What I don't understand is how it is acceptable to completely change the purpose of the class in a way so vastly different from what the gathering class was in 1.0. If it no longer has any purpose besides "achievements" (which every other class already does) I feel like I spent countless hours on something that is now for nothing.

Plus who asked for this? -_- I don't understand who they think they are catering to. If they thought fishing was boring or they saw how many players were uninterested... This was the perfect chance to make the class more engaging. Not even more stale.

This to me seems like such an after thought. Like hey who cares its just fishing, lets cut costs and make this easy to do.

Really hope you thread lurkers respond and voice your opinions on this, I don't think there are many people who care enough about fishing when you compare the FFXIV community as a whole and I don't want the game to launch with the DEVs not knowing their small fishing fan-base is about to be nonexistent.