xp to low in ocean

[Sjunke]

Is it just me, or is the xp to low from fish in the ocean map, u'll get better xp from goliath tiger and nile perch in congo compared to what u get in Japan

[Rdizz]

[YY2015]

I was watching the ocean on YouTube, and I was also shocked by the low level of experience gained, actually lower than what I’m fishing in the Congo now. But nothing, I’m afraid they will fix it by LOWERING the level in the Congo.

[Sup_DiM0N]

So stop complaining or they will turn Congo into Amazon or Maku Maku

[Geauxboy]

I am a little surprised that the xp is as low as it is for some fish, but I did watch someone catch a uni tuna and it was around 15k xp. I suppose if you feel that it takes too long to reel in a uni anything, then maybe spam catching smaller fish could eventually equate to that uni whatever. Some fish do surprisingly reward you with much better xp than fish bigger/heavier than you would imagine. Look at trahira as an example. They are no where near the biggest fish but they give great xp and are not hard to reel in.

[Sjunke]

Originally posted by Geauxboy:

I am a little surprised that the xp is as low as it is for some fish, but I did watch someone catch a uni tuna and it was around 15k xp. I suppose if you feel that it takes too long to reel in a uni anything, then maybe spam catching smaller fish could eventually equate to that uni whatever. Some fish do surprisingly reward you with much better xp than fish bigger/heavier than you would imagine. Look at trahira as an example. They are no where near the biggest fish but they give great xp and are not hard to reel in.

i got a uni goliath tiger in congo, around 45ish kg it gave like 25k ish xp with premium. my striped marlin at 80kg gave like 7k xp, thats not right imo

[Killerwhale]

Originally posted by Sup_DiM0N:

So stop complaining or they will turn Congo into Amazon or Maku Maku

(Dev mumbling behind the corner) - "Actually, very good idea..., why we don't do it before the release".
But no, we don't. The way to the top is very grindy now, so will think about removing some grind. But rebalancing is a huge work. Will see how we can speed it up.

[McGamblin]

Hmm

[Killerwhale]

Originally posted by Sjunke:

Is it just me, or is the xp to low from fish in the ocean map, u'll get better xp from goliath tiger and nile perch in congo compared to what u get in Japan

As for map XP - the ocean is much more profitable XP and money-wise. But it's bigger and not explored well... ;)

[Aragorn]

Originally posted by Killerwhale:

Originally posted by Sjunke:

Is it just me, or is the xp to low from fish in the ocean map, u'll get better xp from goliath tiger and nile perch in congo compared to what u get in Japan

As for map XP - the ocean is much more profitable XP and money-wise. But it's bigger and not explored well... ;)

good to know, some people complain about the long fight , what my guess is they dont have yet the top gear lvl 90 that make difference and speed up the fight or am i wrong ?

[Garthok]

So far xp is quite a bit slower then congo but I see the issue a different way. I think the exponential scaling of xp and credits we seen in amazon and congo were a huge mistake. And now we see the repercussion of those mistakes. Following the trend from the last couple new fisheries we expected the top fish to be worth in excess of 40k xp and 50k+ credits.

In the early game credits are a real issue, it's too easy to go broke just buying a little bait, a few lures and the license/travel to the next lake. Once you make it to amazon and congo credits are virtually meaningless. This trend had to be culled for the health of the game in my opinion. You go from buying just enough bait that you hope will get you through your fishing trip to a lake to buying 1k+ just because you can and nothing else to spend the credits on.

I played steam from before Blue Crab came out. Leveled another account on xbox after capping steam and another account recently with the Epic client so I have recent experience from both ends of the spectrum. I know this won't be a popular opinion but based on my experience it's a good thing to slow it down a little bit. Congo was just too easy.

[SyncBE]

Originally posted by Aragorn:

Originally posted by Killerwhale:

As for map XP - the ocean is much more profitable XP and money-wise. But it's bigger and not explored well... ;)

good to know, some people complain about the long fight , what my guess is they dont have yet the top gear lvl 90 that make difference and speed up the fight or am i wrong ?

In the Congo map i have the maxed out equipment that you can buy for that map. And still i need to fight over 15 min for a fish. Before the patch this was happening a few times. Now, it's more like every fish, and my rods tear out like crazy.

For me not that big a problem, i have so much cash that i don't feel the wear and tear.
But it sucks that a fish is under your boat (3m), and you can't reel him in. Suddenly he starts to swim to the other side again. So you can start from 0 to reel him in.

[Merv71]

Originally posted by Killerwhale:

Originally posted by Sup_DiM0N:

So stop complaining or they will turn Congo into Amazon or Maku Maku

(Dev mumbling behind the corner) - "Actually, very good idea..., why we don't do it before the release".
But no, we don't. The way to the top is very grindy now, so will think about removing some grind. But rebalancing is a huge work. Will see how we can speed it up.

Really great to see you up for the chit chat Killerwhale. People need to know your 1st hand stuff. Cheers.

[Thbran]

Originally posted by Sjunke:

Originally posted by Geauxboy:

I am a little surprised that the xp is as low as it is for some fish, but I did watch someone catch a uni tuna and it was around 15k xp. I suppose if you feel that it takes too long to reel in a uni anything, then maybe spam catching smaller fish could eventually equate to that uni whatever. Some fish do surprisingly reward you with much better xp than fish bigger/heavier than you would imagine. Look at trahira as an example. They are no where near the biggest fish but they give great xp and are not hard to reel in.

i got a uni goliath tiger in congo, around 45ish kg it gave like 25k ish xp with premium. my striped marlin at 80kg gave like 7k xp, thats not right imo

Goten like 47k exp from a uni tuna Idk why your comparing a uni tiger to a normal marlin

[LorD]

Originally posted by Killerwhale:

Originally posted by Sup_DiM0N:

So stop complaining or they will turn Congo into Amazon or Maku Maku

(Dev mumbling behind the corner) - "Actually, very good idea..., why we don't do it before the release".
But no, we don't. The way to the top is very grindy now, so will think about removing some grind. But rebalancing is a huge work. Will see how we can speed it up.

I agree if you make more rare to catch very big unique fish, this is a good point for realism but if you do this, you need to reconsider a lot the XP gain for those catches. If now an unique nile perch give us about 40-45k XP, if I catch one after 5/6 real hours playing, the xp should be something like 500.000k. I think it should be fair enough.
So please, if you work aiming for realism, reconsider also the xp gain for all fish you make really difficult to catch!

[Stealth_Shadow]

Originally posted by Killerwhale:

Originally posted by Sup_DiM0N:

So stop complaining or they will turn Congo into Amazon or Maku Maku

(Dev mumbling behind the corner) - "Actually, very good idea..., why we don't do it before the release".
But no, we don't. The way to the top is very grindy now, so will think about removing some grind. But rebalancing is a huge work. Will see how we can speed it up.

That would be good. I'm almost level 81 and when I get there it's another 800K in xp to level 82, the xp grind is a bit over the top imo.

I think it would be better that once you get to a certain level, let's say perhaps 60, it's a fixed amount of xp(let's say 200k xp) per level for every level after til level 70, where it increases to perhaps 250k every level til 80. It would reduce the grind somewhat but I'm sure some will disagree.