Some Ideas for FishingFollow

Obviously there is troubling news about fishing and while we don't know any absolutes yet, the general sense we are getting from Yoshi can't be interpreted in any way other than it's going casual. On this thread I am hoping for constructive criticism towards the future of XIV fishing...

With that said, I hope to come up with some ways we can suggest on the Beta forums to make fishing still worth while (in the event out suspicions are confirmed .)

My first idea is this:

It's obvious they want to move fishing away from the RMT trade because they are collecting all day and then flooding the market with craft items/crystals/fish etc. To combat this, why not offer a wide range of gear/items/etc that can be gained only my catching fish or other objects that are obtained via fishing. Then with those fish or other items, you turn them into an NPC which give you access to a wide array of RARE/EX items... (a la Lu Shangs except this time, it can't be traded.)

This accomplishes two major goals.

A. It keeps fishing a vitale part of the game

B. It eliminates the incentive for fish bots

In order to accomplish this however, they must also make whatever is caught out of the water Rare/Ex. To accomplish this, I was thinking you have some item in the water (similar to the boots and pots that were caught in XI) that in this instance are traded to the NPC. In XIV as an example we call these items "Sea Relics" or whatever they want to call them... They can even add lore behind them, for example, they are relics of the old world lost to the see during the last apocalypse. Now some antique guild is out to collect them, in exchange for rewards... Of course these are rare, and should only be caught maybe 1/30 casts (or whatever their balancing team decides.)

Anyways here is my first idea... please let me know what you think! Once I refine this idea a bit more I'm hoping we can collectively put our voices together on the beta forums to save/improve the trade we love :)

I agree with everything you said... I mostly made the post so I have something ready to go if the fishing system looks less than desirable upon release. I like to plan preemptively in everything I do.

I am mostly hoping to hear the communities thoughts so that we can come up with our idea of the "perfect fishing system."

I do understand though, that it's criticizing something that doesn't even exist yet... However we do have information to work with.

We know thus far that:

A. The .dat files show the near elimination of fish in crafts

B. Yoshi has heavily hinted at fishing be a "for-fun" mostly type job.

I could see the viability of fishing if it went to a ra/ex, bound type system.

The one big area for debate would be the quality and usefulness of the items you would trade fish in for. Too overpowered, and fishing becomes mandatory for everyone. Underwhelming, and no one would fish except the diehards. Ultimately, the balancing of the rewards might be more work than implementing the system overall.

I do like the idea, however. Very inventive.

Thanks for the replies everyone... feel free to add your own ideas.

I love the idea you suggested in the last paragraph Bartel. I think that would be absolutely amazing... They could be like 20 minute events or something like that!