[Suggestion] Fishing Improvement

[RexRexx]

So far, the fishing mechanic is the most uninteresting feature in the game.

Reason being

Interaction time not deterministic
Sometimes it is fast, sometime it is slow on catch.

Aiming need extra efforts
Compare to summer update bug catching and stone skipping, which you can move in such a way to control the entity position so you can interact it faster, it doesn't 100% reproducible with fishes that sometime decided to completely turn around and ignore your bait.

This point alone is not enough to make a case why it is not interesting, but in combination of interaction time, this is a bit annoying.

Rare fish drop rate
The fish I get everyday is almost the same. Ranging from common - legendary, but not mythical.

As a comparison, shell collection and bug collection already has mythical rarity appeared. This further reduce the wish to actually want to fish when you have all the 24 fishes of the said season (rank5-rank2 x size 1-3 x energy/lazy = 4 x 3 x 2 = 24) but never able to catch any mythical version, thus feels like a disappointment in comparison to bug / shell collection.

So, can we get any sort of improvement where the mythical fish drop rate should increase slightly per non-mythical fish caught (pseudo random) , and there is at least some progression to be made on fishing instead of (what I feels like) a true random where there is no guarantee when I can finish all mythical row of fishes of that season?

Do developer intend player to play like several years on this game just to finish the mythical fish row given the drop rate is significantly lower than bug/relic/shell?

[MamaLoo68]

I only fish every two or three days, but like you I would love some variety. Perhaps a little rowboat to fish from that can tip over and then I have to start over?

The variety doesn't bother me that much since i mainly fish to stockpile bones, but it is nice to add to collections, esp since Billweather has been quite generous on the rare ones.

[RexRexx]

So far, I only get 1 quest that actually give the mythical fish as reward. The rest doesn't matter as they are already in collection. This is like 67 days into the game.

My stockpile of bone is also very abundant at the moment, any more of it I just had to either leave it on the ground or sell it because it occupied a slot that I need for other item.

The only problem is about the collection completion as it require 6 mythical fish per season and it lasts at max 4 months, but no dropping so far. Unlike the rest, I have hands on mythical catch on shell/bug for couple for them. Makes me question the drop rate and all that.

[gnes_]

Up on this. Fishing is a very uninteresting / low rewarding activity of the game. In other words: boring.

It takes way too much time to fish a single fish (the whole process to fish a single fish takes way too long animation wise), and what are fishes for other than... burning them to death?

It really feels fishing is very low rewarding, and I feel I've been days maybe weeks now without doing it even though I know I'm still missing the mythical ones (only got one).

I really hope the fishing system gets improved in a future patch.

[MamaLoo68]

agreed, i think if the catch process after the nibbles were shortened, that would make things go smoother. But that part is very dull and detailed just like harvesting fruit. I will describe it just in case anybody hasn't noticed (eyes rolling whilst laughing in chagrin) Catch, wait for the fish to appear, look at the fish, click so that the fish is put away and then cast the line again. uggh Havesting click the tree/bush/flowerpot, choose harvest, wait for the first item to load and then hopefully be able to click the next tree/bush/flowerpot repeat I pray that the devs will have mercy on those of us who anxiously look for a "collect all" option, even if only for a type of harvest or for a quick catch option for fishing. maybe some day.

[RexRexx]

As a dev myself, I will be annoyed by animations that cannot be skipped and lose meaning when you have to do them in bulk. (Aka the "celebration". I found it...not impressive)

Not to mentioned that it has no pseudo element in it to raise chance against mythical fish. Even getcha boxes nowadays give you guaranteed unit after X amount of unsuccessful attempt. Simply not rewarding.

So, in order to not extending the suffering of the trying to get everything, I would have to just finish other achievements, and then uninstall, and never look back.

At 100 hours mark I still not able to collect enough of them, simply demotivating. It is at the late game but there is not accelerating mechanic to help around here. just lot of feeding and fishing mundane.

What they can potentially improve is decrease the fluctuation of the nibble bits and lock it within 4 times, increase the speed by 150%, and raise mythical chance greatly once you have everything else in that tree (common, uncommon, rare, legendary) - and to guarantee the catch if player unable to get anything in 1000 tries and reset once catch or something.

This at least, people will see hope to actually able to finish the collection.

[MamaLoo68]

@Orange Tabby: You can sell the bones to Kit if they get in the way.

[RexRexx]

Originally posted by MamaLoo68:

@Orange Tabby: You can sell the bones to Kit if they get in the way.

??

Their existence doesn't bother me. The one that bother me is the super low drop rate.

[MamaLoo68]

I just put in some requests on discord for some interesting fishing options I hope will entertain us all, two fish going for the bait, fish running away when caught and then being reeled in (not just circles) and what was the other one?????? My old brain just cant remember. lol I'm sorry! I'm pitiful! Oh yeah. nope I don't remember.
On a separate post I also requested stacking trees and flowers etc.

[MamaLoo68]

Get on Cozy Grove Discord look for #balancing-feedback and upvote! Make your own suggestions and requests, but look at some of the other convos first. A lot of people are on there lol