UO Second Age

Have you ever wondered if Fishing was worth the trouble?

I set Sail with 3 GM Fishermen and 100 MIB's
the following is a list of the Loot from the MIB's and Monsters.
(method used: trolling from MIB spot to MIB spot)

Time Spent = 27 hours
Monsters
Deep Sea Serpents = 6
Sea Serpents = 19
Water Elementals = 27
Loot
Metal Chests (gold trim) = 3
Metal Chests (silver trim) = 8
Misc. Bone Piles = 37
Large Paintings = 2
Small Paintings = 30
Body Parts = 34
Various PreChest Loot = 105
Leather = 532
Gold = 228,312
Raw Fishsteaks = 75,676
Various Small Fish = 193
Mib's = 42
Maps = 62
Reagents
Black Pearl = 1,053
Bloodmoss = 866
Mandrake Root = 1,004
Ginsing = 779
Spiders Silk = 975
Garlic = 1,006
Sulfurous Ash = 944
Nightshade = 870
Scrolls
Agility = 4
Cunning = 4
Cure = 6
Harm = 5
Magic Trap = 3
Magic Untrap = 8
Protection = 4
Strength = 4
Bless = 23
Fireball = 23
Magic Lock = 31
Poison = 21
Telekinesis = 27
Teleport = 25
Unlock = 18
Wall of Stone = 21
Arch Cure = 31
Arch Protection = 36
Curse = 42
Fire Field = 43
Greater Heal = 44
Lightning = 49
Mana Drain = 49
Recall = 51
Blade Spirits = 45
Dispel Field = 40
Incognito = 37
Magic Reflection = 41
Mind Blast = 39
Paralyze = 36
Poison Field = 38
Summon Creature = 41
Dispel = 25
Energy Bolt = 21
Explosion = 18
Invisibilty = 25
Mark = 22
Mass Curse = 17
Paralyze Field = 14
Reveal = 18
Meteor Swarm = 1
Gems
Star Sapphire = 95
Sapphire = 83
Ruby = 80
Diamonds = 85
Citrine = 86
Emerald = 78
Piece of Amber = 95
Amethyst = 78
Tourmaline = 102

Will Post Chest Loot as I get it ID'd


There seems to be a Problem with picking up loot over the rails of the boat, from certain angles Loot cannot be picked up.

Good job DW, eagerly awaiting results from chest loot.

As am I, someone I know is obsesed with fishing and I say nay, not worth it. But maybe I am wrong, only loot will tell. Maybe add how many metal chest too, or maybe you already did and I over looked.

Skullgrim wrote:As am I, someone I know is obsesed with fishing and I say nay, not worth it. But maybe I am wrong, only loot will tell. Maybe add how many metal chest too, or maybe you already did and I over looked.

you are correct .. i will count up the metal Chest too!!

nice catch

Good job DW. I thought i would never say that.

*updated for Metal Chests count!*

My current problem with fishing is the pull rates. It seems that the rate is actually 1 Tmap OR MiB per hour, not 1 MiB per hour average. Something is still screwy with the pull rate. Other than that, it is a good way to make $ if you can put the time into it.

Wait. So you got MiBs from MiBs? Cool, didn't know that could happen.

checkmate wrote:Wait. So you got MiBs from MiBs? Cool, didn't know that could happen.

I didn't know either. And apparently maps too. What level are the maps from MiBs? I've done 10 MiBs (literally) here and didn't feel like the time investment was worth it.

I guess those mibs and maps have been fished up while fishing up the 100 chests.

Thanks for sharing the results!

Arkon wrote:

checkmate wrote:Wait. So you got MiBs from MiBs? Cool, didn't know that could happen.

I didn't know either. And apparently maps too. What level are the maps from MiBs? I've done 10 MiBs (literally) here and didn't feel like the time investment was worth it.

My guess is he got the maps and MIBs while fishing as he went from MIB to MIB. No MIB Chest will have a map/MIB within it (and if it does, I've never seen it, and I've done over 500 MIBs in the last year).

I buy MIBs regularly, the loot is always worth it IMO, you may have 2-3 that are crap, but in the end you should always come out on top (with a pile of gems, vanqs, and powers). If you presort your MIBs by coordinates (which gets easier overtime when you become experienced), you could probably fish up 100 MIBs in a full day's work. I use to bang out 10 an hour using 1 ship, 15 an hour if I used 2 ships.

Have you ever wondered if Fishing was worth the trouble?

I set Sail with 3 GM Fishermen and 100 MIB's
the following is a list of the Loot from the MIB's and Monsters.
(method used: trolling from MIB spot to MIB spot)

yes, RoadKill is correct. he fished as he went from MiB site to MiB site, which is how he pulled up maps and more MiBs

Edit: for those who've never been fishing on a boat outside this game, trolling is a fishing term...not just something you'd do on forums

OhSnap wrote: Edit: for those who've never been fishing on a boat outside this game, trolling is a fishing term...not just something you'd do on forums

This I did not know

BTW it looks like a good haul. In fact your returns are so good I think I'm going to raise the price of my MiBs to 3.5k each! BWAHA

I think the premise of this entire thread is absurd. The only investment fishing requires is time. There's little to no risk and the reward from fishing appropriately matches that risk.

Swords
katana 2 Vanq
broadsword 2 power 1 Silver Vanq
cutlass 2 Power
scimitar 3 Power 1 Vanq
viking Sword 1 Vanq
longsword 2 Vanq 1 Silver Power
butcher knife 2 Power
skinning knife 2 Vanq