Add Fishing To Warfronts

[Kaelani]

Dear Trion,

With the addition of “Fishing” to the game in Patch 1.8, you’ve really hit a home run. It really is a fun and clever aspect to an already fabulous game. As I walked around Telara yesterday, all I could see at every pond, stream, and lake were players casting their lines into the water. I couldn’t help but notice that most of the fishermen were out-of-work Warden healers, who no longer felt useful in PvP warfronts.
At this point, it occurred to me that there was an easy way to “lure” (get it) these players back into the fray, by simply add fishing to warfronts! (I know, right??)

See, Wardens know they no longer make a difference in the outcome of any fight. Since they are nothing more than targets for other players, why not let them fish inside the warfronts? They will still fulfill Trions role for them as “lunchmeat” for the DPS classes. Since you allow fishing in instanced dungeons, adding it to warfronts should be no more difficult.

May I suggest a new warfront called “Deadliest Catch”, which takes place aboard a fishing vessel at sea.

Each team would try to control a majority of control points within the vessel (Wheelhouse, Engine Room, etc...).
You would have special buff crystals which would grant abilities such as:

“Tangle Their Line” – You wrap your line around you opponents feet, snaring them for xxx seconds

“Drop Anchor” – You drops an anchor on the head of your target causing xxx physical damage.

“Harpoon” – Fires a deck gun at the target, impaling them and sticking them to a wall.

“Swab The Deck” – Causes the target to slip on a bar of soap, and fall to the ground, stunning them.
...and so on.

Players who no longer contribute to the match could pass the time by casting into the live well (shallow), or over the edge of the boat (deep) to catch fish. I’d recommend names that are familiar to PvPers, such as: Black Garden Bluegills, Whitefall Whitefish, Codex Cod, Overpowered Wardenfish, Scion Salmon, and so on.

The artifacts gained from fishing could also share this nautical theme, with a hint of violence. I’d see artifact sets based on the severed heads of famous Telaran pirates. Turning in all of the sets of artifacts would get you a Valor based Seal, which would even get true hardcore PvPers to grab their tackle... if you know what I mean.

Please consider adding fishing to warfronts.
We really need a way to get Wardens back out there, so other classes can kill them.

Thanks.

[Cienn]

As a "lunchmeat" leveling warden, my alt approves of fishing in warfronts.

[The Relic]

"Yo ho yo ho yo weeeeeeeek!!! OMG Captainshort you've been pinned to a wall!"
"Don't worry I'm fine!"
(Bloody harpoon falls out revealing hole in CaptainShort)

[boomer150]

Dispite the obvious copywrite issues lawl I like the idea, as a newly out of work warden pvp healer myself, I find myself fishing to fill the time between ID raids, I like the idea.

Although if they put this in the game and we don't catch crab..... Lawl

[Dragonfell]

Great idea! I might even get involved in that warfront.

-Dragonfell

[Charlice]

Lol awesome. I've been joking about fishing in Codex since it was introduced.

Make it happen!

[Galdrin]

Lol. Came here expecting horrible idea to bash (rewarding players for fishing instead of helping their team in existing WFs). What I got was lolz. I approve of this idea.

[HmmmNO]

At least people would ignore the pvp and /afk for a reason -> fishing ...

[efitall]

I don't think fishing should be allowed in current WF as they exist. You have a team that's counting on you to do your part. Wandering off to fish is no better than running a bot or AFKing through the instance - it's just not the right thing to do.

However, I get that the OP is partially tongue-in-cheek.

I think the idea of an independent, future warfront as described in the OP sounds clever and fun (or maybe an alteration to a warfront for the weekend like Whitefall and Black Garden currently have).

[Adastra]

This is pretty awesome.

[Cienn]

A contested PvP zone where the best fish are out in the world would be amazing, though. Make it an adventure to get that fish because you are automatically flagged.

[Braer]

I don't think fishing should be allowed in current WF as they exist. You have a team that's counting on you to do your part...

I believe that you are missing the point. Paragraph two (2) of the post points out that if you are a Warden healer in a warfront, your part is done as effectively through fishing at that delightful little pond over there as it as it is if you involve yourself in the fray and heal folks. When someone is nerfed so hard that they no longer even matter to the outcome of a battle, what is the point?

If they did seriously implement fishing in current warfronts, I think it would be hugely beneficial. For one thing, at some point someone might noticed that some player are feel left out and therefore maybe some changes should be unnerfed so that don't any more.