Fisher: Stats mean absolutely nothing

[Aviate]

I am with both Malakai and Whatever on this. Stats seem to do nothing but make everything worse! It's infuriating! Stats should make RNG more favorable towards the player but it seems they are doing the exact opposite! As I fished over the weekend I continued to upgrade all my Fishing gear, whether it be making one piece HQ or fully melding one that was already HQ, I was catching HQ Sovereigns more frequently before, and now I also can't seem to land even a NQ Sovereign nor can I catch a HQ Goby in Cape Westwind to even BEGIN to start my mooch chain for a Titanic Sawfish, this is really ticking me off!

[LineageRazor]

Stats seem to do nothing but make everything worse! It's infuriating!

Don't fall for this illusion. The painful levels of RNG on many fish may make it SEEM like higher stats are having a negative effect at times, but the truth is that higher stats are having NO effect, positive or negative. It's a bit aggravating (having 409 Gathering SHOULD mean you have a higher catch rate on fish that have a 353 Gathering requirement than you would if you only had 353 Gathering), but it's just what we have to live with.