Talk:Fishing/@comment-82.20.128.55-20190811111844/@comment-86.120.197.142-20191115042916

Personally, I find that fishing is one of the most fun parts of the game, and I sometimes go to the Plains purely to fish or mine because I enjoy these activities (in pretty much any game I've ever played). Quite happy they added it to WF. Heck, me and my wife often stop to fish together when we're both in Plains/Vallis as a sort of impromptu date in between mission objectives. It's very enjoyable for us.

Notably, I do also enjoy slow crafting/gathering games such as Graveyard Keeper or (presumably, as I didn't play it myself) Stardew Valley and I think fishing in WF scratches that same itch.

Then again, I actually like grinding (not that it feels like it to me as slowly accumulate resources), which is why I've actually managed to roll over the counter for Nano Spores, Alloy Plate, and Ferrite before they fixed it a few years ago (I've been playing since early Beta).

What's actually tedious are grinds like Arcanes/Quills/VoxSolaris/Sibear if you're a solo player or Hema research if you're a 1-person Ghost Clan (not really the case anymore these days, but it was true for the past 5+ years). All still doable, but a multiple-year-long process if you don't strictly focus on each in turn (which would suck the fun right out of WF, hence I wouldn't recommend it).

TL;DR: Fishing = fun. Arcanes = tedious.