okay so
ive recently decided to attempt to catch all 289 Big Fish currently in Final Fantasy 14 and i kinda feel compelled to keep note of it so??? hi thats this. if you don't know Big Fish ive put an explanation under the break
ive caught 131 out of 289 fish so far!! ive been going for three weeks, or just about, so that's pretty good progress. the true test of patience is yet to come
Been not fishing as much as I'd like this week because there's an event on right now that I like to participate in, plus some irl stuff, so I got less fishing time in than I'd like.
I did manage to catch Lancetfish with an extremely clutch Intuition pull!! It's one of the harder fish to get, so getting so very lucky feels great.
41 to go
i would count this as about halfway there!! maybe even less. the reason is that up until now, i could really just fish whenever - there would be one or two Big Fish available, so attempts at catching them were always going. this is starting to change. im spending more time waiting around than trying to catch fish. the next attempt at one isn't until 3 hours from now and i might just be asleep then!!!
but all in all im happy to be at this point, because now it's just about remembering to log in every few days to make an attempt. it's not very time consuming.
its been fun too!!!! theres a big community surrounding this activity alone and folks are happy to share tips and commiserate when yet another fish fails to bite
mmmmmmmm fibsh
caught Salad (real name: Ealad Skaan) this week. One of the extremely elusive fish that spawn rarely and only for 60 seconds at a time.
ppl are so desperate to catch this fish that they've invented Chum cancelling: Chum makes the next fish take 50% less time to bite, but it locks you into a 2 second animation before you can cast your rod. However, if you turn ON Collector's Glove (completely unrelated ability, dw about it) Chum is applied instantly and you can make your cast faster. This actually got patched to some degree. It's still possible, just not as effective. It would allow you to cast out an additional time per window, which.. if you consider it takes most people dozens of windows, was a real advantage. It's just very silly to think about.
despite my worries ive made good progress last week. however at this point im looking at days, rather than hours between possible spawn windows. ill attempt exactly one fish today.
