Advanced tips from High lvl about Unlimited licences or not

[BonPadre]

Hello all, been playing and all is fine about leveling and getting to various places.

Currently at lvl16, now comes the time about asking myself if I should better get unlimited licences for every places or if it's totally unnecessary, as when in lvl 18+ I may never come back to lower lvl places... (unless you are an adept of competititions, then I would guess unlimited for every places is a must)

How did you handle it ? Did you buy them as you leveled up ? or once you were high lvl and had way too much cash to afford them all ? Or simply bought a few unlimited places, and still pay for days here and there ? Do you really go back that often to lover lvl places ?

What did you like and disliked in how you did it ?

Looking for various advices, so please just share your own thoughts as I'm sure that there is no "one way to do it better" (unless at lvl+24 and so full of cash that you could still afford them all... which is the ultimate way to do it I guess)

[Lightning1961]

i bought unlimited NC with money from MO, then bought Florida asap and peacock bass paid for CA, which paid for Alaska, which in turn paid for Michigan, which paid for Alberta. i bought the others at various times when i had spare credits along the way.

Hope this helps!

[Kruchy]

If you don't have much money don't buy unlimitted license. It costs alot and I don't think it's worth so much money. For example unlimited license for Michigan costs 15000$ (not sure) and 1 day licesne costs 200$, so you would have to buy it 75 times to spend 15000$. As I said at the beginning don't buy it unless you are rich as ****. That's my oppinion.

[darrren]

Originally posted by LordDarkHelmet:

The upside of buying unlimited
- you can fish there anytime you want
- if you plan to do competitions you don't have to worry about remembering to buy a lic
- Don't have to worry about catching fish you're not supposed to
Downside
-heavy fines if you forget to buy a lic and get a penalty for keeping fish you're not supposed to keep.
-Takes a lot of farming when you first start playing the game
-most places aren't worth it just for profit gain but if fun is had then it's worth it
-buying a daily license will eventually be more expensive then buying the unlimited if you fish a spot lots.

How I did it short version, You would say boring but I had fun doing it , I would farm each zone till I had enough to buy the gear i neeeded and the money needed to buy the unlimited lic for the next zone i unlocked and I did this all the way to Mich, it takes awhile to farm up enough cash aat each spot but I figured it was worth it but ate up alot of hours. One soloution to all this tho is to buy the one year subscription which gives you all the license's in the game and future ones, that way you can save up your money fish anywhere and buy the unlimited's when you have enough money ,unless ofcourse you want to stay subscribed that's.

What I disliked about it? Just time spent farming in zones that werem't fun to me but for the most part I had fun so not much to dislike about how I did it.

I still go back to lower zones and fish for smaller game, one of my favorite Unique's is the large mouth bass on light gear.

I'm sure there's more upsides and downsides but i figure that's enough lol.

+1 i done exactly the same my self :D
i fish every where so geting unlim licence is a no brainer i never have to worry about fines or licences i just go where i want and im good to go :D

[sirkipalot]

I got ripped off big time.. I don't think it was intenionally so. I had all unlimited licenes and bought premium for a year. Which gave limited licences for the year on all lakes, So I lost all my unlimiteds and got 1 year one's which have now expired. Cost a fortune as well in credits .

[BonPadre]

Thanks for all the inputs guys. Reading you all bring me light on things I did not think of, but I guess it gives me a clearer path to what I may do.

I'm more a sort of careful guy with ingame money, so I guess my playstyle get more like LordDarkHelmet & Darren. Add to that, I have a pretty safe cushion with in game credits due to the sport DLC, but overall, all I did was set myself a base capital (15000cr), and always do all I can to grow it before buying anything big and always keep that safety (getting to 18000 now).
Note that as far as *farming* goes, I did not even visit all the places I could get to yet... never been to New York and started NC few days ago to reach my lvl16. Next trip planned... Oregon once at lvl17. Not rushing things to make the best of each trip worth the max I can get.

I may go for a variant at first though, like a short term licence (week) at first, but will save up big time for the 18+ lvl and buy those unlimited first and add later all the zones for fun.

EDIT : Still happy to read more of you OFC so just add things along, every bit of it is a greately appreciated input.

[darrren]

Originally posted by sirkipalot:

I got ripped off big time.. I don't think it was intenionally so. I had all unlimited licenes and bought premium for a year. Which gave limited licences for the year on all lakes, So I lost all my unlimiteds and got 1 year one's which have now expired. Cost a fortune as well in credits .

try support they may be able to help you as that sounds like a major bug to me :d good luck

[darrren]

Originally posted by BonPadre:

Thanks for all the inputs guys. Reading you all bring me light on things I did not think of, but I guess it gives me a clearer path to what I may do.

I'm more a sort of careful guy with ingame money, so I guess my playstyle get more like LordDarkHelmet & Darren. Add to that, I have a pretty safe cushion with in game credits due to the sport DLC, but overall, all I did was set myself a base capital (15000cr), and always do all I can to grow it before buying anything big and always keep that safety (getting to 18000 now).
Note that as far as *farming* goes, I did not even visit all the places I could get to yet... never been to New York and started NC few days ago to reach my lvl16. Next trip planned... Oregon once at lvl17. Not rushing things to make the best of each trip worth the max I can get.

I may go for a variant at first though, like a short term licence (week) at first, but will save up big time for the 18+ lvl and buy those unlimited first and add later all the zones for fun.

EDIT : Still happy to read more of you OFC so just add things along, every bit of it is a greately appreciated input.

when i first started out if i knew i was gona be at a location a long time i used to try n get a months licence for places i liked to fish then normaly by the time it ran out i had more than enough to buy a unlim for that area then id move on to the next one

[jdb]

i bought the one for smallmouth one for nc and the advanced for florida because i spent alot of time at them also if it matters im lvl 20

[T'Ken]

Some good info here as I'm also about to embark on places where I need a license. One question: Are licenses real time, or game time? ie: if I buy a 7 day license for Colorado, is it used up even if I don't fish there?

[BonPadre]

Real time, and yeah the timer starts right at your buy...
And note that for Colorado you need only the Advanced License, as many places and youtube vids may tell you that you need basic+ advanced which is wrong info.

[1NTIMID8R]

Yes, do not buy basic & advanced, get advanced and it includes basic, (except for one state
which I can't remember.)

Also, you don't need a license to catch & release, only to keep. So if you just need 1 fish
to add to your trophy case, do it without a license.

I went from missouri to NC to Fla, then backpeddled to NY and Colo while the xp still had some value. Good thing too, bcuz Fla had already been NUBAR & Colo was the place to farm uni's,
(which has since been nerfed so no longer viable.).

Save your money for a boat, you prolly won't go back to the old lakes, and you still
have to pay for travel anyway, so grabbing a license isn't hard.
And starting a game and seeing a big stack of cash & gold is never gets old.

If the devs ever reverse the RNG nerfs, then returning to those lakes could be fun again.
It used to be 6 fish per game hour, now it's 3, and in some cases 2, so it gets boring pretty quick.

[T'Ken]

Originally posted by BonPadre:

Real time, and yeah the timer starts right at your buy...
And note that for Colorado you need only the Advanced License, as many places and youtube vids may tell you that you need basic+ advanced which is wrong info.

Ok good to know. So is the unlimited license truly unlimited, as in it lasts forever?

Also, I was looking at NC...is that a place where you could need to buy two, since you can't take trophy small mouth? So, you need a regular/advanced license to keep everything else, and the small mouth license only is needed to keep trophies?

So confusing....

[BonPadre]

yeah the unlimited lasts forever (though read previous posts here, as it seems that one of the guys lost his unlimited due to a premium...)

Yeah NC you need :
- Advanced ONLY if you plan on releasing something... (if not and you plan to keep everything, then the basic is indeed sufficient... just watch out, in case your last fish that is too much on your fish keeper and you're forced to release... that could hurt)
- Small mouth bass and you're done

I did go for advanced and small mouth, for a week for now... will see later
EDIT : But reading in french the licenses... I suddenly have a doubt... I think I did buy the small mouth bass alone, and checked on the travel map the fishes... and I think I went for the advanced to not risk anything... That goes for 400 for the week, and honnestly that place gives you quite quicly your money back... I think in 2 IG fishing days all is paied already, and I did loose a lot of my time trying and discovering things by myself.

[Deconstructed]

There is need for multiple licenses in a number of areas if you want to be able to keep everything:

Alberta: requires trout and salmon licenses
California: requires both advanced and salmon licenses
North Carolina: requires advanced and smallmouth licenses
Oregon: requires advanced and trout licenses

[waznewz]

imo you should focus on Califonia, Michigan, and Alaska.
i got em as i went along, to the places i was fishing the most, Florida, and NC, But i found, that when i could go to California, i was getting way more money in, than i could spend, so i ended up getting them all, pretty quick after.