Fishy Interviews exclaim
.:exclusive 1 on 1 interviews with various fishers:.
.:ROUND 1:..:Gaidin:.
Phoenix:
How do you feel the market (availability/price) for rare fish will be in the near future/Distance future?
Gaidin:
If the 1 in 5,000 stands, things will continue to get very bad. There simply are far too little fish out there for the demand, and when the exchangers demand, prices get high. This leaves the "normal" fishers in the dust, because really, without exchanging, vending, or a lot of donating real cash, you can't really afford to drop out 600k+ per lion. Most can barely afford the 100k+ that the Gambino rares have become, few outside exchangers can afford the 300k the Bass'ken rares look like, much less the 1mil+ for candies. The only other ways fish will be affordable are if you develop uber art skills and do a few auctions, or the fish become less rare. Some of us hope for a 1k large to 1 rare trade in ratio. Such a thing would not only increase the rare rate, but it would also keep fish prices up, good for all fishers, especially trophy fishers. But that steps into Dopp's question, so i'll stop here for now.
Phoenix:
I have heard people saying the only people that can truly compete for trophy's/obtaining rare fish are the gaians who are Very Wealthy (IE: ones that have been around for year/s) Some people feel this is unfair? May I have your thoughts/opinions on this topic.
Gaidin:
While it helps a crapload to be wealthy, one can do it without being so, at least for trophies. You can F bait your way to about any trophy with enough time, or build up your funds while picking up dual Bronzes to have a better setup for the next month's run. Either way, no, you normally don't need to be "rich" to win a trophy.
Masks however, are a bit different. When Doppler was questing, Tinos were going for 20k on a bid war, meaning there was competition, and still the price was that low. Sure, Lions were probably more like 100-200k, but now the price is up at 600k, and with Exchangers/Vendors jumping in, they can often throw even more around to win. So here, yes, it is more centered on gold, as a true fisher can't catch an entire mask, and rarely afford it. While it seems unfair, there's not much we can do... Now, of course, F bait at Durem can rake in the bucks, or, if you only have an hour or so, you can use degredation to get the most out of your bait at most any place and make 2-3k+ a day that way too... Yes, it's slow going, but not entirely impossible. As Dopp said, it's more determination than anything...
Phoenix:
How long does the average fish mask take to complete?
Gaidin:
If I remember right, it would be around 3 months... I've seen quests go for 6 months, I did one in just under 20 days, Admiral Delaz did one in... Just over two weeks or so and such like that... But normally, you'll see a few months. Maybe a month or two for Inos, 3-6 months for Lions(People normally give up by 6 months or so, but not always true), and Bass'ken... Heh, Alexi went on about a 9 month or so? Quest for Candies, maybe longer... But generally I would say those take at least 3 months as well, and that's if you get a steady supply and have the cash.
Phoenix:
Can you explain the importance of filtering while competiting for a trophy? And also go into when or when not to filter? :3
Gaidin:
There are multiple things that it matters in though. Cost, and pace are the main ones. Powerfishing A bait will make you end up with a deficit almost guaranteed anywhere. Filtering at Bass'ken can rake in the profits. To use our well-esteemed gutszi, he made basically all of his gold from filtering Bass'ken, and was able to purchase a Ninja Headband for 72k months ago. And this is on top of keeping afloat with bait... Then you take into account that, because guppies are worth so little, powerfishing really isn't an option anymore, unless you have more time than someone that can filter. In Gambino, i've seen that you can, for the most part, swing either way with the pace. But then, filtering costs less in the longrun if done right, so I personally prefer to filter there. Durem, well, Durem is another story. There, it is quite obvious if you have tried both ways that filtering just isn't the fastest way. Reason being that even the pebbos are worth a substantial amount of points, and the time to score ratio just isn't worth it to filter for even that many biters. In Durem it's quantity, not quality, that matters. However, before news of new fishing items, boldurs were worth squat, and biters not all that much, so A bait powerfishing was a slow way to drain your funds. Even D bait would break even, sometimes profit, and F bait would "reel in the dough", but as you went down in quality, so did your pace.
All in all, filtering will be cheaper for the most part, but depending on how you filter, it's hard to say what effect it will have on your pace without specification.
Phoenix:
If someone is limited in Cash, and wanted to go for a trophy, how should they go about doing this?
Gaidin:
Ah, depends on which trophy... If Gold, or in most cases Silver, I would say make funds for a month beforehand. Little bites worse than barely losing out on a trophy due to things beyond your control, such as lack of funds if you weren't prepared. If it's just a Bronze, I would suggest fishing the most cost effective way at said place, getting ahead, then boost their pace a bit when they have extra gold. If one is limited in gold, I would say they should focus all of their funds into the desired trophy until they are for sure locked in, as there are too many surprises to be buying other stuff if you are on a budget
Phoenix:
What is your views of bassken Competition? Why are so few rares ever gotten from bassken? What is the best way to competition fish in bassken?
Gaidin:
My personal views are that few people take Bass'ken seriously until they've actually tried it. I've seen DarkHajinMon, one of the more known Durem fishers back in the day, comment on how much respect he had for anyone that's fished Bass'ken for a trophy just after he tried for one. He isn't the only one, just one I remember at the present time. But because of said lack of seriousness, the scores don't go high because people expect a cakewalk, and find it not so easy, or maybe too easy, and they nod off. The 1st and 2nd scores have been good of late, even with less fish. But when you consider the fact that few people can stand to fish there for more than a few hours a day, a 4-5k a day pace, and 500-800 fish a day is actually pretty darn good. As for the rares, well, think of it this way: Fishers that can't handle other places fish here, a lot of them. You get what? 10-17 serious fishers competing each month there? So you can be fairly sure that 10-15 of those can handle Stripers, or other fishing spots. But most can't. Assuming a rare even comes up in a game fished there, the chances aren't all that immense that the fisher hooking it can even reel it in, considering that rares in Bass'ken pull harder than Striper. And finally, as for competing in Bass'ken, I think gutszi will agree with me that A bait filtering is the best. I know a few people that aim for something like 4 Striper and 5+ Bass in their buckets, and still make over 1k points in an hour, and profit besides, as abotu 2 Striper will pay for your A bait at this point.
*Oh, and on a sidenote, Cakewalks are not easy. There's no skill involved, so it's sorta impossible to "Get good" at them
Phoenix:
Explain the process of junking?
Gaidin:
Haha, sweet While I do prefer filtering, I have found things with junking...
But you talk as if there is only one process... It really depends what you are doing... There are basically two ways i've seen, for 3 basic purposes. One purpose is to make gold. People will go to a spot they can handle(Normally Durem, as it is more effective here) and just pull everything they can in. Lather, rinse, repeat. The small fish alone should pay for the bait, and anything else is profit. Whether or not you sell your junk is up to you. If you do, you are maximzing your profit. Others, who go for items, might not. Thus they stockpile Tires, Boots, and Cans until they have their desired items. The third purpose i've seen is competition... Such fishers will pay for their bait with fish, usually make profit, and then have freedom to do with their junk what they wish. Junking normally can put you in the running for two trophies if you spend enough time. Thus, if people aren't high on budgets, you will often see them devote time into this method. The other way of junking that i've seen and used is simply filtering out fish. Depending on how efficient you are, this can be a faster pace of gaining junk, and is good for both competition and item hoarding. The problem is that you don't make as much gold. But then, if your goal is a higher trophy in Junk, or just to get the item, and you don't mind walking the line, it's not really a problem.
Note that this is assuming you are using F bait, as using even D bait gets sketchy unless you are at Durem. In which case, you will likely make great profits with F bait, and minor ones with D bait while powerfishing.
