Fishing Tackle Box

[Choco_Breeder_Twirly]

So i just started Fishing and one of the first things i noticed quick on was the lack of an Off Hand where as Botanist and Miner have one... This also puts Fishers at a disadvantage sort of to Perception and Gathering points.

The second thing i noticed was the amount of space fishing takes up due to all the different kinds of Bait needed for the different fishies.

This brought me to ask myself why isn't there a Tackle Box off hand?? I know there is the Bait and Tackle "ability", however a Tackle Box off hand would be a lot better. Basically it would be a rather simple item in the off hand that not only gives a bit more gathering and perception but the higher level one you get the more Bait you can fit into it to alleviate the amount of space it takes up in your actual inventory...

Just an idea... hope it doesn't sound as stupid as i'm expecting it to too others...

[Mimilu]

People have been asking for a Tackle box to store their bait in forever now but the Devs keep saying no because of the amount of data they would need to save...
This game has really bad inventory/storage issues. >w>()

[Tint]

This also puts Fishers at a disadvantage sort of to Perception and Gathering points.

there is no disadvantage, because the stats you need for fishing are balanced around the missing off-hand. if they add an off-hand tool, they would also increase the stats you need.

in fact the whole opposite is true: miner and botanist are in a disadvantage, because they HAVE an off-hand tool. that means they have to spend time and money, probably millions of gil, to get the best tool and overmeld it with materia.

the missing off-hand is a gift.

[luckystrikes]

To understand this discussion you have to admit the main reason this will never happen: anything that encourages subscribers to purchase retainers for additional inventory space at a fixed monthly fee will be maintained. From my perspective, tackle boxes fall in to this category...they would take away a fixed amount of inventory space that drives retainer sales. This is the same reason ventures/beat tribe tokens occupy a physical space in your inventory as opposed to being tracked on a currency type page. I am just happy they have a npc selling cheap selected bait in the housing areas.

[HaelseMikiro]

The partial tackle solution we do have now, is that most people only do fishing in the most recent expansion areas, and thus, require far fewer types of bait to get it all done. In 2.0 we had maybe 40 different kinds of bait, and generally one needed to carry QUITE a few of them around if there were actively chasing Big Fish windows. In HW we can get by with about 10 tackles. And that number is what I expect to see going forward with the game each expansion.
RIP #tackleboxorriot threads

[LineageRazor]

Except that with Aquariums, SE is giving us a reason to go back and fish in old areas. While there aren't many such fish now, there are plans to add more...

My inventory cries for mercy!