I ate a MRE

[Doggo]

And it didn't filled me to 100%

The ultimate concept of a MRE is to absolutely give you 100% of a meal in the most tightest space. Even if it's packaged food, it's carefully put together and absolutely maxes out every single calories you need.

The f.. what I just witnessed.

[alan0n]

He takes three spoonfuls of something and pitches the rest. If he could be troubled to eat the whole thing Id agree with you.

[Caduryn]

Originally posted by Imp .sick Dashi:

And it didn't filled me to 100%

The ultimate concept of a MRE is to absolutely give you 100% of a meal in the most tightest space. Even if it's packaged food, it's carefully put together and absolutely maxes out every single calories you need.

The f.. what I just witnessed.

The amount of Calories someone needs is different from Person to Person

[[THG] WHOLF⚡]

Agreed if you take it really realistic.

[Gamertom]

My dude ate two MREs and an energy bar and it still didn't fill him up.

Also berries and oysters don't do anything that i can see. Nine oysters eaten at one time and didn't see the food or water rise even a tiny bit.

[DanteBrane]

I think MRE's should be a rarity but fill you up completely. That would make them more valuable and balanced if the developers are worried about balance.

[RainmakerLTU]

MRE are one time meal only or 24 hour ration. So we had 24 hrs ration, and now we have one-meal MRE now. Everything is fine here.

[Cougarific]

Originally posted by Gamer-Tom:

Nine oysters eaten at one time and didn't see the food or water rise even a tiny bit.

Yeah oysters definitely need to be buffed considering how rare they are and the time / effort involved in eating them. Why bother going to all that trouble for such little food?

[Bunny Sinclair]

MRE's come in a variety of options irl and some are more filling than others, some people eat more than others, can you fill up on a handfull of berries?

heres quote from a quick google search too

"Troops in combat burn about 4,200 calories per day. Each MRE contains about 1,200 calories. The troops are issued two per day, assuming a hot breakfast and then MREs for lunch & dinner while out on patrols/maneuvers"

so from my lazy search even an irl mre only gives you about half what you need and is assumed you had a good breakfast too

[grinsekeatzchen]

I mean, there is more than enough food. Just stand still for a few seconds and Animals swarm you as if you where a Disney Princess ^^''.

You can even cook rotten food and make it eatable again for the moment. Or just eat, rotten food, it still fills you up.

[Morbs]

It must take a lot of energy to haul around two big logs and be able to toss them around like you do. It's kind of silly to expect realism after a certain point.

[evilweeja]

I ate an ( E )) an damn Im buzzin' an lovin' playing / freaking out .. Oh wait MRE's oh yeah them .. tasty ! Couldnt eat a whole one ..

[Finkle and Einhorn]

Berries are actually much better now after the patch. They still don't do much but you can pound 20 of them and .. they're berries.

[D I A B L O]

mre not gonna fill up a fattie is it?

[EthanT]

Yeah no. MREs are not a be all end all calorie for a day thing. Tell me you never served without telling me lol. You'd eat 2-3 MREs a day, depending on the situation. Most people chucked parts of theirs out. Maybe you got lucky and had breakfast before heading out and only had to eat 1 or 2, but you never ate just 1 and expected it to hold you for 24 lol.

[Aurelian]

I was a US Army Cavalry Scout. I've eaten more MREs and FSRs than I can count.

In the field, you want to supplement them with fresh food whenever possible, but if you're moving ahead of the main body or stuck at an observation/listening post far from a major FOB, you may end up eating 2-3 MREs a day depending on how active you are. They are extremely filling, and highly nutritious (except for fiber, which is the cause of the infamous brick s***s). I most recently had a Menu 22 Beef Goulash last week when our power went out in a tornado for several hours.

For our protagonist, his hunger seems to scale with his activity level. If you are spending a day of building without fighting, the 2300-2800 kcal in two MREs should be find for a 24 hour period.

I'd personally love to see MREs be able to broken down into the entree, bread, desert, side, and coffee for a very nutritious meal. I realize that may be too complicated, though.

At the very least - If they added a weight mechanic that affected strength and endurance a la RDR2, I think it would be cool if heavier characters who eat a lot had a higher effective strength level and minor speed penalty while skinnier characters required fewer calories but had a higher speed bonus.

In any case - a roasted trout or squirrel would not give the 70% kcal a day you'd need to keep going while active, and those are a lot easier to get ahold of than MREs unless you're building right next to a gear respawn location and abusing the save/load/item respawn issue. They should introduce more natural sources of gear, I think.

But as far as this thread is concerned, I absolutely agree. MREs should fill up at least 70% of the hunger meter.