing Rod is equipped just like a weapon (right-clicking on the icon). It will occupy both hands. When you equip the Fishing Rod, you will get the Fishing Skill (Primary).



Now find a spot of water, preferably at least a meter deep. Get your Fishing Rod out by entering Combat Mode (X). To throw, press and hold the Left Mouse Button, LMB, while aiming the direction and angle you want to throw in. The longer you hold the longer your throw will be.



If you are lucky, your angle will hit the water. If not, it will probably get stuck in the ground, or worse, hit someone in your vicinity! You might also hit water which isn’t deep enough, meaning your hook might get stuck at the bottom. To tug, click LMB. To reel in, hold the LMB for a couple of seconds.



If you manage to hit the water (and your angle isn’t stuck at the bottom), just be patient. Watch the float. If you are lucky, a fish will show interest for the bait by making a small splash. This is not the time to hook it though – you will have to wait for a large splash to do that. Be on your toes! If and when a big splash comes, you will have to react and press LMB immediately. If you are quick enough, you will catch the fish!



A pro tip: If a fish starts to show interest for the bait by splashing, you can tease it by clicking the LMB. Each time you do this will slightly increase the chance of the fish biting. However, every time you click there will be a short delay before you can click again – and if you are unlucky you will miss the actual bite!



Components



Fishing Rod



The Fishing Rod you use is what determines the maximum range of your throws, together with your Fishing Skill. In the coming version the strength value of the Fishing Rod will be very important.



Line



The Line is not a separate item in this first iteration; it is “included” in the Fishing Rod. This means your Line cannot actually break although you may get messages saying so. Furthermore the amount of line between your float and sink (fishing depth) is a fixed value depending on what Fishing Rod you use. In the coming version the properties of the Line will be very important, and you will be able to set the fishing depth manually.



Hook



The Hook is not a separate item in this first iteration; it is “included” in the Fishing Rod. In this version you cannot lose your Hook as it is a part of the Fishing Rod. The Hook has a fixed size. In the coming version there will be Hooks of various sizes.



Bait



For now you do not need Bait when fishing. In the coming version it will be possible to use virtually any item as Bait, and fishes will of course have different Bait interests. It is not possible to permanently lose the Bait in the current version.



Fishing Skill



You will learn the Fishing Skill when picking up and equipping a Fishing Rod. Fishing is a Primary Skill located under Survival. You train it by throwing your angle into water of appropriate depth, and of course also by catching fish. Your Fishing Skill determines the maximum possible range of your throws, and has an impact on everything from luring fish and response time to successfully unhooking a stuck angle.



The Fishes



In the first version there are around 10 different fish species to catch. The Fishes can be found at various depth ranges in the waters of Myrland. Right now all water spots contain the same species, however the total depth as well as your fishing depth will affect what you will be able to catch, meaning your fishing location will matter. All Fishes are more or less attracted to your “default Bait” which is included in your Fishing Rod.



(The coming iteration will include around 100 species, spread out in various locations and in many different ranges. All Fishes will also have individual Bait preferences, and Hook size will matter. Furthermore, weather and daytime will have an impact on the Fishes interest.)



Fishing



There will be several updates to the actual fishing event, the main difference will be the addition of actually struggling with the fish after hooking it. Your Fishing Rod, Line and skills as a player will have a huge impact on the outcome.

http://www.mortalonline.com/forums/53153-fishing-system-explained.html#post1016581

adderVXI

I dont know how well the rest of the game is coming along but this seems interesting.. 

pye088j

Sounds cool. Can´t help but wonder what happens behind you when you fish though

thorppes

Originally posted by pye088j

Sounds cool. Can´t help but wonder what happens behind you when you fish though

With FPV you'll never know, unless a ninja decides to attack you when you're not looking.

username509

 

Honestly it looks like it's going to be the best fishing system I've ever seen in an MMO.  It looks like it's going to feel like real fishing.  (You can jiggle the line to attract more fish)

Thank god this is a first person game.  It makes everything so more more immersive.

davmac22

Originally posted by username509

 

Honestly it looks like it's going to be the best fishing system I've ever seen in an MMO.  It looks like it's going to feel like real fishing.  (You can jiggle the line to attract more fish)

Thank god this is a first person game.  It makes everything so more more immersive.

 

lol, I don't think so

GTwander

I think that making it a primary skill is a mistake. Plus, is there any news on the *uses* of the fish you catch? Like a cooking skill or in some kind of alchemy/potion making?

Slapshot1188

Originally posted by GTwander

I think that making it a primary skill is a mistake. Plus, is there any news on the *uses* of the fish you catch? Like a cooking skill or in some kind of alchemy/potion making?

 It is launching with no use.  At a later time they will patch in functionality.  Rumor has it that you will use it to supplement a cooking skill.

jusomdude

Originally posted by Slapshot1188

Originally posted by GTwander

I think that making it a primary skill is a mistake. Plus, is there any news on the *uses* of the fish you catch? Like a cooking skill or in some kind of alchemy/potion making?

 It is launching with no use.  At a later time they will patch in functionality.  Rumor has it that you will use it to supplement a cooking skill.

They probably should have added the cooking at the same time.

oshi45

Basically fish are good to sell to vendors currently.    A way to make money but no crafting skill tied to it yet. 

HerculesSAS

It's always nice to see more sand in the sandbox, but I have to kinda giggle about their development roadmap. They are adding in a new skill that is basically useless -- it's not tied to crafting, to cooking, etc, it's just yet another way to make money. People will try it out and in no time flat be back to killing wisents to rake in the dough.

Ultimately, time will tell how the users react. I think right now it's a "well that's cool, but XYZ is still broken/unfunctional/etc". The game is still largely devoid of content, so this new feature is great, but doesn't tie into anything that actually drives content and progression in the game.

Ultimately, Henrik really needs to step down from his role and let somebody in there with some development roadmap experience. I feel at this point however, it's too little, too late -- and by the time the game is anywhere near what they promised with "epic" monsters controlled by the admins, amazing dungeon crawls, great PvP etc... there will be 20 out there to replace it. Time will tell, as always.

oshi45

Originally posted by HerculesSAS

It's always nice to see more sand in the sandbox, but I have to kinda giggle about their development roadmap. They are adding in a new skill that is basically useless -- it's not tied to crafting, to cooking, etc, it's just yet another way to make money. People will try it out and in no time flat be back to killing wisents to rake in the dough.

 

I suspect in a month or two,  we will have some sort of hunger system along with cooking .    Alchemy is also on the roadmap that could easily contain fishing finds. 

All in all its not a terribly long time and stuff is being added very quickly. 

username509

Originally posted by oshi45

 

 

I suspect in a month or two,  we will have some sort of hunger system along with cooking .    Alchemy is also on the roadmap that could easily contain fishing finds. 

All in all its not a terribly long time and stuff is being added very quickly. 

We would have already had the cooking system in if it wasn't for the Epic patch.  When epic released there patch SV changed there development roadmap to fast track the implementation of the new Epic patch.

Slapshot1188

Originally posted by HerculesSAS

Ultimately, time will tell how the users react. I think right now it's a "well that's cool, but XYZ is still broken/unfunctional/etc". The game is still largely devoid of content, so this new feature is great, but doesn't tie into anything that actually drives content and progression in the game.

Ultimately, Henrik really needs to step down from his role and let somebody in there with some development roadmap experience. I feel at this point however, it's too little, too late -- and by the time the game is anywhere near what they promised with "epic" monsters controlled by the admins, amazing dungeon crawls, great PvP etc... there will be 20 out there to replace it. Time will tell, as always.

 I agree.  Mat actually seems to be a fairly creative guy.. but he seems to really need someone to focus and direct his attention to match some sort of project plan...

 

Henrick is obviously not the guy to do it.

markyturnip

Fishing Online?

Perhaps it's making a bid to be the first true MMOFG?

thorppes

Sandbox. More professions = brilliant idea.

NeerDoWell

Ahh, classic MO, all the good parts will be coming in a later patch.

oshi45

Classic MO?   The game has been released for 3 months.  

Slapshot1188

Originally posted by oshi45

Classic MO?   The game has been released for 3 months.  

 I can see that you have only joined us a short while ago.  If you look back at the many pages of threads here you will start to understand what he means by "Classic MO".

NeerDoWell

Originally posted by oshi45

Classic MO?   The game has been released for 3 months.  

classic MO as in all the good stuff is always coming later. It's their standard.

username509

So I usually fish off the piers in Meduli.  What's your favorite fishing spots?

Rohn

It looks like the first part of fishing in the game has been pretty well received so far.  They've started a "fishing encyclopedia" thread on the official forum, which can be seen here.

http://www.mortalonline.com/forums/53384-fish-encyclopedia.html#post1020413

I haven't even tried it yet - been too busy working on my crafter.  Maybe tonight....

thorppes

I really want to see one of those giant fish eat someone once implemented. Going to be awesome.

username509

Has anyone caught anything that sells to the vendor for more than brown clams?

challe50

Anyone heard anything about a new fishing update?

maji

Sounds nice. Still, a lot of it "in future..." "in the coming version...", and in my MMORPG gaming career I learned to look at the game the way it is right now, and not the way the developer promises it to be at some point in the future.