Fishing tip for any other beginners: get to the edge of some water, equip your rod (you eventually get one free in a quest around the starter area), aim your camera at your feet like you're looking down on your head, then click the action button (default "F".)  I kept trying while looking out over the water and it doesn't work - must look down.  No need to actually see fish in the water.

Also for gathering, I found I couldn't get anything out of the nodes within the city walls of Heart of Eanna, even though I could technically whack ore nodes and trees (just got endless fails and no skill ups.)  I went right outside the walls and hit nodes and started collecting mats and advancing skill.  

Originally posted by garbonzo

Fishing tip for any other beginners: get to the edge of some water, equip your rod (you eventually get one free in a quest around the starter area), aim your camera at your feet like you're looking down on your head, then click the action button (default "F".)  I kept trying while looking out over the water and it doesn't work - must look down.  No need to actually see fish in the water.

Also for gathering, I found I couldn't get anything out of the nodes within the city walls of Heart of Eanna, even though I could technically whack ore nodes and trees (just got endless fails and no skill ups.)  I went right outside the walls and hit nodes and started collecting mats and advancing skill.  

Nodes inside cities are the first to get emptied by someone, don't forget gathering materials is a competition too in Darkfall (if someone don't whack your tree or stone then is just a unspoken gentlemen agreement throughout material gatherers). 

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