Not sure if this is intentional or not, but it does not seem like time passes while you are fishing. I recall that while the lure was in the water and while you were reeling in a fish, time would still pass. Now it seems like time freezes when you cast the lure and doesn't restart until after you catch something or it gets cut loose. Am I just imagining this, since I switch to 50% time? Is this an intended change or a bug?
#Time not passing while fishing?
limpid lance
young bane
I saw that yesterday, too, and figured it was a feature. In EA, time still passed while waiting for a fish or trying to reel it in and it was quite the annoyance.
brazen gull
In a way it does make the day endlessly long though... I wonder if it really is intended?
spark yarrow
I said this yesterday in feedback! I definitely preferred time passing while fishing and would like it to at least be an option!
oblique sundial
Yeah, it pauses even on 100% time
but stamina cost is applied after catching/cutting the line
brazen gull
This way you also get almost endless time to try getting fish at certain times (morning, afternoon, evening, night). Kind of broken to be honest? It gets way easier this way to get rare/legendary fish that are only available at a certain time. Doesnt it take the value out of a rare fish? Can easily cheese in all the time in the world if you fish consecutively
young bane
Ah, yeah, that is true. I didn't really think of that.
I think usually (in other games), time stops only for the active fishing time (as you lure them in). Not while waiting for the fish to bite.
brazen gull
That would also make way more sense to be fully honest. Fishing just like mining takes a lot of time... but making time stop kind of also takes away from the natural flow of the day if you ask me.
stoic rover
I honestly prefer it this way with time freezing. The minigame is honestly already time consuming enough irl lol and with time freezing it makes me more likely to take the time to catch fish
hasty night
I noticed the same thing, i hope they fix it
shrewd beacon
Yeah I also think it's fine as it is. I'm very happy not having wasted hours on a single fish, it's not realistic and it's also not as fun.
stoic rover
Agreed. It was such a pain in EA missing the window for extremely rare fish because you kept wasting time reeling in trash lol
frosty minnow
I’m glad that fishing pauses the game time because now I can use fishing strategies similar to what I’ve done in other farming games 
fishing is a great way to make money early game so now it really just depends on your stamina rather than the time!
brazen gull
Id definitely argue against the point of it being "realistic". I think it is way too much in my opinion
spark yarrow
I think a toggle to turn time passing on or off in settings would be fantastic tbh
plain horizon
This happens to me too. I didn’t think it’s intentional though. One day feels like forever now when you’re fishing
shrewd beacon
Yue hate to break it to you but as someone who had to fish as a child, it indeed makes a day feel like forever 🤣
wet quail
I think a toggle would be great! I’d love for time to not pass while fishing for legendary fish that have a small window to catch, while having time pass while trying to kill time for a store to open for example
nocturne gorge
I keep seeing people on reddit talking about how time pauses when you fish but I actually have the opposite?
Which one is correct?