@detroitin2019 It took me, literally, hours, to figure this out. I was doing the mandatory fishing with Coelbert to advance the story and was sitting at my desk screaming at the computer, banging my desktop. Nothing I was doing with the keyboard seemed to correlate in any way with what was happening on the screen. Finally, I had my brother try. he managed to land the required three fish in maybe, 5-6 minutes. I asked him, "What did you do, exactly? What was the technique to reel them in?" He responded, "I don't know, I was just mashing random buttons. There didn't seem to be any logic to it at all. I just got lucky."

Just by chance, after hooking and losing numerous fish, I noticed it seemed to go better if I used opposite direction. Still, [censored] does "Mash" mean? Am I supposed to hold down the space bar, or does mash mean to fast-tap it? Again, nothing I seem to click on the keyboard seems to correspond to anything happening on-screen.

And then I watched some videos of people on console who are reeling them in within seconds of hooking them. I mean, two-three seconds they are holding the fish!

Crappy implementation, lack of adequate explanation of the controls, just horrible all around. Glad I'm not the only one!

Patience, grasshopper!

@detroitin2019 It took me, literally, hours, to figure this out. I was doing the mandatory fishing with Coelbert to advance the story and was sitting at my desk screaming at the computer, banging my desktop. Nothing I was doing with the keyboard seemed to correlate in any way with what was happening on the screen. Finally, I had my brother try. he managed to land the required three fish in maybe, 5-6 minutes. I asked him, "What did you do, exactly? What was the technique to reel them in?" He responded, "I don't know, I was just mashing random buttons. There didn't seem to be any logic to it at all. I just got lucky."

Just by chance, after hooking and losing numerous fish, I noticed it seemed to go better if I used opposite direction. Still, [censored] does "Mash" mean? Am I supposed to hold down the space bar, or does mash mean to fast-tap it? Again, nothing I seem to click on the keyboard seems to correspond to anything happening on-screen.

And then I watched some videos of people on console who are reeling them in within seconds of hooking them. I mean, two-three seconds they are holding the fish!

Crappy implementation, lack of adequate explanation of the controls, just horrible all around. Glad I'm not the only one!

@fgx1988 Are you sure about this? One of the things that really frustrates me about this game is a lack of any in-depth explanation of how the skill-tree skills really apply. According to what the Tutorial says, I would tend to agree with your assessment. But if that is true, and wearing all 5 pieces of the same gear gives a bonus, why would you go anywhere outside of the skill branch for that specific spec? Wouldn't it make sense to wear all bear and use bear weapons (ort all raven or all wolf) as well, to maximize your skill buff?

What about the passive skills you acquire, like parry causing damage? Does that work even if I'm wearing wolf gear and not bear?

So confusing.

There are the same attack buffs included in multiple trees, for example, Stealth Attack in Raven and in Bear. Do these buffs stack globally, or do they only apply if you are wearing a matching armor set? Like, if I had the Stealth Attack bonus in both trees, and I was wearing bear armor, do I also benefit from the Raven tree bonus?

Patience, grasshopper!