Should crafting fish tackles give you XP?

[Cyclone35]

I know that crafting arrows for your bow gives you archery xp. So shouldn't crafting fishing equipment also give you fishing xp? The in-game skill tree showcases that through practice you get better at that activity. The more fires you start, the easier it becomes / the more animals you harvest, the more efficient it becomes. If we look at this in a more realistic scenario, a normal fishermen who crafts their own bait/tackle would understand the best way to catch fish. Your first attempt might not go too well, but with practice you get better at it. So logically making bait/tackles to help you catch more fish should count as experience. Just something to consider.

[yollarbenibekler]

If crafting arrows gives xp in archery, then crafting fishing tackles should too.

 

Yes.

[deathbydanish]

This is reminiscent of something I used to do in Skyrim, I would basically sit down and craft a bunch of daggers to simply max out the crafting skill. I think the concern here is that people might cheese this game mechanic to max out the fishing skill without actually fishing.

[Serenity]

Tbh, I think crafting arrows shouldn't make you better at actually shooting. But that's probably not going to get changed at this point

[Stranzua]

Fishing tackle is so cheap but maybe it should go up when crafting the tip ups and the more expensive lures. 

[conanjaguar]

On 6/25/2023 at 12:35 PM, deathbydanish said:

I think the concern here is that people might cheese this game mechanic to max out the fishing skill without actually fishing.

That sprung to my mind as well…

[ManicManiac]

But crafting tackle didn't traditionally give fishing skill xp either... so I'm fine with lures not granting any skill xp.
It's a good question to pose to Hinterland for the sake of knowing for sure what they intended. 

Edited June 27, 2023 by ManicManiac

[hozz1235]

Yup, scrap metal and guts are practically limitless.