I started fishing last weekend. So far the only positive aspect I have seen is that leveling is quite fast. Besides this, only negative aspects as far as I am concerned. :-(

Far too many fishes, too much randomness and spot searching, little chances to hunt for a particular fish, no value on the market (I am Level 29, might change in higher levels), only a few fishes are needed from the Cook and the Alchemist, Free company and leve quests take forever compared to Miner or Gardener quests.

The by far worst moment is the fishing itself. The waiting time before your Gamepad starts vibrating is killing me. I guess it is the equivalent of the time the other DOL need to make their 4-5 strikes on a node but having to stand still and waiting for that moment is beyond boring and I dumped my baits more than once missing that moment. I know fishing in real Life takes long and can be boring but this is a Game ffs. Do you really want people to stand still all the time waiting and call it a mini game?

So far I was quite ambitious with my DOL and DOH. It took several weeks to gear them up with 100% HQ items, not to speak of spirit bonding to insert Materia. The Fisher in oppisite will be brought to 50 and left alone with his white items because I can't be arsed to care for him. He gets a lot HQ fishes anyways and has zero skills to make fishing interesting and less of a hazzle. Gathering more than one fish at once like Gardener or Miner can do with skills? Nope. Raising HQ chance? Nope. Catching something besides fishes (like shards, Carbonised Materia or colors for dying)? Nope. Too many nopes for the fisher imo. So far the most boring DOL class I have played with almost zero Fun. Glad I did not start with him, otherwise I might have lost interest in DOL classes directly.