FIXED Lava Fishing is way too hard

[Lokai]

According to UO Guide:

http://www.uoguide.com/Lava_Proof_Hook

There should be about a 30% chance of getting a common item from Lava fishing. It does not specify the difficulty of the Rare items.

My experience was very different. I used up my entire Lava Proof Hook, and got only 3 items.

Looking at the code, it gives you about a 6% chance at footwear (one of the common items), a 0.6 % chance of Stone Pavers (another common item), or either Lava Rocks or the Searing Weapon. (That's less than a 1% chance.)

The formula is in Fishing.cs at line 1041.

It's based on the LavaMutateTable located at line 159.

Also, it ignores skill levels above 100, by using the Min of 100 and your Fishing Skill.

 

[Dan]

Thanks we will work on fixing this.

 

[Dan]

Alright so it now correctly accounts for skill over 100 when factoring your chance.

The tables themselves kind of confuse me, with how they generate odds so I also opened a bug report on ServUO.

 

[Dan]

The Lava tables have been completely recoded and you should notice a much bigger difference now down using a Lava proof hook.

@Lokai has been awarded 20 Sovereigns.