Yoshi said they'd be looking for community feedback regarding this specific change, so I'll be posting my thoughts and anyone else is free to do the same.
Personally, I think making Fish Eyes no longer required for catching fish is a good change, since it was just an annoying extra thing that burned up your GP for no real reason and it was never clear when or where you should use it. However, changing it to let you ignore time requirements is a bit overkill. While I'm not really into big fishing myself I can definitely see how this change might make some hardcore fishers upset. It makes a large part of big fishing (time windows) significantly easier, but doesn't really make fishing itself much more accessible.
I think if they want to make fishing more approachable, there are better places to start than simply adding an ability that wipes out time windows. For example, reworking the atrocious bait system that serves only to clog your inventory with piles of garbage. Changing it to something inventory-agnostic, like gig-heads with spearfishing, would go a long way to making fishing less of a pain.
As for Fish Eyes specifically, if they need a new function for it, there's a number of potential ideas. For example, Fish Eyes could simply inform you of any special conditions required to catch any unknown fish at the current fishing hole, or it could just say if the conditions are currently adequate, e.g. "You sense that an unknown fish is present". This could help reduce reliance on third party trackers. Or it could just be a buff that prevents fish from getting away for a few minutes.
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Personally, I think making Fish Eyes no longer required for catching fish is a good change, since it was just an annoying extra thing that burned up your GP for no real reason and it was never clear when or where you should use it. However, changing it to let you ignore time requirements is a bit overkill. While I'm not really into big fishing myself I can definitely see how this change might make some hardcore fishers upset. It makes a large part of big fishing (time windows) significantly easier, but doesn't really make fishing itself much more accessible.
I think if they want to make fishing more approachable, there are better places to start than simply adding an ability that wipes out time windows. For example, reworking the atrocious bait system that serves only to clog your inventory with piles of garbage. Changing it to something inventory-agnostic, like gig-heads with spearfishing, would go a long way to making fishing less of a pain.
As for Fish Eyes specifically, if they need a new function for it, there's a number of potential ideas. For example, Fish Eyes could simply inform you of any special conditions required to catch any unknown fish at the current fishing hole, or it could just say if the conditions are currently adequate, e.g. "You sense that an unknown fish is present". This could help reduce reliance on third party trackers. Or it could just be a buff that prevents fish from getting away for a few minutes.
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