Fishing Day - Year 1 is a scam

[EriCordeiro]

Hello, fellow players (and devs). I'm here to raise a complaint (sorry for the clickbait title) about Fishing Day on year 1. I understand the devs intended for day 2 to be winnable with a better rod, but such tool (to my knowledge) isn't available before fishing day during the first year.

Now, it feels frustrating to spend game money and real life time on an event I can't possibly win (except for a series of lucky events), so I'd like to politely ask the devs to either nerf the competitors on year 1 or to make better rods available earlier.

It's alright if the community and devs disagree with me, I'm just giving some feedback, given this game is still in early access.

Have a nice day.

[JVC]

Whoever said that things should be winnable on the first try? In Stardew Valley, you can't complete the community centre in the first year either.

The contests were added in the most recent patch and it seems quite logical to place one in each season of the year. It would have been more unfair to place the kung fu match in the Spring since a completely new character would be squashed.

[Adesanya]

I didn't realize that. I just assumed that, in Year 1, I would not have enough fishing experience. But I came in like 2nd or 3rd on the 2nd day, so i got what I needed (Bacon Fish Rolls for Gust).

[roogun]

Both days in year 1 are winnable with the basic rod. you don't need the better one. I won the first day with over 50 Points ahead.

I tried fishing some days before to get a feeling for the mechnic. That was all I needed. Tip: don't try to learn the mechanic with the catfish (the fishing spot at the bridge). They are too easy and forgiving. Try the Salmon one at the waterfall. If you can (almost) consistently catch the salmon you win the tournament easily.

[Adesanya]

Thanks for the tips!

[roogun]

well, forgot another one: have enough caterpillars at hand (around 50 I would say) when you enter the tournament. Else you will lose on the second day, cause you will stop fishing.
You can buy them at the farm, i think if you haven't collected enough

[Chinsukolo]

I think it's winable, but what I really would have liked was a simple reminder (since it's so early in the game) like: "Dont for get your catipillars" The very first game i played I lost because i hadnt fished at all yet and didnt know to bring the catipillars. Also haveing 50~ that early is a pain unless you know to buy them at the farm and have explored that (again first game i hadnt because i was focuse don building stuff).

So it's be nice if it's the first time you see an event (so year 1 basically) the Message told you what to bring, or the day before gave you a no xp quest for "prepare for fishign contest" and had you pick tome herbs and buy some at the store.

[Cathy]

Yes, it is winnable. However, I restarted and had already learned how to fish on a previous profile. So even though I had a beginner's rod, I knew what to do. You oculd play the day and then reload without saving it. After a few tries, you will get the hang of fishing and should be able to win.

[EriCordeiro]

JVC, you came out as rather hostile, no need to do so, also, you're wrong, you can totaly complete the community center on year 1, I've done it on 2 consecutive playthroughs, not to mention, that's a quest you have the whole playthrough to complete, it's pretty much your end goal, with the following quests (witch's swamp) being more of a post-game content.

If you want to use Stardew as an example, the flower dance is much better. It's almost impossible to get a partner on year 1 (the only possible one is Haley provided you get enough Help wanted missions from her and diligently increases her affection on the side).

Even then, the flower dance is a short skipable cutscene, whereas fishing day is a skill (and luck) based minigame.

That being said, as others pointed out, it seems to be winnable on year 1, I didn't have much problem catching fish, it's just rather slow with the basic rod, so some of day 2 NPCs can easily outscore you if you aren't lucky enough.

That being said, I came out as more frustrated than I meant to be. Fishing day is still extremely profitable for this point in the game, and the fishing minigame is kinda fun (better than Stardew's in my opinion).