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

[Vespar]

So, I waited quite a long time for Helicoprions' rare weather. Finally the stars aligned and the correct weather requirements showed up. I spent the entire 8am to 4pm fog>heatwave window trying and trying and trying to catch the Mooch fish. Never once did I catch the mooch fish at all.......

I had the correct bait, gathering and perception FC buffs, Spinache Quiche HQ, BiS and Max melds (except Lucis), the whole shebang, I can catch Nepto Dragons no problem but I cant catch a HQ Storm Rider to save my life?

It will probably be yet another week before the stars align and the weather pops again when Im online.....

After having spent 5 months trying to get Titanic Sawfish just so I could advance this quest, I have to question, why the heck does fishing need all these unbelievably strict spawn requirements. Fishing used to be a fun and relaxing pass time for me in this game until Big Fishing came out. Now, I can understand time OR weather + Bait, but not time AND weather + bait.
Then there's fish like Helicoprion. The time is specific 8AM to 8PM, the weather has to change from specifically FOG to HEATWAVE or it wont work AND you have to use the right bait (WHICH EVERY OTHER FISH IN THIS ZONE ALSO BITES ON). The gosh damn universe has to precisely align at the exact moment in time and you somehow need to manage to be online when it happens to even get a shot at catching one fish.

Its a bit much dont you think?

Anyways, after 5 months trying to catch one retarded fish only to follow it up with something worse, I needed to vent or I was probably gonna put my fist through my monitor and then table flip my desk and shatter my keyboard and mouse over the crumpled remains of my PC...

TL;DR: Its a rant, about a fish and its unbelievable pop requirements.