BG's Fishing Pole

Jepeth said:

Because you don't need a fishing pole to have the context menu choice of what to fish up, or have the pole itself added to the fishmongers quest, because through that system we already have this: Junk Proof Hook.

And in lieu if spending the time doing the professional fishing quests to get that item, as a reward for a person's continued subscription you can get BG's fishing pole and skip that quest.

I'm in awe of how much durm und strang there has been about this rather innocuous vet reward. If you didn't want to burn your vet reward, grind for hooks. If you don't want to grind for hooks, buy them. If you don't want to buy them, do something else. 

Garth_Grey said:

Jepeth said:

Because you don't need a fishing pole to have the context menu choice of what to fish up, or have the pole itself added to the fishmongers quest, because through that system we already have this: Junk Proof Hook.

And in lieu if spending the time doing the professional fishing quests to get that item, as a reward for a person's continued subscription you can get BG's fishing pole and skip that quest.

I'm in awe of how much durm und strang there has been about this rather innocuous vet reward. If you didn't want to burn your vet reward, grind for hooks. If you don't want to grind for hooks, buy them. If you don't want to buy them, do something else. 

Well gosh, we should all just take your advice. What a better place it would be huh ?

Yoshi said:

“As far as I’m aware
the Fishing poll is not account bound
So you should be able to trade with other players if you don’t wish to pick the vet reward yourself. Same with all vet rewards.

If you have vet rewards gifted to you on your account, the item is free, I never understand the complaint about people ‘using’ a vet reward, it’s a free gift”

Kyronix said:

"Can I ask why the fishing pole couldn't have just been altered to perform similar to shovels/pick axe, where we can actually tell it what we don't want to acquire like stone/gems...? At the very least this could have simply been added to the reward pool for the Fish Monger quest...ranking at the top of course above Power Scrolls ? Or game content-wise, it could have been a Quest Chain reward even, something that wouldn't be completed quickly but earned."

There exist other means to prevent fishing up shoes etc (i.e. the junk proof hook) in the game world.  This item bypasses a mechanic, as do many vet rewards.  The spirit of a vet reward is an item that is nice to have, a special thank you for veteran players, but also something that isn't an absolute necessity.  Some items have no doubt strayed a bit far from this idea - this isn't a hard and fast rule, per say, but the guiding design principle for vet rewards.

Nobody forced you to pick it, and I'm sorry you aren't pleased with it.  Thank you for the feedback. 

Kyronix said:

"Can I ask why the fishing pole couldn't have just been altered to perform similar to shovels/pick axe, where we can actually tell it what we don't want to acquire like stone/gems...? At the very least this could have simply been added to the reward pool for the Fish Monger quest...ranking at the top of course above Power Scrolls ? Or game content-wise, it could have been a Quest Chain reward even, something that wouldn't be completed quickly but earned."

There exist other means to prevent fishing up shoes etc (i.e. the junk proof hook) in the game world.  This item bypasses a mechanic, as do many vet rewards.  The spirit of a vet reward is an item that is nice to have, a special thank you for veteran players, but also something that isn't an absolute necessity.  Some items have no doubt strayed a bit far from this idea - this isn't a hard and fast rule, per say, but the guiding design principle for vet rewards.

Nobody forced you to pick it, and I'm sorry you aren't pleased with it.  Thank you for the feedback. 

Kyronix said:

"Can I ask why the fishing pole couldn't have just been altered to perform similar to shovels/pick axe, where we can actually tell it what we don't want to acquire like stone/gems...? At the very least this could have simply been added to the reward pool for the Fish Monger quest...ranking at the top of course above Power Scrolls ? Or game content-wise, it could have been a Quest Chain reward even, something that wouldn't be completed quickly but earned."

There exist other means to prevent fishing up shoes etc (i.e. the junk proof hook) in the game world.  This item bypasses a mechanic, as do many vet rewards.  The spirit of a vet reward is an item that is nice to have, a special thank you for veteran players, but also something that isn't an absolute necessity.  Some items have no doubt strayed a bit far from this idea - this isn't a hard and fast rule, per say, but the guiding design principle for vet rewards.

Nobody forced you to pick it, and I'm sorry you aren't pleased with it.  Thank you for the feedback. 

Kyronix said:

@ Garth_Grey - I can't speak to the original intent for the junk proof hooks, however, my point was that a mechanism already existed in the world to prevent shoes from getting fished up.

@ Grimbeard - Fishing up footwear has always been part of the UO fishing experience.  I'm not a big fan of the "because it's always been this way" approach, but in this particular case it's become such a part of UO fishing that I'd be hard pressed to see it changed.  To the idea that greater fishing skill should reduce the likelihood of fishing up footwear - this I don't agree with.  An angler doesn't know what they've hooked into.  It could be a fish, it could be a treasure chest, it could be anything!  The application of skill comes in getting whatever it is you've hooked into back to the boat! 

Seth said:

Hmm, I logged in fine in any browser. Now using Chrome to post this, Edge in PC and Safari on my iPad... what's the issue again? 

I don't mind the BG fishing pole at vet reward as i find nothing useful to buy with my 20+ choices left, but I am irritated by the shard bound nonsense.