Rant (cuz I'm gonna break something if I dont....)

[Vasala]

What I would really like would be to see fishing get some GP using skills to help with things like mooching / big fishing. Something like use gp to get a high quality buff for X minutes. Chum the waters using GP to increase the chance of the big one biting on the bait for X minutes. Could have GP using skills like that and have GP not regenerate for fishers while the buff was active. Maybe a skill like mining / botany have to increase the chance to succeed at landing fish during X minutes.

[Kuwaitum]

I feel that pain, sometimes I feel I should quit fishing..

Waiting for specific weather or time is accaptable... but specific time and weather and double HighQuality Mooch.. sometimes its unrealistic..

Sometimes I say.. I should be gathering shards instead.. but I also get pissed off, because I waste my time while the bot next to me has his/her owner sleeping while the bot is gathering day & night. Maybe i should quit this game a whole.

[wicked-one]

Like everything RNG driven, it caters the one and starves the other...

im sitting in a it-training and have lots of time besides, but no probability to raid or farm FCoB so i tried to hit on my Gatherer Tools, and the Sightseeing log...

Day 2, already fed up with this damn "weather here, timespan there" thing, checking those to align up sucks more than learning for my exam on friday.

This ain´t a game, this is work ^^

[Hayward]

Yet another case of elitists opening their big mouths about wanting challenges and everyone else paying the price when those wishes are granted. The RNG element in fishing is about as absurd as 3/4-star crafting.

[Vespar]

Yet another case of elitists opening their big mouths about wanting challenges and everyone else paying the price when those wishes are granted. The RNG element in fishing is about as absurd as 3/4-star crafting.

I have to agree with the latter part of this this. I dont know if it was elitism that brought us here but... as I said in the original post, after months of fishing I finally caught Titanic Sawfish... A few weeks later Ive now caught all of the Feast of Famine fish. That's all I did, lived breathed and nearly ate fish non-stop trying to catch them all like some horror-version of Pokemon!

But now that I have all of the Feast of Famine complete. I once again have to go back and ask.. WHY ON EARTH did Titanic Sawfish take so long? I had extremely good gear (far more gathering/perception than what was required) Sawfish's window was far more readily available than Shonisaurus or Helicoprion's and yet it took me months to catch Sawfish and only a few weeks to catch ALL of the "REAL" legendaries? And not just me, My husband completed his Feast of Famine one day before me. We both started the quest around the same time. (He started maybe 2-3 days before me) He also went several months trying to catch Sawfish... I dunno maybe we just got extremely lucky after all the hardship from Sawfish but....

its just an observation. I still think maybe Sawfish's RNG needs to be re-adjusted?

[XiXiQ]

Waiting for specific weather or time is accaptable... but specific time and weather and double HighQuality Mooch.. sometimes its unrealistic...

... and then... "the fish gets away....." ugh.

agreed, the RNG chain on some fish is simply ridiculous, specific weather, followed by another specific weather + specific time + triple mooches - and even after that elusive hook, you are still in RNG territory to complete the catch. Whoever thought of it is a sadist.

[Miyu20]

Did anyone ever think of how much like real fishing this is? Big Fish are big for a reason. It's because they have lived long enough and were smart enough to get off of countless hooks and lived through all that the world has thrown at these fish.

If you are going to complain because this is too much like real fishing... I am laughing at you.

[Vespar]

Did anyone ever think of how much like real fishing this is? Big Fish are big for a reason. It's because they have lived long enough and were smart enough to get off of countless hooks and lived through all that the world has thrown at these fish.

If you are going to complain because this is too much like real fishing... I am laughing at you.

It's also a game. Not real life. If I wanted real life, I'd go outside and fish :P (Though in all likelihood, I wouldnt be trying to land a specific fish at a specific time of day... or weather for that matter, no one likes to stand in the pouring rain, blizzards or searing heat just to catch a fish :P haha)
So go ahead and laugh that we're all hoping and striving for a better fishing system through feedback but please keep your laughter to yourself. Be happy for someone else's happiness. Even if that's catching virtual fish. Don't try to destroy it. Just keep striving for yours. :3