AFK Macroing Fishing

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  1. Zim

    Zim Well-Known Member

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    If I macro fishing overnight to train the skill, will I get banned? :)
  2. Basoosh

    Basoosh Well-Known Member
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    You only get gumps once you hit 100 skill. If you miss one gump, you will not get banned. You just get a 5 minute jail sentence and a missed GUMP count (which really only impacts repeat offenders).

    TL;DR: Get macroing!
  3. Zim

    Zim Well-Known Member

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    Ty. Good info!
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    I leveled up 3x fishermen to 99.9 from Serps bank. Make sure you add in a <99 hits = say Guards!

    If you're at 700 skill points, lock an unused skill at .1 to avoid getting jailed while macroing.

    Good luck!
  5. Pork Fried Rice

    Pork Fried Rice Well-Known Member

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    The macro gump must not come up too much for fishing. I macroed 10+ hours after hitting 100 and never got a gump. However, after 10 minutes of "chain selling" to NPCs (gate to house, restock macro, gate to vendor, spam vendor sell/sell agent), I got a gump. I also noticed they came up pretty quick for lumberjacking.

    Is it random or is fishing skewed to allow longer fishing before gumps come up?
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    ReZon Well-Known Member
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    AFK gumps for fishing are definitely more spaced out. Noticed that big time during fishing tourneys.
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    I thought you could macro on land to GM (without getting the gump) since you can't pull anything of value.
  8. Blakheart

    Blakheart New Member
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    but if you catch fish...isn't that afk resource gathering, basically?
  9. Athena

    Athena Active Member

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    We consider fish kind of a worthless resource, (No offense to the fish!)
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