This is probably the biggest update to Fishy Business yet! :)
New:
Improved fishing system with new animations! Now you really can cast your bobber! Hold RT or Left Mouse to charge up your throw, and release it at the right time to get a Perfect throw! Perfect throws are rewarded with a chance to get Nibble Combo Crits!
Big changes and improvements to menus and UI!
17 New Legendary Fish added!
The Mysterious Machine is completely new and rebuilt. It is now a screen shown in the game world, and spins are visible to all players. When the machine is in use, it is locked to the player using it, to avoid interrupting each other's spins. The machine will now always reward a random Mysterious mutation fish, and the reels will decide fish rating, modifier and rarity, with a chance to get a random Nibble Combo Bonus spin. The "Money + XP" prize has been removed. The machine also includes Mysterious versions of ALL fish in the game, including a new insanely valuable jackpot prize: "Mysterious Legendary"!
The Vert Island Community Fund can now be found on Vert Island. They are asking for donations for various reasons, and the entire server can chip in. If they reach their donations goal, the new Forbidden Waters event will run for 1 hour!
New Fish Display in player bases lets you display up to three of your favorite fish from your Journal. They are expensive though, so better start saving! :)
4 New Coins added that can be used in the Mysterious Machine to guarantee some results: Shiny Coin (guaranteed Shiny modifier), Coin of Wisdom (guaranteed Wise modifier), Coin of Leadership (guaranteed Leader modifier), and Starry Coin (guaranteed 5 stars). They all have a small chance to be randomly found while fishing, and can also be bought with regular Mysterious Coins at the new Coins Trader on Vert Island.
Legendary Upgrade Machine added to The Lab on Vert Island. Now you can upgrade your legendaries! 3 Legendary fish will combine into one Mega Legendary, and 3 Mega Legendary fish will combine into an Uber Legendary. Its rating and value is based on the average rating and stats of the three fish used. The regular Mutation Upgrade Machine has bee upgraded with the same average rating system.
Chances for triggering Server Events through Skills have been massively increased. You should now see a lot more Server Events while playing, especially in crowded servers!
Optimize Farm function should now also consider Speed rating and potential Leader-effects when used.
Balance changes to Business system:
Business Cards have been reworked, and are now consumables that last for 1 hour instead of being equipped forever. Cards now have different types of bonuses that can increase your Shrimpin' Boat income, make your boats work faster, or even give you better chances of spotting rarer legendaries. Different bonuses stack, but duplicate bonus types do not.
Deep Sea Trawler upgrades now provide noticeably better catches. Higher levels increase the chance of catching rare Black Seas fish and powerful mutations. At level 100, the trawler has a 75% mutation chance.
Shrimpin' Boat bonus income has been reduced. It was originally designed before the big value fish were in the game, and now it was making the game an AFK-simulator. Boat level 100 now gives Farm Income + about 50% instead of +400%.
Scouting Boat now spots for fish every 5 minutes instead of every minute.
Business is Booming bonus income reduced from 5x to 2x.
Bug fixes:
Fixed a critical bug where leaving and rejoining the same server in a very short amount of time would result in the player's fish farm being potentially wiped.
Fishing zones at the rear of Sloppy Mary had some collision issues with the overhead camera, and has been remade into one new fishing zone. Also added some steps to stand on at the front of the boat.
Server event popups are fixed and will now show as normal when someone activates a server event.
Fixed a bug where Critical Payout-chance of fish affected their displayed farm income. This might result in your fish showing lower farm income than before, but in reality it hasn't changed, it's just that potential critical chance is not a part of the equation anymore.
Lucky Break popup now only shows the extra amount that the fish earned, not total amount.
"Next Goal" no longer starts from beginning on Prestige