Fishing Should get shards

[Leowilde]

At the end of the day, Fisher are different from Miners and Botanist. The latter two may choose between several items, while Fishers are more subject to chance. So a Botanist or a Miner may choose to harvest shards, or stick to the other items if that's what they need. A Fisher might be farming for a certain type of fish, and thus getting shards can turn out as a drawback that slows him down. At the same time, gaining both shards and fish will overpower them.

But since Fishers rely on the kind of bait they use, how about being able to use nets? Where nets will gather shards...? Or something...

[Zozorozo]

But since Fishers rely on the kind of bait they use, how about being able to use nets? Where nets will gather shards...? Or something...

Now that makes for a good suggestion!

[KisaiTenshi]

But since Fishers rely on the kind of bait they use, how about being able to use nets? Where nets will gather shards...? Or something...

Fishers need a rod, and bait. Now... a Net could be the off-hand gear. Though keep in mind there are Fishing lures for the off-hand already. Maybe a choice could be given between "quantity" and "quality" this way. I have't fished in years. In respect to real fishing, lures actually replace bait or are in addition to it, and you tend to lose lures a lot if you're unobservant. Video game fishing is super-boring and nothing like reality. Fish are weather/time-of-day dependent as well. You can catch several fish in a few hours around sunup or sundown, that's just freshwater fishing.

Crystals though, no, I hear FFXI was terrible about this, and we don't need it here. I'd actually make the argument to remove crystals as a level 1 item entirely, put those up in the level 30+'s, and have them give random quantities.