PLL About Ocean Fishing
- Fisher exclusive content (漁師専用コンテンツ)
- Board a ship at specified times to enjoy fishing on the high seas (特定の時間に出港する船に乗って海上の釣りスポットで船釣りができる)
- Receive experience and scrips based on fish caught (釣果に応じて経験値やスクリップを獲得)
- Meeting certain conditions while aboard will grant all passengers the chance of a big haul (特定の条件を満たすことで全員に爆釣タイムが到来!)
Ocean Fishing will be a new content exclusive to fishers, where you can enjoy fishing on the high seas. Rather than creating a Duty Finder content that could be entered at any time, we wanted to implement something where you could sense time slowly passing by, so you’ll be able to participate by boarding a ship at specific times. We’d like to gradually add more fishing spots in the future.
- Fisher exclusive content (漁師専用コンテンツ)
- Board a ship at specified times to enjoy fishing on the high seas (特定の時間に出港する船に乗って海上の釣りスポットで船釣りができる)
- Receive experience and scrips based on fish caught (釣果に応じて経験値やスクリップを獲得)
- After meeting certain conditions, passengers may discover a spectral current and the chance for a big haul (特定の条件を満たすことで全員に爆的タイム(幻海流)が到来!)
This is the fisher-exclusive content that we first introduced during our previous Letter LIVE. You’ll be able to participate even as a level 1 fisher. There aren’t many activities like this in FFXIV, and quite frankly this content won’t make or break the game. However, we believe that as we continue to create the world, the existence of some of these types of activities provide a charm to it. We feel that our MMORPG has started to reach a point where we can make this sort of content. We hope it’s something that you can enjoy casually, like while waiting for your raid group.
We showed some gameplay footage, so you can take a look at what it’s like.
The ship sets sail every two hours in real time. There are two different routes, each with three fishing locations. Once you arrive at a fishing location, everyone on the ship will be able to begin fishing. The content is about 25 minutes long after boarding the ship.
When ocean fishing was first announced, we received requests to allow players to slowly sail around on the ship, like FFXI or FFXIV 1.0. While it was possible, this time we intentionally did not do so. Making it realistic like that would make the content take longer to complete, and thus not something you could do leisurely. On the other hand, we were meticulous when creating the cutscenes, which should be great for taking screenshots.
Each player can fish from wherever they’d like on the ship. The important part is fishing with other players in the same area, and it should be quite enjoyable to fish together even if you don’t hold any conversations.
There are NPCs onboard that sell bait and repair your equipment also. As shown in the gameplay, the fish you caught during the trip will be displayed in the Score Overview window. You’ll receive points depending on the type and quality of the fish you caught. Once you’ve returned to port, your score will be totaled and displayed as a ranking. You can also leave early if you’re not interested in scores or something comes up while you’re fishing.
We’re considering additional routes and random events in future updates. Since we are implementing the base system this time, we weren’t able to create many variations of random events.
- New routes will be added. (新たな航路を追加)
- Additional objectives will be added (新要素「ミッション」を実装)
- Completing these objectives will add bonus points to your score. (提示される個人目標を達成するとスコアボーナスを得られる)
- Reembarking after abandoning a voyage will be restricted. (途中退出後の再入場を制限)
A restriction will be placed on reembarking after abandoning a voyage and the requirements for spectral currents will be adjusted. These changes are intended to discourage repeatedly abandoning voyages in an effort to find routes with early spectral currents.
- New routes will be added.
- Additional objectives will be added.
ON-BOARD MISSIONS
カニを釣る : 0/13 (catch crabs)
★★★以上の魚を釣る : 5/5 (catch ★★★ or higher fish)
引きの強い魚(!!)を釣る : 1/27 (catch a strong !! fish)
The conditions for spectral currents have been adjusted, making them easier to encounter while ocean fishing.
- New indicators for bonuses while ocean fishing will be added.
- New route (towards Kugane)
A new route towards Kugane will be added to Ocean Fishing. As you can see from the screenshots, you can look forward to seeing quite a few magnificent views on this route.