Food - Why? : V

» Fri May 11, 2012 1:49 am

Other than the role playing aspect, what's up with food? The regenerative aspects are almost nil - a simple restoration spell or heal potion will heal more than a barrel of cabbages and apples.

While food has a good weight/price ratio, you have to pick up a mountain of tomatoes to get much money from them.

Is there something about food that I am missing?

Also, is there a search tool on this forum? I can't find one.

» Fri May 11, 2012 3:22 am

But what will you use to decorate your kitchen, spice rack, and cupboards?

» Thu May 10, 2012 10:01 pm

the very top right, where you log in and log out there's a search function.

I think the ingredients/food have such weak effects because it might motivate you to cook them or turn them into potions.

» Fri May 11, 2012 2:37 am

I do not bother picking or cooking. At first I thought I could use them in alchemy, but it seems they are useless. Also you need too much ingredients to make a "food".

» Thu May 10, 2012 4:48 pm

Imo its pointless besides making the world more believable.

» Fri May 11, 2012 7:24 am

The best food I have found is the apple and cabbage stew.

I had hoped to find more cooking recipes for better food out in the world, but so far I havent and Im lvl 30+

So I have stopped using food alltogether as it is useless.
Like survival in New Vegas.

Nice idea.
Terrible implementation.
No idea what these people were thinking, but I dont have the encumberance to carry around something that weighs 1 and only heals 5 hp.

» Fri May 11, 2012 1:07 am

I didn't know you could cook!

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:55 pm

i burn through food. pots are expensive, and i run out of them alot. theres some stews you can make that heal 10/10 hp stam, and the big cheese wedges heal 15 hp. obviously outside of combat you can just regen, or use heal magics (if you arent a wizard)

and ofcourse its for decoration/RPing. im suprised they didnt add a hardcoe mode like in NV, considering skyrim is a relatively rough climate, but its an interesting feature that had to be modded in previous titles. i always thought it was ridiculous that bread was an "alchemy" ingredient.

» Fri May 11, 2012 4:22 am

the very top right, where you log in and log out there's a search function.

I think the ingredients/food have such weak effects because it might motivate you to cook them or turn them into potions.

1. cooked food is still crap. 10 hp for a soup.
2. you cant make potions from food.

Great post you have there.

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» Fri May 11, 2012 1:40 am

Food is how I intend to earn my living in Skyrim.

I have been a wandering cook, food critic and writer since I first landed in Morrowind (there was no food in Daggerfall). My book "A Feast for Free" - published in Morrowind sold not too badly and I am working now on the follow up "A Frozen Feast for Free" (free to the first person who makes a good mod with more recipes in).

I have heard rumors of another person in Skyrim who makes their living through writing about food and I intend to track them down. I won't have some Nord muscling in on my patch!

» Fri May 11, 2012 5:05 am

1. cooked food is still crap. 10 hp for a soup.
2. you cant make potions from food.

Great post you have there.

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the point is you find bags and bags loaded with tomatos and etc

alchemy recipes first have to be discovered and second the healing pot reagents are a pain to find in bulk, unlike food.

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:26 pm

After the "realism" mods come in, food will have some use for me. Right now, I only use them rp purposes

» Fri May 11, 2012 3:33 am

For the people who play a character that uses no magic, food is an alternative to using spells for healing. Its also handy if you run out of potions clearing a ruin or fort, and haven't raised your alchemy yet. I am glad, however, that you don't *have to* rely on it.

» Fri May 11, 2012 2:38 am

Food and alcohol have saved my ass in this game more than a couple times. And yeah, great roleplay value. Here's to hoping someone will make a mod similar to "Necessities of Morrowind" in the future.

» Fri May 11, 2012 7:50 am

Seems like a leftover mechanic after trying (and failing) to add New Vegas' hardcoe mode into Skyrim. Guess they couldn't be bothered to call Obsidian.

» Fri May 11, 2012 1:45 am

I think the role playing aspect is the point, though I have in a pinch had my character down like 28 tomatoes for the tiny little healing benefit.

» Fri May 11, 2012 4:22 am

Theres a food that increases your magika by 60+ if i remember correctly thats the best i know off

» Fri May 11, 2012 4:53 am

the point is you find bags and bags loaded with tomatos and etc

alchemy recipes first have to be discovered and second the healing pot reagents are a pain to find in bulk, unlike food.

Okay? Doesn't change what I said at all.

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:13 pm

Maybe they know that a servivalist modder with use them for their eat, sleep, drink, relieve mod.

» Fri May 11, 2012 12:30 am

Food and alcohol have saved my ass in this game more than a couple times. And yeah, great roleplay value. Here's to hoping someone will make a mod similar to "Necessities of Morrowind" in the future.

"Necessities of Morrowind" (2) were the publishers of my book bless them

I hope someone does a mod just like that because it is still the best ever mod made in my humble estimation.

» Fri May 11, 2012 7:46 am

Food is how I intend to earn my living in Skyrim.

I have been a wandering cook, food critic and writer since I first landed in Morrowind (there was no food in Daggerfall). My book "A Feast for Free" - published in Morrowind sold not too badly and I am working now on the follow up "A Frozen Feast for Free" (free to the first person who makes a good mod with more recipes in).

I have heard rumors of another person in Skyrim who makes their living through writing about food and I intend to track them down. I won't have some Nord muscling in on my patch!

This ladies and gentlefolk is why they put food in. Awesome.

» Thu May 10, 2012 9:50 pm

"Necessities of Morrowind" (2) were the publishers of my book bless them

I hope someone does a mod just like that because it is still the best ever mod made in my humble estimation.

Oh it's definitely up there on my list. NoM and Vampire Embrace are two examples of the kinds of mods I want for Skyrim. Probably unlikely but hey, I can dream.

» Fri May 11, 2012 2:04 am

some of the food stews u can make improve your hp regeneration by allot for like 300 seconds, but yeah im still not motivated to cook them, maybe if they were 1 hour buffs

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:25 pm

Vegetable soup gives +1 health and stamina regen for 10 mins. so thats useful.

» Thu May 10, 2012 9:09 pm

One of the reasons I didn't use a "food & rest" mod in Oblivion was because it was often tied to having to sleep every 24-36 hours, and with Oblivion's leveling system that was unacceptable.

However with Skyrim there are no drawbacks to sleeping so I am looking forward to some good "realism" mods that require food, drink, and rest. :turned:

Tac

ps. And hopefully a slight boost in food effects -- I would keep the ingredients the same but make cooked food triple the effect it is now.