Quote Originally Posted by All_Nonsense View Post
I will agree I think we've gotten away from skill-based fishing for sure. It's all about reaching breakpoints, using the right bait, showing up for the 2 seconds the fish is up for the next 2 weeks, and getting lucky. It's not really a rewarding structure. Ironically, in my opinion the best fishing that rewards informed fishers who are also skilled is ocean fishing, where your knowledge, execution, and luck all come together to determine how many points you can get. I think fishing could definitely use a rework but at this point with 900,000 fish in the game the chances of a meaningful rework are slim to none ever, and the rng "get lucky" trend will simply continue endlessly until end of lifecycle.
This sums it up nicely. I do Big Fish now and I do get something out of it so I keep doing it. But I do think it can be better. It would be nice if we had more agency and were able to be more active participants in the process. A lot of the time it feels like we are just captive audiences to RNG.