Quote Originally Posted by Fruity_Snacks View Post
Apologies for implying that Big Fishing, which is absolutely and irrefutably side content that has no impact on the game itself, players experiences, or anything (really) beyond just something to do, should have something considered 'not right'
So if they released a fish that occupied a space in your fishing log but had a 0% chance to hook, then would that be right. I mean you don't have to fill out that space in the log, it's completely optional content with no impact on the rest of the game. No matter what the content is for, at a certain point of difficulty of that content, it becomes unfair in other words not right. A 0% hook chance is an extreme example but doesn't make it any less valid that there is a percentage of hook chance that becomes not right. And this will vary player to player based on their own personal opinions on difficulty. It's impossible to get everyone to agree on what a fair difficulty is. Saying my opinion is wrong because it's different from your opinion is also not right.

The fact that fishing is only really enjoyed by the few shows that it's not fun for the many. Of course it doesn't have to be fun for the many. Not everyone piece of content is for everyone. But the only reason it's not fun for the many is because of the many layers of difficulty. If you got rid of just that last layer of difficulty, the artificial layer of difficulty where you just have a guaranteed chance to fail after you have done all the previous steps correctly, then I believe more people could enjoy fishing. Like I've said previously, you can go literal months without even having a bite on some of these fish. And then after all that time when it does finally bite, you just have this guaranteed chance to fail that is outside your control, and your back to waiting months again for another chance. That can't ever be seen as fun or right. Removing control from the player is not fun or right. That's all I've been saying. I'm perfectly fine with the fact the windows can be few and far between. I'm fine with having to research a fishing hole to figure out the best bait and combinations of actions to use. This is all fun content because it's all in my control. But once things become just a dice roll at the end of it all, it's just not good gameplay. I'm sorry if your opinion defers from mine, but that doesn't make you or me right or wrong. This is supposed to be a forum for discussion not a place to just be condescending because you believe your opinion is fact.