ARR/Heavensward Fishing RNG could use a nerf.

[Solarra]

Unlike with the two other gathering classes, I'm still sitting here taking hours to gather certain fish with gear from two expansions later thanks to RNG, where as with the other two I'm mostly restricted on in-game time, which is manageable/fair.

I get that some of these are meant to be rare because they're tied to achievements and unique desynth components, but with the lack of active farming the prices on the components have skyrocketed

The main difference between fishing and the other gathering classes is that everything you can gather by Mining or Botany has a use while the vast majority of fish are absolutely useless. Fishing isn't primarily a utility class in the way the other two are. You can level CUL and ALC without it quite easily.

I am really curious as to which fish you are going for that have 'unique desynth components'. I have CUL desynth maxed and apart from the minion and some beachwear, I've got nothing useful from it (in fact, it's rather stretching it to say either of those are 'useful').

I do like the changes they have made in SB but even though the RNG is frustrating at times, I don't see the need to nerf ARR and HW fishing even more than they have. As Vnolan mentioned, the faster GP Regen, Patience II etc. are all basically nerfs. I got the 'Of Dragon's Deep' title in a week, I doubt many people managed that when it was current.

For me ARR and HW fishing is fluff content that fills the content gaps and times when my friends are all busy or not online. I have the shiny gold fishing rod and I am slowly working on completing my fishing log.
It's no longer current content, so keeping the difficulty high doesn't hurt my progression but it does give me something to do. There is huge satisfaction in catching something that has been eluding you for several weeks.