Fishing suppose to be casual right? WRONG!!!!!

[Surian]

Wouldnt the fish getting away be more of an indication that your gathering isnt high enough at 383?

I'm nothing more than a casual fisher, i do it for relaxing if i'm bored or have to wait for something, but wouldnt it be easy to eat some Gathering food and more reliably reel it in? :/

[ServerCollaps]

it really makes no difference, if you have 349 or 393 gathering, you'll lose most of them anyway with absolutely no noticeable difference

I think the most 2.3 fish just have a max catch ratio cap of around 20-30%, which can be easily hit
the only purpose of having the supra rod is to be able to hit the most caps without having to use food + guildbuff

thats atleast what i think after losing most of the 2.3 fish with 393 gathering (which is the highest possible amount ig right now)

[Cynthis]

they do with 2.35 in approx 1-2 weeks

Huh, I must have missed that. Do you have a link to that announcement?

[ServerCollaps]

I just read it in the patch previews in the bg forum (based on what yoshida said during live letters)

[Assirra]

Yeah because fishing isn't about records or catching the fish. It's all about getting swimsuits out of the destroyed fish. That's totally how I pictured fishing to be in my head..

/sarcasm

Hey if you just wanted the fish, just send a retainer on a venture.

[ServerCollaps]

Huh, I must have missed that. Do you have a link to that announcement?

here it is

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/122...ted-Interviews

[LlenCoram]

Hey if you just wanted the fish, just send a retainer on a venture.

And this is where the difference in perspective lies between 1.xx fishers and Yoshi's new breed of "fishers."

Assira, imagine if you will a game where fish and fishing isn't absolutely useless. Where you can decide one day to go fishing not because there's a chance for a chance for a chance for a chance for a chance to catch a fish that might give you the chance for a chance for a super speshul bikini. Instead, you go fishing because your friends want to make food, or want to break it down into crystals or shards. Or maybe you want to fish because you can catch materia catalysts with it, or you're running low on shards (of all types), or because you're running low on money and you know that the Navigator's Ears off the southern coast of Bald Knoll are selling like hotcakes because of the Hamlet Defenses right now.

Yoshi has ruined fishing. Plain and simple. The fact that newer players treat this as normal is sad. Desidious doesn't "just want the fish," he wants a system where it's worth a damn to fish in the first place.

[Assirra]

And this is where the difference in perspective lies between 1.xx fishers and Yoshi's new breed of "fishers."

Assira, imagine if you will a game where fish and fishing isn't absolutely useless. Where you can decide one day to go fishing not because there's a chance for a chance for a chance for a chance for a chance to catch a fish that might give you the chance for a chance for a super speshul bikini. Instead, you go fishing because your friends want to make food, or want to break it down into crystals or shards. Or maybe you want to fish because you can catch materia catalysts with it, or you're running low on shards (of all types), or because you're running low on money and you know that the Navigator's Ears off the southern coast of Bald Knoll are selling like hotcakes because of the Hamlet Defenses right now.

Yoshi has ruined fishing. Plain and simple. The fact that newer players treat this as normal is sad. Desidious doesn't "just want the fish," he wants a system where it's worth a damn to fish in the first place.

Come on, it was an obvious joke about the retainers...
Did i seriously need to use joke tags or something?

[LlenCoram]

Come on, it was an obvious joke about the retainers...
Did i seriously need to use joke tags or something?

Sorry, that went right over my head. I'm a little too bitter about the whole affair I guess.

[Desidious]

Thanks for coming to my aide. Regardless of that being a joke, Lien's point is still very valid. Fishing for me was never about what you can get from the fish (besides Gil because who doesn't need it) it was about finding the fish, learning how to catch it, and maybe break a record along the way. I loved the while aspect of it at the beginning and during 2.2 race to find the big fish I was having fun.

Fishing has had the fun sucked right out of it. I feel like we are here to just supply skimpy vanity swimwear to girl players and guys that like to oogle their female hyur or cat girl.