Better FEPs for fish

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Potjeh
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Better FEPs for fish

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As food groups go, fish is kinda meh. Not only are there only mid-range recipes for fish (with the exception of eel RoB), but they yield low quality products because fish is typically caught at low quality. So I suggest that all rare fish like sturgeon or catfish get decent recipes. But more importantly I think that different fish types should be given different base qualities, much like land animals have them. Low q for common trash like roach or asp, high q for a bit rarer fish like tench or carp. This should make it possible to get fish dishes made at decent enough quality to be part of a developed player's diet, so fish could become an important trade good for newbies.
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Re: Better FEPs for fish

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Potjeh wrote:As food groups go, fish is kinda meh. Not only are there only mid-range recipes for fish (with the exception of eel RoB), but they yield low quality products because fish is typically caught at low quality. So I suggest that all rare fish like sturgeon or catfish get decent recipes. But more importantly I think that different fish types should be given different base qualities, much like land animals have them. Low q for common trash like roach or asp, high q for a bit rarer fish like tench or carp. This should make it possible to get fish dishes made at decent enough quality to be part of a developed player's diet, so fish could become an important trade good for newbies.
The one suggestion I saw on this topic was interesting. Quality of fish related to your lure quality. This would help keep fish relevant into endgame as the quality would continue rising, and also give more incentive for lure fishing as opposed to entrail spam.
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Re: Better FEPs for fish

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Yes, I think not only should the quality of fish be able to compete with farming foods, the recipes should be much stronger than simple baking articles too.
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Kind of agree that fishing should be more relevant.
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