Fishing needs a Fp syatem

[SilverObi]

Update and import the fishing guild loot system from XI (catching and gutting big fish to see what they've got), add in special maps and drops and fsh-exclusive upgrade items

[Myriads]

I fished a ton in XI and it was one of the very first paths that bots were used to exploit the game in the early days. It's fairly clear that the developers of XIV wanted to avoid that issue at the design stage and limited fishing to a mini game basically.

I personally enjoy big fishing as a 'collect them all' challenge (Only one left for me) but I know it's not for everyone.

The leaderboard Idea mentioned above is something that XI did. Biggest, smallest and so on, and prizes awarded also. It could easily port over to XIV as anew mini-game aspect and be enjoyed I'm sure. I know lots of fishers that like to try for the biggest fish they can get for fun of a type.

Fishing up random stuff is fine as long as I could filter it out when I was seriously working for a fish. Snagging on/off would do that well, and allow users to control if they got the junk pile items. I fished up enough Rusty Subligars in XI to satiate my need for stuff like that

Fishing can easily be added to for more content and a tiny bit of profit.

[Brightamethyst]

I don't mind fishing the way it is now, honestly. It's mostly a self contained side activity, and that's okay.

[Sated]

I'd like to see something similar to XI's boat trips with monsters on deck but I'm not sure how that'd work with job switching and combat... probably end up more like maps, actually.

A leaderboard as mentioned earlier would be neat; I'm actually curious to see how big some fish get.

Or maybe some kind of DoL FATES to rid excess predatory fish or exploit migrations that reward fishing currency for... I guess cosmetics. I'd love some fisher barding for my chocobo - it's already where I store my bait.

But honestly, anything to take my mind off stressacanthus.

Also a <Weather Watcher> title, because that's like 50% of what fishing is.