Perhaps you are wondering about the odd picture on the left. Why is it not a tank. Well, it is connected to our topic today. If there were 100 levels, what would it be like.
First, what would the total XP needed for 100 be? Tap fish of course raised the levels from 40 to 80 about 3 or so months ago. At first the XP needed to advance a level were unbelievably high, but an update placed it at 10,000XP per level in the 40's, 20,000 XP in the 50's, 40,000 in the 60's, and a whooping 80.000 in the 70's. 1.6 million XP's were needed in total to reach the highest level 80. However if this doubling trend would continue to Level 100, that would mean 160,000 per level in the 80's and 320,000 per level in the 90's for an additional 4.8 million points! That is a total three times higher than the present point total. Having a game that required 6.4 million XP to complete however would be boarding on absurd. Even for me it would take almost a year to complete.
What, then, would be a realistic point total? I would suggest 100,000 points per level in the 80's and 150,000 in the 90's. This is still incredibly high, but still possible compared to the present doubling scenario.
Next is the question of fish. For this criterion I have three opinions. First, it should be something that visually adds to the game. Some people have suggested sea snakes, but wouldn't they just look like eels? Electric eels already look bad enough, and I don't see anything electric about them. Just because a fish or marine animals sounds cool in real life doesn't mean it translates well in Tap Fish. We already have the brown pieces of string that are the eels, do we really need other colored pieces of string to accompany them?
Second, it should follow in an order that makes sense. Right now we have killer whales on level 15, although they are much bigger and even eat most of the species that are above them. Killer whales are even known to eat Great Whites on occasion! With this in mind, it would be silly to have seals above the Great Whites because the seal is the staple of the Great White diet. This does not mean that the fish necessarily have to be bigger and badder, but they should add an element to Tap Fish that justifies them being ranked higher than the Great White.
Third, I think there should be a new fish every level. Given the time it takes to reach each level after 80, the tapper should have some sort of reward of reaching such high levels. Personally, I found it to be a very long lonely road from Manta Ray to Great White.
Who are the candidates from super high level fish? Here are a few ideas of mine.
1. Sperm Whales: The biggest of all toothed whales.
2. Coelacanth: A survivor from the dinosaur age, one of the coolest-looking fish.
3. Tuna: One of the biggest and most sought-after sushi fish in the world.
4. Blue Marlin: The worlds best game fishing fish.
5. Ocean Sunfish: Heaviest known bony fish in the world.
6. Narwhal: The horn on this whale is actually an out-of-control tooth.
7. Polar Bear: If we have penguins, why not polar bears? Polar bears have been discovered swimming in the open ocean, 500 kilometers from the nearest land mass.
8. Humpback Whales: The singers of the sea. Starred in Star Trek IV!
9. Sturgeon: The caviar fish can grow to huge sizes and has a cool shape.
10. Gar: A big fish with a scary head.
11. Atlantic Cod: For a long time the most commonly eaten fish in the world, the cod is now on the verge of extinction. It deserves this for it's contributions to civilization so far.
12. Oar fish: It long, unique shape led this fish to often be mistook for a sea serpent.
13. Right Whale: This endangered Whale was so named because it was so easy to kill, meaning the "right" whale to kill.
14. Sail Fish. Can zip along at 110 km/hr (70 miles)
15: Lungfish: Gills and lungs, what else can you say?
16: Megamouth Shark: Only 50 have ever been caught or sighted.
17: Walrus: Those tusks would look cool, and it is much tougher than a seal
18. Blue Whale: Why? Because it is a blue whale of course!
19. Kraken: I'd love to see Tap Fish's take on this classic sea monster.
20: The level 100 fish is the fish pictured in the opening picture. That's right! The Turkish Doctor Fish. These little suckers get their thrills eating the dead skin and crud on your feet. Used to treat skin disorders. Why such a little fish for the 100 level? It is a tribute to the Wizard of Oz. The great big powerful wizard is really just some dorky guy hiding behind a machine. Having the Doctor fish would show that even a little fish can have a big role. Tap Fish, let's give the doctor fish his due. Doctor fish for Level 100!
Well this is my vision, if you have the time, share your as well!
(By the way, those are my feet!)
Hey Shane: What about "Nessie?" Also, yellowfin, bluefin and a sailfin?
ReplyDeleteYour second biggest fan, "Glenn the Mushy".
the turkish doctor fish is a major letdown on level 100 having passed much cooler fish in the earlier levels. they'll be ok on level 81.
ReplyDeletebayview should do the research on how extinct or endangered some fish (or water mammals) and how other people crave to see them, either on the seas or on ocean parks. in the end, it will be an educated decision for bayview.
i think availability of creatures per level should cater to every type of player:
1. levelers (xp-oriented)
2. investors (coin lovers)
3. collectors (breeders)
from levels 1 to 100, there should be at least 3 new fishes that caters to the 3 types of players.
for levelers, we would want to see a new xp fish each level to use, other than green snappers. ideally they would mature the same time or a little faster than the previous level's xp fish. level 1 green snappers would mature in 4 hours, (and so on in between), and level 100 turkish doctor (ok let him be an xp fish at 100) will mature in 2 hours. for cost, they start at 10 coins level 1, then about 10% more expensive per level.
for investors, each level should showcase a new fish who matures a little longer than the previous level's money fish (maybe 10% more time per level), but the overall coins per hour earned is at least 10% higher than the previous one.
xp fish and coin fishes don't need to be super-pretty, but..
for collectors, these should be the cool fish! each level should have a new cool breeding fish, and a new non-breeding but pretty fish (like extinct fishes).
regarding fishbucks, xp fishes and coin fishes should all be buyable with coins, because these gamers would never buy fishbuck fish then sell for xp or coins. but the fishbuck can be used to buy half of the breeders and cool fish.
one of these days i'll post a sample breakdown per level.
@ Glenn I'm not sure how nessie looks like or if it is even a fish., so I left it off. Yellow fin and Bluefin are both Tuna's are they not?
ReplyDelete@Taong The whole fish catalogue of Tap Fish could use an overhaul. What you suggest has some merit and perhaps I might incoroprate it into a future blog.
ReplyDeleteI might also say there are dozens of fish that Tap Fish has not included so I don't think we need to go too overboard with extinct ones yet.
ReplyDeleteCorrection: The sawfish is already in the Limited Edition section. Sorry for this oversight. As an alternative, how about the sailfish mentioned above.
ReplyDeleteIm level 48, i need 250,000 xp to up level, is there an update to lower this amount????
ReplyDeleteYes, you must still be playing a May version of this game. Try to update to version 1.14
ReplyDeleteThanks for staying with us after completing 80 levels. Hard core fan lol I'm getting there. Love the choices for higher levels. But I fall into the breeder group maybe you can generate the 'talk' where I could not.
ReplyDeleteBetween levels where nothing is going on, boring, have an option to buy, from a list of 5 or our choice, a non-breeder that becomes a breeder. 5M coins or 475FB (about $15) which included a breeding tank. will have 55m in a couple of days and nothing really to spend it on. There are at least 7 fish that I would pay (even FB) for and it would get me interested in acheiving higher levels and could bring in money for the co. Let me know your thoughts
and thanks again for sticking with us.
A Breeder column? I'm such a bad breeder that I hesitate a little. I'll give it a shot, but let me get one or two other topics out of the way, first.
ReplyDeleteHay, level 48 from before, i just updated my ipod to v3.1.3, and updated my tapfish app, i'm level 65 now, cheers for the help!!!
ReplyDeleteI have visited other tanks and tried to buy something. I have run across this message several time. " Locked level 81 needed to buy" . I thought there were only 80 levels?
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