New DLC Equipment Meta Suggestions?

[Siamese55]

I doubt it will really be an issue come Iron Haven/Rig, but the Pale Reach broke my running equipment setup of versatile rod, fathomless wench, sign of ruin, and encrusted talisman. The talisman I would swap out whenever a trawl was required.

As said, I doubt it will matter later since it is unlikely at best ice fish will appear outside the Pale Reach, but as of right now there is not a way to catch all types of fish via rod and still be able to trawl at the same time. My last new species and aberrations were giant squid and wolfish , so I had to swap out my fathomless wench for the barbed ice rod and my talisman for the new trawl (s) .

If only the new glacial lance was a bent 3 space instead of a straight 3 space or the barbed ice rod was 3 spaces instead of 4, so I could squeeze it next to the versatile rod and kick the sign of ruin back to storage. Then I would just have to swap the talisman for the trawl like normal.

Any suggestions for an optimal equipment setup I am just overlooking that keeps all types of fish fishable, with trawl?

[Necroscourge]

Because Mangrove, Ice, and Volcanic are unique to one part of the ocean; you don't really need them equipped all the time. However the reward trawl net is probably the best in the game when it comes to catching the new fish (and pretty much anything else not in those other two biomes)

[Siamese55]

While changing equipment is not a huge deal, it purposely is designed with the pain point of eating up in game time so I generally try to avoid it.

Especially end game, I am hopping from region to region so it is just nice to have a build covering it all since you can start in Devil's Spine and end in Pale Reach.

If the reward trawl actually caught all the ice fish I probably wouldn't have batted an eyelash, but alas it does not.

[Vesperas]

Every island features at least one dock with access to storage, making equipment swapping convenient and easy. You're also provided with an item that allows you to teleport between two locations instantly, further saving you time and making equipment swaps entirely trivial.

I'm not sure I see the need to be able to catch Ice fish in Devil's Spine any more than I see the need to catch Mangrove fish in the Pale Reach. These items are obviously specialized to the regions you're fishing in.

That said, while I don't personally have a problem with performing equipment swaps, I do think that the versatile rod could probably be updated to allow you to catch Ice along with Coastal, Shallow, Mangrove and Volcanic, based on its description:

"An all-rounder's rod, this rig supports a quick-swap attachment allowing the user to change lines dependent on the situation."