Quote Originally Posted by Nyalia View Post
On a related note, how DO these abilities work? For every fish, does one work 100% of the time giving you the catch rate you would have without the debuff, and the other act exactly like "Hook" 100% of the time? Or is it random which is going to work and which isn't? Is there any visual indication that it worked or didn't work? Are there any fish where both work every time? Does Patience have any impact on collectable fish?
This is what I've gathered from the usage of these skills, and others' information seems to coincide with my own:

Powerful Hookset and Precision Hookset seem to work depending on the animation that plays when you catch the fish. For example, the "lightweight fish" animation where you just pull your rod twice then catch the fish are only effected by Precision Hookset and not Powerful Hookset. The heavier and legendary fish animations where you pull your rod to the side at least once are only effected by Powerful Hookset and not Precision Hookset.

Both Precision and Powerful Hooksets simply ignore the Inefficient Hooking status with the right types of fish. It's not a 100% chance to catch the fish, but the same as using Hook normally without Patience up. Granted, using the wrong Hookset for the type of "reeling animation" (light, heavy, or legendary) that the fish you hook causes will cause that Hookset to NOT ignore Inefficient Hooking. The idea is that you learn what types of animation play for the fish you are trying to catch, and any fish you need to mooch to catch it, then use the corresponding Hookset in order to efficiently catch your HQ fish with Patience.