a bit unbalanced

[insta†.Nefer]

i liked the game but felt that you do too fast progression on the tier's.
i feel like the tier's should be locked behind regions lets say each regions merchant only has the next tier avaiable. i had tier 3 when i left the 2nd area and at the mangrooves i was fully upgraded making fishing obsolete.
this also can be used to re-visit older regions where your boat is now fast enough to reach certain places / catch fish further out in the sea.

stuff like the rock slab items are a cool addition but to op i would love to see them more balanced in a way where you first need a fitting gear peace to exchange them into like you get the highest tier catch basket and than you can exchange it into mouth of the deep.
at least this item makes investing in basket completly obsolete.

also would have loved to see a bigger vessel over time and costumization, making hadal and abyssal more thrilling late game adventures and world that felt a litl bit less mobile.

at last i wana say that ii personaly hope for a spin-off game by some other developer with actual 3d graphics and more immersion it is just such a great unused setting i feel it has big potiontial.

[Shadowgirl00]

I had wondered about the progression on the tier system... especially since you can buy the refined metals by grinding. On the other hand, I wonder if this was done on purpose, because the way the tier system works, you could in theory explore the whole map, get everything without activating the main quest? Like there's always this impression what you're doing might not be good, so I had wondered what would happened if I unlocked everything without ever going to the man on Backstone Island.

Or it could have also been done on purpose for people to set their own difficulty level, because I had also wondered if it was possible to upgrade without ever buying the refined metal and just finding it which would make the progression much slower.