Yeah, I like a lot of the changes this patch, but the purple and gold food nerf was a head-scratcher. Even on live it is really hard to justify the cost of using anything other than blue food except in vet trials, and even then blue food is sometimes BiS on some builds. That is not a good situation, purple should be noticeably better than blue, and gold should be noticeably better than purple. It's hard to sell these foods as it is. Now with lower stat pools, blue will be even more popular than it already is.
CP is a crutch for people who can’t sustain and want to be "tanky" so they aren’t immediately punished for making mistakes.
Yeah, I like a lot of the changes this patch, but the purple and gold food nerf was a head-scratcher. Even on live it is really hard to justify the cost of using anything other than blue food except in vet trials, and even then blue food is sometimes BiS on some builds. That is not a good situation, purple should be noticeably better than blue, and gold should be noticeably better than purple. It's hard to sell these foods as it is. Now with lower stat pools, blue will be even more popular than it already is.
Yes it’s like they forgot gold is actually meant to be the best.
Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »I don't even use this food, outside my healers. Not a problem.
Lady_Rosabella wrote: »I run Clockwork Citrus on a few of my characters but usually have the Witch Mother's Brew on my bar to use for easier content because the GOLD Clockwork Citrus food does cost a bit to make with using Perfect Roe.
I also use the Artaeum Takeaway Broth with the Dubious Cameron Throne on my bar for easier content on my stamina characters, especially with the GOLD Artaeum Takeaway drink using 5 Mother of Pearl to make.
Why even have Purple and Gold food/drink if they cost so much to make but are not going to be any better than the many other foods/drinks in this game?
Now I don't sell any of these, nor do I sell any of the ingredients to make these recipes, but I can see how this is going to hurt others that do sell them.
Seems ZOS has "re balance" on the brain and are taking things a little overboard with the concept of making everything in the game virtually the same.
Dagoth_Rac wrote: »The lower stats from food/drink will likely mean squishier players and more deaths in Elsweyr. But that is OK. This food is used in group content, not solo. And when you die in group content, a group member can rez you and get you back in the fight. It is not like solo play where you are stuck in that stupid slow-moving ghost form after you rez. ;-)
Dagoth_Rac wrote: »The lower stats from food/drink will likely mean squishier players and more deaths in Elsweyr. But that is OK. This food is used in group content, not solo. And when you die in group content, a group member can rez you and get you back in the fight. It is not like solo play where you are stuck in that stupid slow-moving ghost form after you rez. ;-)
MLGProPlayer wrote: »It's only a loss of about ~200 health and ~200 magicka/stamina.