Patience and Fisheyes

[Ditto]

Yes, yes I did, and yes I know fishing is RNG. FSH actions and Fish RNG are two topics. Below extends what I said earlier.

Example:
Bladed jig bite time, 30 Secs for hard tug, 20 secs for medium. If going for big fish and patience timer is below 30 secs after mooch why mooch again? Simple solution, just wait for the buff to drop, then mooch for the big fish.

Now use that and apply it to frilled shark for example, would a FSH start the mooch after giant octopus when patience is below 30 secs?

So in other words, your answer is to just sit there and wait for Patience to wear off completely.

So not only do we have time and weather windows to worry about, and fish eyes, we now also have to sit for up to 29 seconds because if we don't, we get screwed out of our catch.

No.

And I'm fairly sure there isn't a static catch time for certain baits. I've had catches that are within seconds, and I've also had some that take a while to pull, all within the same type of tug. And if it were true, does mooching even apply? Because it feels like it sure doesn't. But deficiency does.

[UknowUknow]

Here click on my lodestone, I think i know a thing or 2 about fishing in this game
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...t/category/32/

[LineageRazor]

Here click on my lodestone, I think i know a thing or 2 about fishing in this game
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...t/category/32/

I think that you'll find that many posting in this thread have a similar lineup of achievements.

Regardless, whether or not you can predict how long it will take to fish up a fish, it's still ridiculous that a player should still have a penalty, while removing the tool that was designed to remove that penalty.

Your suggestion to just not cast if the Patience timer is low is a WORKAROUND for an obviously poor design. It's a band-aid, not a solution. The folks in this thread have it right: Hooksets should be usable at ANY time, not just when Patience is active, to cover the (frequent) cases when it wears off while your line is still in the water. Sure, you can wait, but you shouldn't have to.

[UknowUknow]

Your suggestion to just not cast if the Patience timer is low is a WORKAROUND for an obviously poor design. It's a band-aid, not a solution. The folks in this thread have it right: Hooksets should be usable at ANY time, not just when Patience is active, to cover the (frequent) cases when it wears off while your line is still in the water. Sure, you can wait, but you shouldn't have to.

Heh, linked to show that I am not bullshitting, and not some 2000 feet long e-peen. At least you got it, I am only here to make a suggestion/workaround/band-aid/solution.

Patience action still makes mooching and getting HQ fish helluva easier, poorly designed or not . 20 HQ Silver Sovereigns? No problem. HQ Storm rider? No problem. Spend the whole window trying to HQ a Wahoo? Not a problem. Going to a spot, 1 window early just to pre-mooch for the next window? Not anymore.

Did I jog some of those fond memories?