Lose the lousy food mechanic

[Zulile]

By the time we cook breakfast, half the day is gone (and the rested buff) There are not nearly enough resources to be able to carry day food around for a full party. Our entire game play surrounds this lousy food mechanic - Cant sleep here, no food. Cant run/sleep cause we're hungry. Cant carry any real food at all (ridiculous). The day/night cycle is so fast you gotta take a week off to cook a supply that'll just last a day or two.
I'd love to know the thought process behind it all and if the devs simply wanted a reason to slow the game play down with the grind.

[Daigoji Gai]

huh?

[pRaX]

Either OP is exaggerating or whoever is the host, broke something with the timings.

[Fern]

o.o i just carry a stack of cabbages for emergencies, then i have various crafted meals like dried fruit, lembas or whatever. seems like op is complaining about nothing

[PlayOnWords]

I agree that many of the meals take too long to make. IMO, there should be upgrades to the stations which reduces cook time!

Your host can also adjust "survival" in-game to make food and stamina drain slower.

However... PM me for information about how to store full meals (no mods needed).

[MaddogDino]

Put your breakfast on to cook before you go to bed. It will be ready when you wake up.

[Nuggzy]

There are things that you can do but the whole mechanic is less then desirable. You waste more time getting the food/booze buffs then they are worth. They don't last long enough to get anywhere. The only one really useful is the building buff.

[Solaries]

Eh? I find food all over the place that you can just eat to keep you going, but building a hearth and cooking some shrooms in a random room then breaking it all down takes 30s. I I need a meal or two a day, max. And of course there are food and drink that totally circumvent sleep and food for long periods of time.

It's frankly not an issue.

[Mush]

by the time you get to the Elven quarters (campaign) you are swimming in food.
prepare food BEFORE you need it!
Breakfast is made right before your character sleeps, no waiting involved.

there are travel food options
you should have a small camp in your pocket at all times, including a map stone.
If it such a big issue for your group, you are doing something very wrong!

[Galahad]

I have a feeling that people playing the game don't even come close to understanding its mechanics.
The author means that food cooked in the morning, at lunch and in the evening has different buffs and in order to get these buffs you need to eat certain food at a certain time and the author does not hit the timings.
There are plenty of food and rations in the game. But cooking a specific dish for a buff is unrealistic and pointless, because by the time you reach a location with the required attack buff from food, the buff will already be gone.

[Mush]

Originally posted by Galahad:

I have a feeling that people playing the game don't even come close to understanding its mechanics.
The author means that food cooked in the morning, at lunch and in the evening has different buffs and in order to get these buffs you need to eat certain food at a certain time and the author does not hit the timings.
There are plenty of food and rations in the game. But cooking a specific dish for a buff is unrealistic and pointless, because by the time you reach a location with the required attack buff from food, the buff will already be gone.

nope, all it takes is a little planning.
the only buff that is hard to get right is the evening ale buff as it's effect is random.
everything with a predictable buff can be planned for when it is needed.

I think a lot of people don't plan at all and just follow the pointer without thinking ahead.