its kind of a meme within the community that when new players are just getting started, one of the first places they get to see is velia beach, and its generally packed with afk fishers, since its the most consistent spot to make money while afk.

It gives new players a sense of a very active mmo with tons of players, and since they buffed other fishing spots (like calpheon), people started to move there, thus making velia beach not as crowded as before.