Fisherman and Tackle Boxes

[Skivvy]

There are only 3 jigs, I wouldn't really call it even an inventory. Rather than give us inventory for lures and tackles I wish they'd just get rid of at least 50% of them. It's the one job in the game that has that sort of handicap. I can't even compare it to crafters because most crafters share mats. At the very least, I don't necessarily have to buy it if I need it, not the case with most baits who can only be found from vendors.

On the flip side of that argument, if it was only 3 jigs, why bother creating a separate inventory for them? The armoury chest already has a section for off-hand items, they could have easily have gone there.

[Sekkei]

I was told that SE outright said no to tackle boxes or anything of the sort, but don't quote me on that. It was hearsay and I didn't look further into it since I didn't much care about fishing past leveling it at the time.

[Sekkei]

Oh lord. I know FFXI used offhand for fishing tackle that was directly geared onto you and that, along with everything else you wore, still took up inventory space. Problem is the armoury chest is too small for the current variety of bait we have and that list is only going to continue to grow. Sigh.

[HexTechBomber]

I mean the idea of the tackle box is something that would make the feeling of opening that box up like you're actually a fisherman who set out with a specific inventory of tackle to catch your fish. It would make it feel less boring in my opinion. Because it's honestly one of the blandest gathering classes.

[Galactimus]

Bait can now be stacked to 999 and we're getting Chocobo Saddlebags (a universal tacklebox.)

I'd say the situation has been solved already.

[BillyKaplan]

Bait can now be stacked to 999 and we're getting Chocobo Saddlebags (a universal tacklebox.)

I'd say the situation has been solved already.

If someone actively plays FSH, and let's for simplicity's sake talk about a full chocobo-inventory worth of baits, they have 70 inventory slots less than people who don't play FSH. So not really, no. I can't even compare it to people who play crafters vs. the ones who don't because most fish are completely useless to begin with. Crafters at least get something out of what they make, FSH just clog up your inventory without you getting anything tangible in return most of the time

[Krotoan]

If someone actively plays FSH, and let's for simplicity's sake talk about a full chocobo-inventory worth of baits, they have 70 inventory slots less than people who don't play FSH. So not really, no. I can't even compare it to people who play crafters vs. the ones who don't because most fish are completely useless to begin with. Crafters at least get something out of what they make, FSH just clog up your inventory without you getting anything tangible in return most of the time

... wh... I guess I don't fish enough but.. who carries 70 different types of bait? or needs 70 stacks of 999 bait? do you DO anything but fish?
if you're not going to do anything with the fish , why are you fishing for them? personally I just vendor or desynth my extra fish. Skill ups and random tin pieces, maybe some sand to sell (it's weirdly profitable sometimes).

[Belhi]

They said a while back that creating a space for a tackle box would take up as much server resources as just adding more bag space so it didn't make much sense to create inventory space specifically for fishing gear when they could just add the same space as inventory everyone could use for anything. Simply put it would be the same as basically taking bag space we already have and restricting it so you could only put fishing gear in there.

A tackle box wasn't something they could add on top of inventory. It would take up inventory space capacity on the hardware regardless.

[Sekkei]

As an example in my quest purely for log completion and not being an avid fisher at all compared to people that actually play on fisher just because they like fishing, I have 19 lures, 21 if you include two SB scrip lures currently not needed until they add more SB fish, and 30 different varieties of bait sitting in my inventory. All that is for the remaining fish I have left in the game to catch that are all the time, weather, weather chain, fish eyes, or a combination of any of that for big fish or normal fish that fall under those categories such as the very annoying big fish Opabinia or a stubborn small window normal one like Sculptor. At the moment the ones I have left is a continuous revolving door of fish windows coming and going. Fun times... woo x.x

[magnanimousCynic]

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1: I actively fished during HW and I didn't suffer from the level of Bait Hoarding that a good amount of Fishers on the OF seems to have. The only bait I carried at all times was Fiend Worm, Brute Leech, Giant Crane Fly, Bladed Steel Jig, and Goblin Jig. That's 5 different types of bait, and if I needed to use other types of bait I simply bought it when I was going to use it. After I finished fishing I would either throw away the spare bait if it was cheap or sell it on the MB because of Lazy People. The fact that some people feel compelled to carry stacks of bait that can cost less than an average teleport astounds me.

2: Why would you ever need a Chocobo Bag full of bait? There are only 62 different types of Bait in the game and I don't see a reason for why you would want nearly 2,000 of certain types of bait. I would like to hear your reasoning for holding 999 Magma Worms or 999 Mythril Spoon Lures.

3: Fishing bait only clogs up your inventory because you're trying to prepare for literally any fish. I don't think those stacks of Lugworms or Moth Pills are worth losing the inventory space over.

4: If a majority of fish are completely useless, then why are you carrying all that bait? It sounds like you're just torturing yourself for little reason.