Seriously, I never had so much gil before I started fishing. Back when I was still farming, crafting and gardening I hardly ever had over 100k on hand. That sort of gil only happened when I saved up for a while to purchase something. Now though, now it's different. Now I've got a small fortune on hand and I don't even know what to do with it all.
Ok some of that wealth still comes from crafting and gardening, but the addition of fishing has finally given me some spending money. Heck I even have enough to pimp out my Dragoon as I level, and that's just a side project. To be honest I haven't really been leveling Red Mage much lately so my gear expenses have been pretty minimal, but it still doesn't change the overwhelming sense of liberation that comes with having several hundred thousand gil on hand at any given time. It has lead to more than a few impulse purchases from bazaars, which eventually convinced me to split the gil between myself and my mule.
These days most of my gil is being saved up for purchasing Moat Carp as I sprint towards a Lu Shang's fishing rod.
My linkshell is convinced I've gone crazy.
It's been lots of fun though. For a while I was hanging out in Jugner fishing in the lake for skillups and Moat Carp, but somehow that didn't seem terribly productive after a while. I eventually decided to venture out into the world in search of new fishing holes. Somehow I ended up on the ferry fishing for Nebimonites. My research told me they would be profitable and initially this was correct. Unfortunately the market is completely and utterly flooded.
Between bouts of ferry fishing I took up residence in Ronfaure fishing up Moat Carp. It helped that there was another person in my linkshell gunning for Lu Shang's as we started keeping track of how many Moat Carp we had. I think they got sidetracked, or maybe spooked after they saw my descent into madness. Either way I haven't heard their count in a while. It's kind of disheartening because I rather enjoyed having someone in the linkshell with whom I could talk about fishing and swap tactics and fishing spots with.
So back in the world of ferry fishing I was getting tired of running through crayfish paste and having to let so many fish go free when I used a shrimp lure. You know what's great about fishing? Fish that are 40 levels above my skill level are totally possible to catch. After some experimentation I gave up on crayfish paste and switched over to a shrimp lure exclusively for ferry fishing. The Noble Ladies I'm bringing in sometimes snap the line on my Halcyon rod, but it's so rare and they sell for so much that I don't really care except when they decide to chew through my backup lure. Then I get cranky because it interrupts my fishing.
Somewhat off topic, but I recently got myself a security token. Along with it, came a snazzy mog satchel. My immediate reaction to it was "Hell yes, a bag for holding all my fish". I'm not crazy for thinking that am I?
Anyway back on the ferry life is good and after a few weeks I finally reached the point where fishing Nebimonites would no longer give me skillups. While I'm ok with just fishing for gil, skillups on the money fish tend to feel like an extra reward. Sure there's Noble Ladies still, but I felt the need for a change in scenery.
I wandered around and found a few good fishing spots to just chill out. The one that sticks in my mind is the little pond in Rolanberry Fields. I swear it's better than the pond in Ronfaure for fishing up Moat Carp. It's also a lot more peaceful and I don't have to deal with other folks reeling in all my fish. After a few nights there I needed to move on.
Eventually I ended up in Rabao, a town I haven't spent much time in. The hike's a bit inconvenient but it's worth it I feel. They've got a good supply of Moat Carp along with a fish that pulls in a bit of gil. Yup, the Sandfish market is totally untapped right now. They'll provide good skillups for a long while and good money to boot. They're a little thrashy and the Moat Carps there seem feistier than the ones elsewhere but overall it's still very good fishing.
My time there has taught me something quite useful. Just because something isn't in stock on the Auction House and hasn't been selling daily doesn't mean there isn't huge demand for it. Since I started fishing in Rabao I've pretty much cornered the market on Sandfish on my server. But wait, it gets better. The other night I received a /tell from someone who was interested in buying from me directly and at a premium as well. We've worked out what feels like a good arrangement. It does make me wonder though. Did everyone else who was supplying Sandfish have this happen to them and that's why the supply on the Auction House is so dry?
I know I promised a real update, but that's pretty much what I've been up to. Sure I've taken my Dragoon out for a spin or two, but I've spent most of my time fishing and being content to chatter with my linkshell at the same time. I guess it's just hard to make exciting blogging when you're happy instead of getting all riled up about something.
Oh, I guess I should comment on FFXIV since everyone's all flustered about that. Hmm, I'll put this as succinctly as possible.
I wanted to like it, but I couldn't even enjoy fishing.
*wanders off to go fishing*
Fishing: It's more dangerous than you think.
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