PLEASE.. for the love of The Twelve, give us a TACKLE BOX/BAG! PLEASE?

[NekoMataMata]

Of course there's people saying that it's not necessary. Of course there are.

And I mean sure, it isn't, but wouldn't you much rather spend more time playing the game rather than playing an inventory management simulator?

[SugarPuff]

I've wanted that for a long time. My method is just to buy a stack and sell what's left when I'm done with a specific fish. I do keep a few baits that I use, like the butterworms I happen to like for catching ninja bettas, but mostly I sell it off. A tackle bix would be a lot more user friendly and (in my opinion) immersion friendly.

[Calysto]

Unpopular opinion, get rid of all bait and just make the fishing spots level appropriate.

I shouldn't need a 3rd party website to track the various baits for various fish. This isn't real life, it's a game. I shouldn't have to manage 20+ different baits.

Also:

Why haven't we gotten an increased Gig in 30 levels? The relic in ShB was the perfect opportunity to update it.

Could also work the blu way : "learn" baits/lures as abilities/stances (from level / quests or from current baits items repurposed)
for "realism" use GP or something like Crafter's Delineation to cast

[Deveryn]

Unpopular opinion, get rid of all bait and just make the fishing spots level appropriate.

I shouldn't need a 3rd party website to track the various baits for various fish. This isn't real life, it's a game. I shouldn't have to manage 20+ different baits.

Also:

Why haven't we gotten an increased Gig in 30 levels? The relic in ShB was the perfect opportunity to update it.

It's not real life, but it's pretty accurate and therein lies the appeal. You'll only ever go to a spot with only the gear you need. You need to check with a third party to find out the weather in the area.

There are people that make the discoveries for these sites without the aid of other sites, so you're more than welcome to try the same.

The gig doesn't need an upgrade. It's mildly disappointing to not get current materia from extraction, but we're not suffering for having that spot taken up where we used to have nothing.

Again, if you don't want to mess with all the bait, there are alternatives available.

[Gemina]

The devs response to this was the chocobo saddlebag. If they restricted it to just storing bait (a horrible idea), players would just turn around and ask for that restriction to be lifted, or ask for additional space.

If you want to hoard bait, then you're going to have to figure out how to manage lugging it around.

[Frizze]

Lets pretend the devs posted a user poll for the next time you log in.

"Greetings Warrior of Light,

We have found a way to add 25 more slots to your inventory. Would you prefer:
A. Fishing Tackle Box
B. More armory chest/equippable gear space
C. More general bag space that can hold whatever.
D. Other

Thanks for your reply,
The Development Team"

If that were a real thing(and lets be clear, its not), are you going to honestly tell me you would pick to add space that can only hold one specific type of thing rather then anything you wanted? I am certain that some small percentage would say yes, but it seems obvious which would be the more effective use of any new space we got.

[Skivvy]

Lets pretend the devs posted a user poll for the next time you log in.


If that were a real thing(and lets be clear, its not), are you going to honestly tell me you would pick to add space that can only hold one specific type of thing rather then anything you wanted? I am certain that some small percentage would say yes, but it seems obvious which would be the more effective use of any new space we got.

What I'd really prefer is for XIV to get on the same page as some of their competition and roll out a full wardrobe system (to where you do NOT have to keep the physical item for glams), a material bank, a proper currency tab (anything that is paid to a vendor should go here), and a bait tab. While they're at it, maybe clean up all the crazy item bloat that this game has.

This game has constantly been plagued by poor systems, and maybe it's time for them to really look into an overhaul of whatever is holding them back. Other games have done huge revamps years into their run. Perhaps it's time for Papa SE to invest some of that XIV cash back into the game.

[Mika_Zahard]

These fishing lures are such an archaic system. It would be easier for them to make types of fish, and 3 different baits. For example: Bait for large, medium and small fish. Then just fit each fish on each bait.
The idea of having a separate inventory for baits is a good one, but the company is too lazy to do that, they can't even increase their inventory with each expansion.

There's no "large medium small" fish. Only normal fish and large (perception/patience).

[Kewitt]

Between holding bait, And filling up my inventory with fish. It's the main reason I don't fish in the game.

Having a Bait bag would be great.

[Deveryn]

Just to review:
Freshwater and Saltwater Boilies exist as bait to cover all your fishing needs.

They won't be as precise as other baits, but they save you all that inventory space. The tackle box is a moot point.