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Been playing since 2015, "Free To Play", 3300 + hours.
pay pay end pay
Free to play aslong as you don't plan to compete and just fish casually for fun , but if you plan to compete you'll have to spend A lot of money , Just so you can make enough credits to pay for the comps , you'll also need all the unlimited lic to all the lakes or the cost of going to each will add up quite fast without fishing a bit to pay for the trip . Other then that it's free to play just be ready to pull out that wallet if you want to progress farther then just casually fishing for an hour a day.
Also false content is hidden behind paywalls it's called storage capacity , you can't own or use all your gear due to storage capacity , so you'll have to buy that . That's really the only real pay wall but the rest has to deal with slowing down the grind of your progress , like earning credits and exp .
Exactly this. It's easy for veterans who got their stuff in easier days to say it's totally free. They have lots of gear , credits , storage space , licenses and all if it was earned in easier days. I recently started a new account just to see how it is for a new player now. It's hard. 2 Major issues. 1. Storage , 50 slots is nothing. You don't progress very far before that space is used up and then you are stuck. You either have to buy more storage or only fish the few lakes that you can fish with less than 50 slots of gear. 2. The license system. Not a problem if you are a no-lifer that have more than 6 hours a day to play. But if you are a casual that play 2 hours a day then the real-time expiring licenses makes the game unplayable. You simply can not make enough money to cover the travel costs , plus day fees , plus license fees , plus repairs , plus bait replacement , plus profit in 2 hours a day. You will have to renew the license every day and will go broke. The only way such a player can do it is to buy unlimited licenses that don't expire.
I've said it many times , this game is only free if you can play more than 6 hours a session. And even then you are still gonna run into issues with home storage limit.
And all this is not even if you want to compete in competitions and tournaments , then it becomes even harder like this poster said.
Licenses , travel costs and storage limit is what kills this game.
do not leave a lake once you fill your net, just forward to the next morning and fish more.
do not go to any location too soon. (see youtube leveling guides)
do not buy every piece of gear or lure just because its there
" once you reach level 40 ". That is the key frase and the point I was trying to make. It's not hard for high levels. It's getting there that's the issue and completely impossible for the 2 hour a day player without spending real money. Unless he/she is willing to do 1000 hours at Lonestar.
i have a fkin inflatable boat under my bed for christs sakes.
this game is fun and its ok to spend a little on premium gear that will ofc bring you to endgame but thats the same as buying gear in real life except it costs way less.
it is good that you can spend nothing and get to just as good as those who did spend.
and thats why i posted this
do not leave a lake once you fill your net, just forward to the next morning and fish more.
do not go to any location too soon. (see youtube leveling guides)
do not buy every piece of gear or lure just because its there
You really only need a couple lures in any give lake.
Just consider lakes as following:
Beginner Lakes: Texas, Missouri, NY and maybe a couple others
Mid game lakes: Florida, NC (large catfish), Falcon, maybe Louisiana if you ignore the large catfish.
End game lakes: California, Alberta, Alaska, Michigan (and a few others if you fish for gar or catfish)
Beginner lakes you need bait for catfish, or you can just use lures available in the shop but you only need a few. You need jigs and spoons. With jigs, you only need a couple sizes, small hook and larger hook. You only need a couple spoon sizes, light and heavier. Really heavy spoons (2 oz) are hard to raise off the bottom and unless you straight retrieve at 3 speed you won't use them much.
Midgame lakes you'll need crankbaits (crawfish colored) and topwater if you can get them at that level (not sure). You'll have the jigs already as well as the spoons. If you like watching a bobber all day and using consumable baits, then you'll go with shiners once they are available. Some people never fish with anything but shiners. I doubt they ever threw a single lure.
End game lakes: 5/0 6' diving crankbaits in any color will catch anything but spoons and topwaters will work well also. By the time you get to this level you'll have most of the lures you need. You'll see night lures offered as well as an assortment of different colors of various lures. Just cruise right by them until you bank enough to experiment with them.
So your tackle box should have the following:
Live baits: Shiners/cutbaits/peas or corn
Lures: Crankbaits (3' to 8' will suffice, hook size 5/0 is fine), bass jigs, topwaters, spoons (never found color to matter on any lure though I once thought bright on sunny days and dark on cloudy days like IRL).
There a a ton of other lures and baits available that will just fill tackle slots.
When a new lure comes along, often it will intially be overpowered and catch everything that swims. Don't let this fool you into buying more than one or two. They will eventually be balanced and maybe soon will even fall out of favor with the fish in the area you fish, while live baits seem to always have the best results for whatever reason.
If you keep this stuff in mind, you can play for free. If you want to jump all over the place and have all the gear and lures and you think that one lure you don't have is the key to success, you'll probably spend money.