Which "catch rates" have you exactly improved?

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Went to Ghent Canal. 1 fish per hour, no consistent catches for anyone. Tried almost all lures, spots etc.
You are giving us "crumbs" with every silly patch.

Impossible to catch enough on the new areas to go more than one day.

I am in need of credits after gear repairs and wasting a lot of them on the new areas.

Please state which"catch rates" have you improved. Actually, go try fishing yourselves in the new areas before blowing smoke in our face again.

Or you could at least have the common sense to make the new areas COST FREE, until you get this Properly fixed.

[Trulight911]

Your going into an area you know nothing about, nor many people. I can tell you there are lots of us filling our nets, you just have to practic and learn the area. It took us at least a good 2 weeks to figure it out on the test server when we started playing.

And that was a hella lot more broken then what you guys have now.

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What exactly is there to "figure out"? Are certain types of fish only biting at certain times, in certain spots, on certain lures? If so, then why bother making this such a huge place (Ghent Canal)
And if I only catch fish consistently at peak times,. while on "low" time frames I can hardly bring one in......what is the point of me paying for a full day then? Eventually I'll get bored and be in the mood for some action, hence I want to fast forward to the"money time frame".....at the cost of gold, unless I want to wait through the "cooldown", just like those mobile phone games.

Players are frustrated about the game's pace imo......you are constrained to pay this amount of game credits to pay for stuff....travel, repair, etc.....but the catch rates do not go in cadence with that, in order to keep the player wanting to keep on playing.

[Trulight911]

No, it takes time to learn how the new ai works, for instance are you chumming, and if so using a proper chum mix. Are you trying to fish the same spot for long periods of time, because holes do run out, are you moving to find the fish? Because there are NO magic spots like the old maps. You have to scout around and find a spot that is active.

Are you using proper leader length to spread the chum the distance you want depending on the current?

Are you using a feeder that stays stationary in one spot or one that you let roll across the bottom giving you more area of effect?

Are you using multiple feeder rods to chain your chum spread a larger distance, to draw fish in?

I'd say that's ALOT of things to figure out, and how to properly use those techniques to be successful.

Actually i'll add more.

Are you paying attention to the barometric pressure and how it affects the biting.

Are you watching wind direction and how it affects the current of the water.

are you using the right bait, right hook size.

are you fishing an area that's suitable habitat for yoru target fish

[Fishing4Trains]

Originally posted by Kahuamp:

Went to Ghent Canal. 1 fish per hour, no consistent catches for anyone. Tried almost all lures, spots etc.
You are giving us "crumbs" with every silly patch.

Impossible to catch enough on the new areas to go more than one day.

I am in need of credits after gear repairs and wasting a lot of them on the new areas.

Please state which"catch rates" have you improved. Actually, go try fishing yourselves in the new areas before blowing smoke in our face again.

Or you could at least have the common sense to make the new areas COST FREE, until you get this Properly fixed.

Rubbish, there are plenty of fish to be caught and on the new method of bottom fishing. I've had good catches from all 3 new waters I've fished so far (Czech, Belgian and Italy), and have caught plenty of nice fish including trophies and unique. Have made a profit on all three. Sometimes my biggest problem has been getting two bites at the same time and deciding which one to strike !
I've been lucky enough to experience very few bugs too, so I'm very pleased with the free update.

[Trulight911]

Originally posted by hotspur59:

Originally posted by Kahuamp:

Went to Ghent Canal. 1 fish per hour, no consistent catches for anyone. Tried almost all lures, spots etc.
You are giving us "crumbs" with every silly patch.

Impossible to catch enough on the new areas to go more than one day.

I am in need of credits after gear repairs and wasting a lot of them on the new areas.

Please state which"catch rates" have you improved. Actually, go try fishing yourselves in the new areas before blowing smoke in our face again.

Or you could at least have the common sense to make the new areas COST FREE, until you get this Properly fixed.

Rubbish, there are plenty of fish to be caught and on the new method of bottom fishing. I've had good catches from all 3 new waters I've fished so far (Czech, Belgian and Italy), and have caught plenty of nice fish including trophies and unique. Have made a profit on all three. Sometimes my biggest problem has been getting two bites at the same time and deciding which one to strike !
I've been lucky enough to experience very few bugs too, so I'm very pleased with the free update.

Or having fish bite on all 3 at same time :P

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I fished on lures only and hardly caught any fish. Not nearly enough to make me want to return there. I am not interested in chum and stationary fishing.

[Trulight911]

Then your on the WRONG lakes 90% of the fishing on euro lakes is bottom.

[XentroDiMentro]

Originally posted by Trulight911:

Then your on the WRONG lakes 90% of the fishing on euro lakes is bottom.

Well i mean, just because we're in europe doesnt mean the fish dislike lures :P.

I would assume that lure fishing for pike/perch/zander/trout is going to be very effective still.

Havent tested anything in germany yet, but i would assume that catching pike on lures there is going to be just as easy as in michigan.

[Trulight911]

Originally posted by XentroDiMentro:

Originally posted by Trulight911:

Then your on the WRONG lakes 90% of the fishing on euro lakes is bottom.

Well i mean, just because we're in europe doesnt mean the fish dislike lures :P.

I would assume that lure fishing for pike/perch/zander/trout is going to be very effective still.

It is xentro, can smash some trout in italy :)

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Thank you for finally answering my question. So you have only improved the bite rates for the new style of fishing. How else would you sell your DLC's right?

Again a constraint, which is forcing me to fish how YOU want, not how I want. I cannot keep the pace with the cost if I fish how I like it.

Come with me on the real Ghent canal, i will prove to you that fish(at least walleye and perch), will go for lures MUCH more often than in the game, and most of the time I would fish in a different spot.

[Trulight911]

It's not my DLC, and frankly i have bought no DLC and find it quite enjoyable fishing all kinds of different ways.

[Fishing4Trains]

Originally posted by Trulight911:

Originally posted by hotspur59:

Rubbish, there are plenty of fish to be caught and on the new method of bottom fishing. I've had good catches from all 3 new waters I've fished so far (Czech, Belgian and Italy), and have caught plenty of nice fish including trophies and unique. Have made a profit on all three. Sometimes my biggest problem has been getting two bites at the same time and deciding which one to strike !
I've been lucky enough to experience very few bugs too, so I'm very pleased with the free update.

Or having fish bite on all 3 at same time :P

Exactly lol.

[Fishing4Trains]

Originally posted by Kahuamp:

I fished on lures only and hardly caught any fish. Not nearly enough to make me want to return there. I am not interested in chum and stationary fishing.

I spent some time lure fishing the Tiber after dark with a night lure when the feeder bites slowed down, and had some very nice brown and marbled trout including a unique. Haven't tried lure fishing anywhere else yet.

[Fishing4Trains]

Originally posted by Kahuamp:

Thank you for finally answering my question. So you have only improved the bite rates for the new style of fishing. How else would you sell your DLC's right?

Again a constraint, which is forcing me to fish how YOU want, not how I want. I cannot keep the pace with the cost if I fish how I like it.

Come with me on the real Ghent canal, i will prove to you that fish(at least walleye and perch), will go for lures MUCH more often than in the game, and most of the time I would fish in a different spot.

You mean zander not walleye right?