Comic #159: Skill Not High Enough (Patreon)

Originally published, October 5th, 2008.

19 panels. That would take me days to do now.

Glacial Salmon is from Wrath, so I must have been on the test realm at the time. The expansion wouldn't release for another month after this comic was published.

This one involves game mechanics that are so antiquated I almost don't even know what's real and what's a joke. You needed a certain skill level to fish in specific bodies of water? Fish could get away if your skill was too low? I have no memory of that. Looking up glacial salmon on wowhead classic, it looks like you needed 380 skill to cast and 475 to avoid getaways. This was also before each expansion would have it's own skill track for each profession.

During TBC I was crazy into fishing, so the timeline for this comic tracks. I remember working hard to get the "Salty" title. I do remember some of these items that increased fishing skill, like the fishing hat, and Captain Rumsey's Lager.

I wonder how many times I've used the "X DOESN'T TALK" line. I know at least one other time.