Fishing is broken right now - Plz fix Anet

[morpheus.6489]

I don't know what they did but the code for fishing is broken right now. I don't know if it applies to all areas but most of the areas you just catch masterwork(green) after masterwork fish over and over and over again. I'm talking 20 to 30+ times in a row. This wasn't like this a few days ago. It just in the latest few patches. Theres no variety at these places. It's not a fishing power issue either I am usually 875+ and even higher generally. I'm using the correct bait. I got screenshot of 27 masterwork fish caught in a row. Earlier today I caught 57 in a row. Catching the same fish over and over is not fun at all. Please look into this Anet.

 

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

I am not experiencing this issue. 

[morpheus.6489]

I wonder if its a Tyrian vs Cantha map issue. I've been fishing mainly in Tyrian maps.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Since fish acquisition is RNG-based, it is likely not a bug.  It could be a corrupted file in the OP's case, though.  Perhaps, a -repair of the client is in order.

It's not something that is Tyria-based. 

[hope.9748]

yes it is a bug.

i tested for more than 40 ingame hours of fishing (not afking)

in multiple maps with more than 20 of these hours in ember bay.

i tried multiple combinations like different lure or different food

(in case the bug is triggered on these)

i tried with no food or no heart vendor tip ( +50 fishing)

i tried restarting and reparing client

i tried a lot of more things.

 

the bug has a consistency of being activated

when the following criteria are met

 

for ember bay

when its night time, all fishing holes have drop rate 90%

of green fish Redtail Catfish [&AgF5egEA]

when day time, all fishing holes have drop rate of 50%

of yellow fish Geyser Batfin [&AgEreQEA]

 

this means during daytime the you can loot fish as intended

but during night with 10% chance is very difficult to get

for example Scorpion Fish [&AgHafAEA]

which can be looted ONLY during night in ember bay

 

for the ones that disagree

i have screenshots and video recordings

of me fishing 500 greens Redtail Catfish with 99 skiff fishing stacks

and 875 fishing power.

 

the bug does NOT happen in all maps.

and it happens usually when you have

more than 25 stacks of fishing party AND night time.

does not happen day.