Steal FFXV's Fishing System

[TheJarvisMan]

Seriously, it is so much fun. I don't know how hard it would be to implement it into an MMO format, but I enjoy it way more than the click-fest that is in FFXIV. Make it happ'n cap'n. Can I -please look forward to it-?

[Clethoria]

1. You're assuming everyone here has played XV and we know what you're talking about.
2. How about letting the game be playable for at least a month before hopping on a bandwagon.

[Hypnotic13371337]

No -10char

[TheJarvisMan]

1. You're assuming everyone here has played XV and we know what you're talking about.
2. How about letting the game be playable for at least a month before hopping on a bandwagon.

1. I'm assuming nothing.
2. How in the world is liking FFXV's fishing system and suggesting SE add elements of that system into this game? Ya know, like they did from plenty other FF titles. That Warrior class you're playing came from another FF, ya know.

[MicahZerrshia]

As a fisher in this game...NO

It reminded me a lot of the fishing system in ffxi which was horrendous. I likely will be doing very little fishing in xv just like i did none in xi, because it's annoying

[Medicine]

I haven't played cute boi's in a car yet... I dunno how the fishing is.

But no the fishing in ffxiv is fine.

[Niwashi]

1. You're assuming everyone here has played XV and we know what you're talking about.

XV Fishing:

It starts with choosing a spot in the water in front of you to cast your line towards (based on some mini-map indicators of where the fish are). Then you just have to hope a fish will actually bite. Sometimes they're interested right away. Sometimes you can get them interested by tapping R2 (the reel in button) a few times to make your lure bob enticingly. And sometimes it's just not going to happen, and all you can do is try casting again.

If a fish does bite, you move into the reeling in mini-game. R2 reels the fish in (and there's a progress bar showing how far you are into that), but you can't keep reeling in continuously, because that causes too much tension on the line. To keep tension to a minimum, you have to mostly follow the direction the fish is pulling. Mostly that means pressing right or left according to on-screen prompts. You need to balance enough reeling in to eventually land the fish, with enough time not reeling in and just following the fish's direction to ease the tension. (Since you have to reel in at some point, there will always be some tension created and that depletes your line's durability.) When the fish jumps, you have to press either right, left, up, or down (as prompted) or else the line will break and you'll lose the fish, your line, and your lure. Or if the tension in the line wears down the line's durability to zero, that also results in losing the fish, your line, and your lure. But if you manage to reel it all the way in before wearing out your line in the process, then you get a fish.

Small, easy fish can be reeled in pretty quickly and with very little tension created by doing so. Bigger, tougher fish need a lot more reeling in before you can land them, and at the same time, create a lot more tension on the line while doing so. A simple (1000 point durability) line may not be able to handle them, so there's multiple different grades of fishing line to handle harder fish. There are also different lures for different types of fish, but you're never guaranteed that the fish that bites will be the type you want (the right lure, location, and time of day only ensures that it's possible), so sometimes (make that "usually" if the fish is at all rare) you do the whole mini game just to land something pretty useless. (The only consolation is that a lot of the useless fish are easy ones.)


So my opinion on it:
It was pretty fun at first, when I was still excited by "oh cool, I caught something", but once I moved onto quests where I'm trying to catch specific fish, it starts getting more frustrating than fun. (Could have been better if we got higher value food or trade goods rewards on the fish that weren't the ones we wanted for quests.)

[Chocolys]

XV Fishing:
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Thanks for the description

And then I don't wish it for FF XIV.

[Clethoria]

XV Fishing:

Thank you for explaining. And to that, I say NOPE.

No reason to fix something that ain't broke.

[Windseraph]

No thanks, fishing in FFXV is the sole reason I don't have a platinum trophy yet, it's horrid.