NPCs & Enemies Guaranteed Angler Drops DO NOT OVERRIDE other major drops

[Cowser the Khelinace]

So I came across a very interesting and infuriating bug/feature/quirk of the Angler....

I had the Bumblebee Tuna quest, which would normally reward me with either the Bottomless Honey Bucket or Honey Absorbant Sponge, but it was on my 30th fishing quest, meaning I was forced to take ONLY a Golden Fishing Rod. I ALT+F4ed multiple times to see if it was just bad luck not giving me the Honey drop, but I was only getting the Golden Fishing Rod, not the Honey drop with it.

One quick search on the wiki later, and well...

...Yeah, that explains a lot.

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CONTEXT OVER, my suggestion is very simple. Don't have any of the guaranteed Angler drops block you from getting any other major Angler items.

What is a guaranteed drop? A guaranteed drop is any item programmed to always drop on a certain quest milestone. These are:

1. Fuzzy Carrot, Quest 5
2. Angler Hat, Quest 10
3. Angler Vest, Quest 15
4. Angler Pants, Quest 20
5. Bottomless Water Bucket, Quest 25
6. Golden Fishing Rod, Quest 30

Instead of being a part of the main item pool when they drop, they drop as a bonus to whatever else you would have gotten had it not been a milestone.

As for other major items, you can probably guess, or just look at the chart of Angler Drops. Fish Finder parts, Tackle Bag parts, Fishing Bobber, Minecarp, etc.

From what it seems, in pseudocode, the current code goes as follows:

if questComplete{
    if questMilestone=X{
        dropMilestoneRewardX}
    else dropRewardRandom}

The new code would look something like this:

if questComplete{
    if questMilestone=X{
        dropMilestoneRewardX,
        dropRewardRandom}
    else dropRewardRandom}

 

[firecat666]

I'm in favour of any suggestion that makes fishing less awful.

 

[ppowersteef]

So, besides the honey rewards, what other items are considered 'major' then?
...oh, nevermind, they were stated, but not listed, so it was easier to overlook.

 

[OlleWernersson]

is this fixed yet?

 

[Maiden]

I also just had this issue, I got the angler pants (quest 20) instead of a honey item. extremely unfortunate, who knows when the next bumblebee tuna quest will be available...

 

[Aceplante]

This is the type of issue most players would have never even thought of until it happens to him.

While I understand overwriting decorations and bait, the unique rewards such as the aforementioned bottomless bucket and sponge should definitely not be overwritten.

And if they currently are, COMPLETE SUPPORT.