Nestor wrote: »

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

I never suggested that you would be forced to use the feature only that it could be an option. If your tactics are to change between blue foods to get the higher stats of what you really want, great. I mostly just use the purples. Your argument is weak, and basically boils down to nothing more than if you forget to eat that's your problem. I never forget to eat and I can eat in combat anyway which just isn't realistic unto itself.

I think you forgot to put in your Opening Post to agree with you or else suffer your wrath. This is a public forum and people are going to have opinions. Some of those opinions are going to be different than yours. So, deal with that, as you told another poster who also disagreed with you.

So, lets get back to your premise that is already showing a 61% disagree rate:

If you never forget to eat, then why would you need this? Which by the way makes your argument really weak. Because you just stated that you don't need what your asking for other than you just don't want to be bothered with the mechanic.

And, for the record, I only use Purple Foods, just in case your were wondering. I am sure you were not wondering, just making assumptions about me to bolster your arguments. Which is also weak.

You mad brah?

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

You mad brah?

Nah Brah. I would have to care to be mad.

Anvos wrote: »

Would rather not as I don't want to be using up my purple food when I'm just questing.

Also its not really that hard (especially with some addons) to tell if you'll have enough duration to make it through a fight.

Pressing C every so often does it too (not in a fight of course), if you're down to you're last five minutes, then it's time to be thinking about a meal.

Nestor wrote: »

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

You mad brah?

Nah Brah. I would have to care to be mad.

Your comment would suggest otherwise. No wrath on my part, but if someone gives a weak reason, why shouldn't I point it out. So far the best negative response is that people might accidentally eat it out of combat which of course goes back to my original position that it would be optional, so yeah...best I can tell is that people don't want it because it helps automate something trivial and they are afraid they might accidentally use and optional feature.

The entire point of a poll was to gauge how people felt. I am frankly not very concerned with why they feel they way they do, but if they give a weak reason then I'll counter it. After playing EQ2 for years and using it that way I miss it and maybe I'm one of the few. This thread is starting to bore me and I wish I knew how to not turn off notifications about it.

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Orchish wrote: »

Are gamers really getting so lazy these days that they cannot be bothered to click a food item once every 1-2 hours?

Not only that, but so stupid that they want to have the game constantly using their food reserves, even if they just log on to craft or do some research.

Who cares? It's not exactly difficult or expensive to make food. I have stacks of this stuff. Why are you acting like it's a rare precious resource?

AlexDougherty wrote: »

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Orchish wrote: »

Are gamers really getting so lazy these days that they cannot be bothered to click a food item once every 1-2 hours?

Not only that, but so stupid that they want to have the game constantly using their food reserves, even if they just log on to craft or do some research.

Who cares? It's not exactly difficult or expensive to make food. I have stacks of this stuff. Why are you acting like it's a rare precious resource?

Except when the game decides to start using your purple foodstuffs. And I'm spread across several different characters, the game might go through a dozen feedings before I'm playing that character properly again.

Yes, I get that for those who focus on one character at a time it's no big deal, but for me keeping track on the buffs is just as easy.

I keep saying it's optional. I have said this numerous times. Nobody is asking that it be mandatory. I personally don't care because I don't spend hours with my character just standing there and It would be more convenient than not. It is ridiculously easy to make the best quality food and drink in this game and it's not even that expensive so I really don't see the problem. But maybe that's just me.

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Orchish wrote: »

Are gamers really getting so lazy these days that they cannot be bothered to click a food item once every 1-2 hours?

Not only that, but so stupid that they want to have the game constantly using their food reserves, even if they just log on to craft or do some research.

Who cares? It's not exactly difficult or expensive to make food. I have stacks of this stuff. Why are you acting like it's a rare precious resource?

Except when the game decides to start using your purple foodstuffs. And I'm spread across several different characters, the game might go through a dozen feedings before I'm playing that character properly again.

Yes, I get that for those who focus on one character at a time it's no big deal, but for me keeping track on the buffs is just as easy.

I keep saying it's optional. I have said this numerous times. Nobody is asking that it be mandatory. I personally don't care because I don't spend hours with my character just standing there and It would be more convenient than not. It is ridiculously easy to make the best quality food and drink in this game it's not even that expensive so I really don't see the problem. But maybe that's just me.

Ah, a sort of quickslot for food, ok that could work.

I chose yes because, why not? If I'm walking around fighting stuff, I'd set it to auto-eat my food that raises my max health or something (yeah, I'm a noob). It's a trivial process to eat, but eliminating it would just make it a little simpler. Or, if I was allowed to put potions and foods in my hot bar, not just the quickslot, that would help too. I find myself not using one of my five skills very often and it would be much more benefitial to just have it set to a potion or food. If I had the auto-eat on though, I'd never have to worry about not having the buff I need. I make food when I can, and food is pretty easy to make, considering there are provisioning ingredients in almost every container I open, no matter what it is, so it's not a very valuable resource that gets "wasted" by auto-eating. Plus, when I log on I always go do a quest or two, at the least. Also, the way I've been seeing this setting work is it's on a particular food item, and that's all. Therefor, you choose a food you want to auto-eat... it eats it... when that resource is gone, the auto-eat disappears and you're back to no buffs... no using valuable resources.

I can see why a lot of people think this seems lazy and like it could use some very valuable resources... but the way I envisioned it, it wouldn't use those resources. Is it a little lazy? Hells yeah it is!! Who cares? You don't have to use the option, that's why an option. If people want to be lazy when they play the game, so be it. Let them be lazy, you can still play the way you want to play. I don't understand why so many people say no to "optional" ideas from people, whenever they're optional! If it's optional, you don't have to use it so it won't change YOU'RE gameplay, what's the big deal then??

Anvos wrote: »

Another issue with this I've realized is your character stopping to do the eat or drink animation could actually be more costly than losing the buff for part of the fight.

I don't think the animation is all that necessary or even logical anyway. I pull out a spoon and a bowl no matter what I'm eating or where I'm at or how many enemies are hitting me.

Lol @ the people who equate right-clicking an icon to "skill"

I picked other because although I feel the food/drink options are clumsy as they are your choices are too simplistic and I feel that doing ANYTHING automatic will make this game too easy.

And if this game goes too easy I and a bunch of others will probably loose interest in it.

Nestor wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Ah, a sort of quickslot for food, ok that could work.

Can't we QS food now though? I have never tried to be honest. I am not a fan of the QS wheel and avoid it as much as possible.

Yes, but I think OP wants a special QS for food, leaving the original QS for potions.

i dont enjoy it, but having only one quickslot is a part of the game. if you dont want to run out ever then replenish before it expires instead of QQ.