Do leaders wear out at 25%?

[Bridges]

I seem to be having a lot of "bitten through" titanium leaders at St. Croix. 4 in 4 game days of fishing.

Or do they become more susceptible to being bitten off when they are more worn?

[Hystorm]

Its Obvious to me, this is another one of the money grabs by the Devs to force you to pay more for replacement items...
This was not a thing back in the early days of Fishing Planet!

On that note, let me say this: I used to work for a popular software/game company in IT.
If it were not for this type of money making directives, I would have lost my job many moons ago.
However and for the record, I'm currently jobless but I get the reason for the extra push to make dollars is my point....

[Bridges]

okay, thanks for your insight. I will start replacing them at 50% and see if that slows down the loss issue. I'm sorry for your jobless problem, many hundreds of millions of people have that problem, best of luck to you.

[OldAces-noneya]

0 % = Breakage

[Xas]

I have tend to keep low durability leaders and still used them, on and off just so not to waste.
Haven't notice much breakage, but
noticed if the fish is a fight and struggling alot, near rocks, grass, reeds, deep ground with rough surface, even with a much healthy line, sudden spike of red tension,
assumed, a high risk of ' snap ' perhaps due to collision, tension bugs against those statics.

just sharing.

[Bridges]

Originally posted by OldAces-noneya:

0 % = Breakage

I understand that but these leaders aren't even lasting for a single day { in-game time }

Originally posted by Xas:

I have tend to keep low durability leaders and still used them, on and off just so not to waste.
Haven't notice much breakage, but
noticed if the fish is a fight and struggling alot, near rocks, grass, reeds, deep ground with rough surface, even with a much healthy line, sudden spike of red tension,
assumed, a high risk of ' snap ' perhaps due to collision, tension bugs against those statics.

just sharing.

Thanks, I have noticed they break during fights with Blue Catfish, Muskies and Pike etc.

[Thomas (NL)]

Is your line and leader stronger than your reel and rod?

[Bridges]

Strength: 1. Rod 2. Reel 3. Line. 4. Leader

I know I can't use maximum drag but I don't want to break my expensive gear, so I play it safe.

[Xas]

You chose to ' frequently ' encounter lines ' breaking ', by
putting your gear above the line,
any mistake, like pressing full speed button, against a large fish, sudden rise in tension,
' snap '.
Your ' safety ' may put precious lures and hook at risk, over a few $.

[Thomas (NL)]

Originally posted by Hyperion: Titan of Light:

Strength: 1. Rod 2. Reel 3. Line. 4. Leader

I know I can't use maximum drag but I don't want to break my expensive gear, so I play it safe.

I have the same. But the first thing that's worn out is main line because of all the casting. My rod is 2nd to wear out. Than reel and at last is my leader. I don't understand what you do "wrong"

[Bridges]

Originally posted by Xas:

You chose to ' frequently ' encounter lines ' breaking ', by
putting your gear above the line,
any mistake, like pressing full speed button, against a large fish, sudden rise in tension,
' snap '.
Your ' safety ' may put precious lures and hook at risk, over a few $.

hmmm, I really thought I understood this stuff. I thought the way I set my gear up was the safest way.

Can you please tell me if this is the way to keep my leaders from breaking:

Strongest:
1. Leader
2. Line
3. Rod
4. Reel

Then set the reel for maximum drag and try to have all 4 items close together with the same max weight/ drag / test to get full use out of the setup?

[Bridges]

Originally posted by Thomas (NL):

Originally posted by Hyperion: Titan of Light:

Strength: 1. Rod 2. Reel 3. Line. 4. Leader

I know I can't use maximum drag but I don't want to break my expensive gear, so I play it safe.

I have the same. But the first thing that's worn out is main line because of all the casting. My rod is 2nd to wear out. Than reel and at last is my leader. I don't understand what you do "wrong"

I can't imagine "casting" causes much damage at all to fishing line. Also, I imagine your reel would wear out 2nd { if it's the 2nd weakest }.

My lines wear out before my rods or reels when the line is weakest, so that makes sense.

[Xas]

Originally posted by Hyperion: Titan of Light:

Strongest:
1. Leader 2. Line 3. Rod 4. Reel

Just imagine,
In this sequence, focusing on the weakness of the ' Rod '
all you need to worry is the tension never to stay too long, red in One Subject,
the Rod meter.

In your previous setup sequence, you need to worry about 3-4 subjects.

[Deconstructed]

Originally posted by Hyperion: Titan of Light:

Originally posted by Xas:

You chose to ' frequently ' encounter lines ' breaking ', by
putting your gear above the line,
any mistake, like pressing full speed button, against a large fish, sudden rise in tension,
' snap '.
Your ' safety ' may put precious lures and hook at risk, over a few $.

hmmm, I really thought I understood this stuff. I thought the way I set my gear up was the safest way.

Can you please tell me if this is the way to keep my leaders from breaking:

Strongest:
1. Leader
2. Line
3. Rod
4. Reel

Then set the reel for maximum drag and try to have all 4 items close together with the same max weight/ drag / test to get full use out of the setup?

You do understand it. Max drag setups risk your gear. Saw first hand someone listened to "just use max drag, it's the best" in Alberta last night and he broke his reel. People advising to "use max drag" so you don't break your line/leader without detailing the pitfalls such as breaking your rod/reel are irresponsible.

I have over 2100 hours in the game and still use a balanced setup (the proper way to setup you rod) because max drag adds almost nothing (one extra notch on your drag setting) at the cost of higher and more frequent repair bills of gear and possible breakage.

Using a balanced setup you do NOT need to worry about "3-4 subjects" as Xas has stated. No matter what setup you use you only need to worry about the weakest link in your setup. Whichever that is, that is what will break.

If you are getting bitten off, that is not the same as breaking a leader. Breaking occurs at 0% as someone previously stated. If not using titanium leaders with certain fish your chance of getting bitten is higher the more worn your line/leader is. Titanium leaders should not be getting bitten through. That said once any of my lines/leaders goes from yellow to red (which is 33% (I think)) I trash them an replace with new.

[Bridges]

Originally posted by Xas:

Originally posted by Hyperion: Titan of Light:

Strongest:
1. Leader 2. Line 3. Rod 4. Reel

Just imagine,
In this sequence, focusing on the weakness of the ' Rod '
all you need to worry is the tension never to stay too long, red in One Subject,
the Rod meter.

In your previous setup sequence, you need to worry about 3-4 subjects.

Good point, very simple. And this will keep large fish from snapping leaders and lines I assume?

[Deconstructed]

Originally posted by Hyperion: Titan of Light:

Originally posted by Xas:

Just imagine,
In this sequence, focusing on the weakness of the ' Rod '
all you need to worry is the tension never to stay too long, red in One Subject,
the Rod meter.

In your previous setup sequence, you need to worry about 3-4 subjects.

Good point, very simple. And this will keep large fish from snapping leaders and lines I assume?

Won't keep them from breaking your rod/reel (whichever is weakest) when you are spooled. The only way to prevent that is to break your line on purpose (the exact reason you are being advised to use a max drag setup, to save your precious lures and hook over your very expensive gear).