Portly Stout

2 hours ago, SteveM said:

You CAN PW a server! And you change all of the server settings exactly the same way you do with a normal Atlas server or Ark server for that matter

Harvest Rates and breeding are in the game.ini
XP is all in the GUS

So how are you getting the PW on a Blackwood server? You didn't really elaborate and we've tried it in the command line AND in the server settings and still no PW...

2 hours ago, DannyUK said:

Never even tried it, its a waste of time. People are right you should not need any bait and it should catch fish automatic, silly item.

If i want quick fish though i just use the sub, kills fish and shark no problem although i know not everyone has it.

1 hour ago, Capt Caveman said:

 

And how do you fish in RL? you get your gear together, construct/put together your rod/net, attach bait then put it/cast into water....seems pretty obvious now....

 

That's the thing, if you read above I posted the exact description from the patch notes of how the fish net is supposed to work. It isn't just our opinion that it should automatically catch fish, IT'S IN THEIR OWN DESCRIPTION. 
I've used cast nets before to catch bait fish to use to catch Snook. Never used bait to catch bait fish even though, as I mentioned above, I wouldn't even mind having to use bait (even as ridiculous as the concept is) if it would catch fish automatically. But... it doesn't. 

TLDR; Fish net doesn't match the description, doesn't auto catch anything, and is nothing more than a fishing rod you can use on a moving boat. I hate it.

7 hours ago, Capt Caveman said:

I cant get it to work!!! I sit in seat, with net in hand, saps in inventory but it still tells me 'No Ammo'???

You have to take the net out of your hotbar then drag sap on top of it then put it back on your hotbar. Still stupid if you ask me...

Just now, Realist said:

Had to laugh. I could actually envision the rant.

bot laughing at you but with you even though I am sure you are not laughing. And yeah, that is pretty ridiculous if you have to use the net that way

Don't worry, it was meant to be partially funny. I just honestly don't get what they were going for so I figured I'd write out my exact thoughts.

As per their description:
 

• Fishing Net: Can only be used when sitting. Equips on the back slot. Will begin automatically catch fish when boat has met minimum sailing minimum velocity

It doesn't automatically do ANYTHING. Why would a net require bait? Has anyone ever used a fishing net before? I wouldn't even mind the bait as much if it actually "automatically" caught fish. It doesn't. I hate it. 

A better option may have to been to just make it another boat attachment. That way you'd need a platform for it and could actually have a specialized boat for fishing...

I was under the impression that the new fishing net "automatically" catches fish.

1. When siting in a chair on my Schooner it won't let me cast due to "no ammo". Fine I add some sap.
2. Casting it in the water eventually brings up the mini-game as if I was using a fishing rod.

Is this a bug or a bad design choice that somehow made it past the PTR?