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
just 4 more to go!! wowie
ive made some insane strides this week by catching The Ruby Dragon after like.. 3 spawn windows? the average is 33 windows! it takes MONTHS normally and here i am just ticking that bugger off after a few weeks
that means the only really notoriously bad fish im missing is Cinder Surprise. its a little annoying to set up for. you need 10 Sand Eggs for the intuition buff and they may or may not feel like getting caught, so it's recommended to show up 30 minutes to an hour early!! also it spawns like maybe once every 2 weeks. next opening is thursday.
the next fish will be Sidereal Whale on wednesday. we'll see how that goes!
