Ishvallan
Buccaneer
Has anyone else noticed an extreme difference in difficulty in fishing? When I started a new pirate Oct 2018 I was able to level up fishing to 20 in a few hours no problem. But in recent weeks I have noticed high level fishing to be MUCH harder than it ever has been before. At this point I lose at least 1 lure every time I try to catch any deep see fish. Have anything less than perfect reflexes to stop reeling and your line is instantly destroyed. It is very expensive and very difficult to level up fishing or to try to farm for gold. If the gold or reputation farming is the reason behind an increase in difficulty, would it not make more sense to simply reduce the amount given from fishing rather than to penalize people for playing the minigame? As is fishing costs at least around 12k gold just to level it up (not counting fishing boats or lures), no other skill but sailing requires you to spend anything to level it up. But to have it cost thousands in lures to try to get it mastered or make some money or find certain items is damaging to enjoyment of that aspect of the game.