Fishing Hat

[Aradiel]

Specifically F2P do get mounts, and in Cat it's a lot easier to kill the few things that attack you than it was in vanilla as a 19 running around on foot, Now, there are no reliable sources like Wowhead or El's that suggest the drop rate has been increased, just stories of people getting their hats. From my own personal experience, the drop rate seems pretty similar. Talking to the 19s on my server, many of them are still trying to get hats, and not getting them. I've spent months trying to win the competition, so I didn't simply stop once I got the hat. Also, I spent a lot of time chasing the +5 line, all with no success. At the same time some 19s were fishing with me for the hat, and they simply never got it, even though they ended up with the line several times.



It's just RNG. While many people are getting hats, many people are not. The reason so many people are getting hats is that people are trying. People also assume it's easy to get now, so keep at it. Way back when everyone thought it was difficult so no one bothered. There is no reliable evidence to suggest the drop rate has increased.



Like I said, I had literally never seen the achievement rare fish in STV in all my years of fishing there. Never. Not once. Then, while on my F2P I got two of them within a few casts in the one tournament. Should I take from that that the drop rate has increased? After all, in my statistically irrelevant single tournament experience, I saw two... The answer is no.

 

[ThaCarter]

On a bright note.. I think I found a way to possibly get on WoW with a roaming connection.. I'm pretty sure my connection is going to be so bad though. At least I won't fall behind on DMF stuff though.

 

[Shft]

I twinked 19s in BC and never saw a hat, in a period of 6 months on F2P, I have acquired 7 hats, 6 "dry" weeks where I fished with no hats, multiple other rares, and you say the rate hasn't been buffed? /whateveryousay

 

[Pookums]

Why does everything discussed on these boards have to turn into an argument? /facepalm

 

[Falaris]

Why does everything discussed on these boards have to turn into an argument? /facepalm

I guess youre new to twinking

 

[Earlwing]

Why does everything discussed on these boards have to turn into an argument? /facepalm

BECAUSE ON THE INTERNET, I AM CORRECT. NO MATTER WHAT.

 

[Griimm]

RNG can be a blessing or a curse.



On one hand I got my green emerald whelp pet first kill.



On another it took me 50 weeks during Vanilla to get the LFH on a toon of mine.



All depends on how you look at it.

 

[C O T U S]

all of the 3 green rare fish have had their drop rates buffed to 0.5% per cast. you can check wowhead to verify, or (like several other posters have indicated) you can look at the extremely high jump in rare fish/fishing hats caught since this change was implemented



this is a fact, no argument necessary

 

[Rivfader]

There are probably 10x the number of players fishing for hats on AP than on any other realm. Small wonder we see so many get it. More people fishing also means more pool spawns, the 2 sundays I've fished I have always had tons of pools close at hand with no pool-stealing.

 

[Zatox]

ive never seen a hat on any of my characters, and ive fished most tournaments since mid BC, until i did f2p and got an eye patch and said fuck it.

 

[Beenthere]

Too many walls of text in this thread

 

[Menemy]

Ive fished in every fishing tourney since beta the drop rate has not changed but now everyones fishing is going higher meaning an increased speed in recovering fish



Simple logic

Higher Fishing ------> Faster Rate (Not higher rate, faster rate)

 

[Shft]

Ive fished in every fishing tourney since beta the drop rate has not changed but now everyones fishing is going higher meaning an increased speed in recovering fish



Simple logic

Higher Fishing ------> Faster Rate (Not higher rate, faster rate)

right...

 

[Rivfader]

Tourney wasn't released till like 1.6 or something like that righ?



Edit: 1.11.1



Of course I guess you could still say "every tourney since beta" since there were 10 patches where there was no tourney.



I still stand by my theory that AP has 70-80 people going for hat every sunday, whereas every other server I've played on had like 5 at a maximum. Small wonder we see so many people getting hats.

 

[Wosted]

ive never seen a hat on any of my characters, and ive fished most tournaments since mid BC, until i did f2p and got an eye patch and said fuck it.

This 8oD

 

[Yayo]

Source?

I got my hat back in like 2007, back then not too many had one and in all honesty... I felt so badass lmfao. But you see so many with them now, and friends who have gotten them their first or second try now. Deff much easier to get nowadays.

 

[Quelfep]

n=1 experiences dont mean anything