Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
How about they just change Fishing to be more like Spearfishing. Nodes, 3 sets of lure you switch between, and abilities that actually manipulate the odds properly like Spearfishing. Everybody I know who hates fishing hates it because of how it works. They all seem to love Spearfishing as well, the reasons I've been given include how less frustrating it is as a whole due to how much easier it is thanks to nodes and being able to manipulate the odds for longer, like Botany and Mining. If it wasn't for Spearfishing, I don't think I'd have made it through the Crystarium quests for Fisherman (I hated how I could only fish for this) or even leveled up FSH up to 80 (I leveled it up ONLY through Spearfishing).

Even without adding nodes, they can change the lure system and the "catch tables" to adjust. Just...don't leave it like it is, it's beyond stupid and frustrating, especially since it's MANDATORY to finish off all the Crystarium quests (I still don't know why they didn't just put Culinarian with this).
Spearfishing was added to fishing to get those who liked MIN/BTN to do a little bit more fishing. This is why a lot of the GC turn-ins are spearfish. And why Ocean Fishing is a thing now too; get more people fishing.

It's funny you suggest using Spearfishing as the replacement for rod fishing because it is, in my opinion, far more rng dependent than normal fishing - DUE TO the lack of bait options (baits in this case being spear heads). So many fish overlap that you can't select the bait you need to get the exact fish you want.

Nodes wouldn't improve anything because fishing holes are better.

All of these suggestions would basically gut any identity to fisher, solely because some folks "don't like fisher/fishing".

Fisher is unique; always has been, and always should be.