Fishing in ARR

[LlenCoram]

She could have said it a lot better, though.

"I really care about Fishing but since it's one of the various other new features that aren't going to be in phase 3 i'm okay with waiting for phase 4" would have been a much better way to put it

Except that I'm not okay with waiting. All of us fishers are tired of waiting. This isn't at all about the various other features. This thread, and the others like it, are entirely about fishing, and we're just plain tired of waiting for information. I think at this point we've all accepted that it won't be in phase 3 because it's entirely out of our hands. What we do expect is some form of communication. Personally I'd even take "We're not allowed to talk about it!" right now, because it would be better than the nothing they've given us so far.

For what it's worth, I won't even be touching phase 3. I was going to dedicate my entire phase 3 play time to testing the new fishing and trying to see past my rose-tinted nostalgia about 1.0's mechanics and see the good in the new system. If there was no good, I was prepared to leave excellent feedback about it. However, SE won't let me fish. Since that's the case, I can't be bothered. Everything else that I might enjoy in the game, I'd like to leave to phase 4 or launch. Discovering the new La Noscea? Launch. Figuring out how to play Monk? Launch. Getting back together with my beloved linkshell? Launch.

[Orophin]

For what it's worth, I won't even be touching phase 3. I was going to dedicate my entire phase 3 play time to testing the new fishing and trying to see past my rose-tinted nostalgia about 1.0's mechanics and see the good in the new system. If there was no good, I was prepared to leave excellent feedback about it. However, SE won't let me fish. Since that's the case, I can't be bothered. Everything else that I might enjoy in the game, I'd like to leave to phase 4 or launch. Discovering the new La Noscea? Launch. Figuring out how to play Monk? Launch. Getting back together with my beloved linkshell? Launch.

That's just a piss poor attitude. The game is still in a testing state and a large portion of the game assets are getting dumped into the game in Phase 3. Just because the one thing you want to play most won't be available, the other 99.99% of the game needs to be bug checked.

I want to fish just as much as the next person, but there's obviously not much we can do about it at this point. There's many other things I like about the game besides fishing, so I'm going to do my utmost to try to break those to ensure they get fixed and the game at launch is as polished as it can be.

[LlenCoram]

That's just a piss poor attitude. The game is still in a testing state and a large portion of the game assets are getting dumped into the game in Phase 3. Just because the one thing you want to play most won't be available, the other 99.99% of the game needs to be bug checked.

I want to fish just as much as the next person, but there's obviously not much we can do about it at this point. There's many other things I like about the game besides fishing, so I'm going to do my utmost to try to break those to ensure they get fixed and the game at launch is as polished as it can be.

You're right, and it makes me a bad tester. The truth is though that I find other aspects of the game boring. As it is, the game won't miss one tester who has their tail in a knot because fishing isn't available.

EDIT: My willpower isn't that strong anyway, so there's actually a good chance I log on regardless. I already took the weekend off. Though that was to fish.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

For what it's worth Fishu, you'll get your 1.0 character back in phase 3 along with all your stuff.

So you can look at your luminary rod in your inventory and maybe equip some of your old fishing gears. Also you can count your fish hoard to make sure everything is still intact. :P

[Robobandit]

For what it's worth Fishu, you'll get your 1.0 character back in phase 3 along with all your stuff.

So you can look at your luminary rod in your inventory and maybe equip some of your old fishing gears. Also you can count your fish hoard to make sure everything is still intact. :P

I hate to think what those fish would look like after being in storage for 6-8 months

[LlenCoram]

As far as I remember, I had around 25 or 30 stacks of young herring. I'm curious if they'll have a use if Hamlet is changing.

[Punainen]

I'm still dreading the thought that fisher might have been turned into a class for people who don't feel like playing the game. Crafting was already a perfectly good way to spend time while waiting for a pt to gather or some such...

[Mamakat]

A friend of mine suggested that maybe they're holding off on fishing so people don't have extra time to get a bot ready for launch? Who knows. I was bummed that it wasn't going to be included. My fishing wasn't very high in 1.0, but I was looking forward to trying out the new system.

The impression that I get, is that they are making it more for the people who want to fish because they like fishing and want it to be "realistic". *shrug*

[lvicious]

My attitude has been up and down in regards to fishing but there is no way I am going to let (not being in phase 3) that ruin the experience. I can understand if people just want to wait for opening day and not have any spoilers though.

I have to get on though because I am having FF withdrawal that only 14 can fix anymore plus just the fact I can get out of Gridania finally is welcome.

Patience.. and if fishing turns out to be utter sh*t then I'll be the one leading the angry mob for Yoshi's head lol.

[ArkhamNative]

In case you haven't seen this yet, GamerEscape (fan site/wiki/forum) will be interviewing Yoshi-P at E3. They are asking for suggestions for interview questions. A very popular request is to ask about fishing. People may want to go "up-vote" that question, or suggest any other question for the interview.

More info: Question for Yoshida? Coming Soon: Gamer Escape's E3 Interview of Yoshida-san