What do you think will make heRO better?

[azurerogue]

Here's how to make fishing more balanced, in my opinion...

Remove the following:
OCAs
Treasure Boxes
Gift Boxes
Old Blue Boxes
Old Purple Boxes

In fact, I would remove EVERYTHING other than fish/fish bottles (and maybe that chance to get 15 more bait when you have max points). Fishing should NOT be about getting cards, killing monsters should be about getting cards. Fishing should NOT be about making a profit off of NPCing crap AND getting fish. Fishing should be about getting fish. If you want to "profit" at all it should be by selling those fish at decent prices.

Removing all the ridiculous rewards from fishing would make people a) charge more for fish to cover their costs or b) only fish to get fish (which, you would think, would be obvious - but that's not how it works right now).

If these changes took place, it would make potions more marketable because fish prices would go up a bit. It would also keep the fishing system from getting so out of control, and it would cut down on some of the zeny influx on the server which is, in effect, a pre-emptive way of dealing with zeny sinks.

So many people fish to get OCAs. That's ridiculous. The fishing system is, and always has been, broken. Let's fix it. I mean, before the new spot got nerfed it was more worthwhile to fish than do just about anything else PvM. Why? Because I could make about 1mil zeny in 3k bait along with a few OCAs (if I was lucky), and that's NOT counting selling the fish. Clearly broken, right? Well, it got nerfed - but not nearly enough.

Fishing should NOT be a profitable affair unless you are selling the fish. I wouldn't expect brewing potions to be profitable unless I sell the potions, or forging weapons to be profitable unless I sell the weapons - why should fishing still be profitable even if I keep the fish (note: I DO NPC the low end fish, but not salmons/mutants/angels/dories/nemoes)?