Remove Ocean Fishing Missed Catch RNG

[Canadane]

nothing but unavoidable RNG

That's fishing, though.

[Hana_Monogatari]

That's fishing, though.

If any criticism of a system can be brushed off by saying "Well it's supposed to be RNG", without any care for how that RNG impacts the player, then it is impossible to criticize the system at all. This seems plainly absurd.

[Fruity_Snacks]

If any criticism of a system can be brushed off by saying "Well it's supposed to be RNG", without any care for how that RNG impacts the player, then it is impossible to criticize the system at all. This seems plainly absurd.

Fishing in FFXIV mimics many parts of real-life fishing. We know this through the mechanics and care that goes into many of the species of fish (they almost all have real-life counterparts). FFXIV fish is, in some part, almost a fishing-sim, rather than something you might see in Stardew Valley or something.


PART of that mimicry and fishing-sim-ness is the fact that sometimes, no matter what, a fish will bite and just slip off the hook. The impact on the player is the immersion and allusion towards a real-life fishing experience. Is it a 1:1 replica of real-life fishing? No. Does it take parts of it? Yes.

I will add that regardless of your level, no fish is ever a 100% catch rate. Common (white background) fish are - HEAVILY impacted by gathering though, so the higher it is, the less likely it will be to get away; but it is never 100%.