Quote Originally Posted by Airget View Post
Your first sentence is contradicting. How can something be an afterthought yet require the work of players to trial and error which baits and fish are needed to obtain other fish along with time and weather?

Fishing is the most complex of the 3 gatherers and while it might not have a huge impact on crafting as a whole it's far from an afterthought.
It's much more complicated for less reward than the other two retainers. As an aside, there is a reason why people have been asking for a proper tackle box for all of their bait.

The actual fishing system is quite well-thought out, but it's in serious need of a lot of QQL changes. The situation with fishing retainers is just another part of that.