Food Duration

[Fobbon]

Has anyone else noticed that food seems to be depleting faster than it had previously? Even when force feeding myself iron rations (hearty meals), I don't retain the "you couldn't possibly eat anymore, you would explode!" message nearly as long as I used to. Is food (and drink) bugged or am I imagining things?

[Diggles]

I ate half a stack of paladin pickles in less than an hour on my human

[Mardur]

iron rations (hearty meals)

No such thing in classic, iron rations will last as long as muffins.

[Drem]

really? i remember buying muffins and milk because they were super cheap but you burned thru stacks of it. i thought that was during kunark but i guess i'm wrong @@

[Fobbon]

I'm pretty sure they added the tiered food durations during kunark, though it could have been velious. My point is that I feel like I'm burning through food and drink like they're snacks, not meals.

[Softcore PK]

Food does seem to be going faster than it was a few months ago when I played Blue99. As a cleric there, I would summon 5 food and 5 water and it would be enough for that EQ session. Now, on beta, I'm having to summon 10 of each to be good for each session.

[Mardur]

Late Velious:
APRIL 17, 2001
Food Changes:

Food items now have a 'duration'. This means that some food items will not sustain a character as long as others, and some items will sustain your character longer than they did before.

[Fobbon]

So if food duration doesn't change until late velious, why does it seem wonky now?

[fuark]

I was actually thinking that this was wonky too recently. For some reason it seems like the food duration is way shorter than it used to be. Thought I was crazy, but interesting to hear someone else was experiencing the same thing.

[Diggles]

it took 6 loaves of bread to fill up my paladin with food in his bags automatically eating.

[Waffen]

it took 6 loaves of bread to fill up my paladin with food in his bags automatically eating.
quit eatin stale bread, cuz!

[fuark]

quit eatin stale bread, cuz!

ah sheit momma done raised a real thugg

[Moggster]

wait so i should be using muffins and milk and not fish rolls and fuzzlecutter?

[boozehammer]

After starting a class that can't summon food/drink, I was buying exclusively muffins/milk and my troll would eat through them like nothing. I would frequently buy 4 or 5 stacks before going out for the day. Just recently I switched to Iron Rations (Hearty Meals). Now I only need to carry around 1 stack. I don't have any proof, but that's what I've experienced.

[Arcadiassx999]

I noticed that i am going through a lot of food in game as well. This might be a bug.

[Clever]

There was a thread about this in the bugs forum last month. It looked like food duration was going to be fixed, but it never showed up in the patch notes. I've also noticed that where food and drink used to be consumed at the same rate, now I need to carry about 1.5 stacks of food per stack of drink. Something's definitely still out of whack.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5242

[maximum]

This food duration issue is "Fixed, pending update." Check the bug forums.