FFXIV Fisher Gear

What's gear got to do... got to do with it.

Well, as it turns out, with fisher it has A LOT to do with it! I've been bitching about how hard it's been leveling my fisher up from 11. Well I hit 13 today and I have to attribute it mostly to my gear. I made the upgrade to a Willow Rod (totally worth 45k) and crow flies. I also got a new jerkin, culottes, crakows and a field belt.

I've been succeeding at every one of my guild leves and actually caught some River Crabs in Grade 3 waters (which I shouldn't be able to do). I lost a lure, but it was fun!

A Behest Pet Peeve.

Allow me for a moment to complain about Behest. During Christmas Break I did not have any issues in getting a Behest party at the r20 camps, it was nice, I got a whole level in a couple of nights. However, recently attempting to get in a Behest party at the r20 camps is horrible! I will tele to Horizon about 10-15 minutes before Behest is set to begin and settle in to wait. About 2 minutes before the top of the hour, 10 people will randomly log in in the exact spot where the Battlewarden pops. Then, despite my early arrival, and quick F8 targeting, I have missed the last 5 Behests I have tried for.

So, I think it would be beneficial if we could at least have a larger party option, multiple parties or more monsters to fight. It reminds me of the large group fights in FFXI, but way too hard to access.

End my Behest complaint.

FFXIV Heavensturn and the Usagi Kabuto.

I am having FFXI flashbacks. And also, it looks suspiciously like a bunny?

Camp Horizon Behest

Chaos!

Leveling DoH

I realized I haven't been writing here as much as I was, but I think that's because I have been spending all my free time Playing! I decided that over Christmas break I wanted to get Culinarian to 20, Fisher to 15 and Weaver / Carpenter to 10. Then I started leveling Lancer and that got me all off track... but the ongoing goal is to be able to repair my own clothes / weapons on Archer.

Anyway, here are some screenshots I've taken over the past few days.

Got some new fishing gear: culottes, shoes and an ash fishing rod. Willow seems near impossible to find on my server. People can make it, but the mats are not easy to get a hold of.  I figured r7 was better than r1 though.

 

 

The above screenshot is of a place called Aleport near Limsa. I took my twinkleboxes here to trade for dream materials and discovered a very cute little seaport town, reminiscent of Selbina or somewhere in XI. Above two of the doors there were symbols for both the fishing and culinarian guilds. I decided to take some time and fished for a bit of malm kelp while I was there. The fishing was decent.

I really hope SE takes the time to develop some of the smaller areas, Aleport, Hyrstmill and the Golden Market Bazaar have all been interesting places to explore. I will post more pictures as Osiria explores more of Eorzea.

FFXIV Starlight Celebration: Dream Outfit

The white cotton tights are the Perfect pants for this outfit (since SE never includes "leg" in their giveaways...)

FFXIV Fishing

I enjoy fishing in FFXIV, but I found it a bit faster to level before the newest updates. I took fisher to 7 in basically no time, but grinding it from 8-11 was a tedious process. Basically I do guildleves whenever I can because they provide the easiest sp. The ones at Bentbranch were easy, really good sp and quick. Fishing grade 2 waters at Emerald Moss has been a different story. Despite switching bait, areas and sweet spots I occasionally fail the levequests.

Last night, I attempted the Gridanian Fighting Fish leve and fished with Moth Pupa, Chocobo Fly and Midge Baskets. I failed the leve, catching only one fighting fish. Afterward, I was very successful in the grade 2 waters with Midge Baskets and am considering heading to La Noesca to farm Puks and obtain a few more for experimentation. They appeared to catch mostly crayfish and salmon.

Regarding some of the generated responses while fishing: I really dislike the new mechanical response “Something big hits your line!” It’s extremely misleading and makes me think I am about to fish up something uncommon or rare, but nope, it’s another crayfish. I do like the “You sense *such and such type of fish* below you” because it assists me in finding sweet spots for certain types of fish. Also, now, instead of giving you 1-5 chances to “farm” there, the game force closes your rod and lets you know “The fish are agitated, you put your rod up and observe” when it’s time to move on.