Food and Food Buffs

Will there be vegetarian and vegan food for the vegetarian and vegan community?

Buffs:
A lot of MMOs center cooking around meat being the main source of protein with each type of meat when prepared in many different ways give different stat bonuses. It would deter a lot of players from wanting to take up cooking or eating specific foods for specific buffs which could be important. Which sequentially would prevent players from being welcomed in a party because min/maxers wouldn't allow unbuffed players.

Fantasy and Immersion:
Plant based cooking would allow players to insert themselves in the game and help others roleplay elves, druidic classes, hunters, Chefs, perhaps even priests who wouldn't want to harm natural animals.

Stats Bonuses:
Hypothetically, for every +10 str. stated meat dish could have a +10 str. stat bean/lentil dish.

Meat dish: Meat, Beans, Potatoes, Magical bug legs (or w/e)
Vegetarian dish: Lentils, Magical flowers, Nuts, Kale.

Anyway, Thanks for reading. I really hope to be able to place myself in the game entirely, as well as probably others. My wife and I unfortunately never pick up fishing or cooking unless it's to feed our pet in World of Warcraft Classic and we both love cooking in our home.

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Flanker

Tacquito wrote: »

This was actually addressed by Steven here, timestamp 14:33:

Dude, you're a savage xD

daveywavey

OceanSunwind wrote: »

Will there be vegetarian and vegan food for the vegetarian and vegan community?

Buffs:
A lot of MMOs center cooking around meat being the main source of protein with each type of meat when prepared in many different ways give different stat bonuses. It would deter a lot of players from wanting to take up cooking or eating specific foods for specific buffs which could be important. Which sequentially would prevent players from being welcomed in a party because min/maxers wouldn't allow unbuffed players.

Fantasy and Immersion:
Plant based cooking would allow players to insert themselves in the game and help others roleplay elves, druidic classes, hunters, Chefs, perhaps even priests who wouldn't want to harm natural animals.

Stats Bonuses:
Hypothetically, for every +10 str. stated meat dish could have a +10 str. stat bean/lentil dish.

Meat dish: Meat, Beans, Potatoes, Magical bug legs (or w/e)
Vegetarian dish: Lentils, Magical flowers, Nuts, Kale.

Anyway, Thanks for reading. I really hope to be able to place myself in the game entirely, as well as probably others. My wife and I unfortunately never pick up fishing or cooking unless it's to feed our pet in World of Warcraft Classic and we both love cooking in our home.

I'd be very surprised if it deterred "a lot of players", given that there's still only a very small percentage of people that are vegetarian/vegan, and presumably most of those will be able to make the distinction between real life and gaming.
And, if you were doing it properly, the +10 Str meat dish would have a +3 Str lentil dish. But yeah, most games have a good selection of recipes, so I'm sure there'll be plenty for you to make

Also, I just feel that I should point out that you're likely going to have to kill things in this game, at some point.

daveywavey

FrootLoopJunkie wrote: »

George_Black wrote: »

OP, will you kill non humanoid mobs to level up?
Curious to see if such topics get any serious notice.

What does veganism have to do with that? Do y'all get off making strawmen?

OP specifically mentioned those not wanting to harm animals. George is asking if that's going to carry over into the levelling system, where they'll then be unable to fight NPCs.

Saabynator

OceanSunwind wrote: »

Will there be vegetarian and vegan food for the vegetarian and vegan community?

Buffs:
A lot of MMOs center cooking around meat being the main source of protein with each type of meat when prepared in many different ways give different stat bonuses. It would deter a lot of players from wanting to take up cooking or eating specific foods for specific buffs which could be important. Which sequentially would prevent players from being welcomed in a party because min/maxers wouldn't allow unbuffed players.

Fantasy and Immersion:
Plant based cooking would allow players to insert themselves in the game and help others roleplay elves, druidic classes, hunters, Chefs, perhaps even priests who wouldn't want to harm natural animals.

Stats Bonuses:
Hypothetically, for every +10 str. stated meat dish could have a +10 str. stat bean/lentil dish.

Meat dish: Meat, Beans, Potatoes, Magical bug legs (or w/e)
Vegetarian dish: Lentils, Magical flowers, Nuts, Kale.

Anyway, Thanks for reading. I really hope to be able to place myself in the game entirely, as well as probably others. My wife and I unfortunately never pick up fishing or cooking unless it's to feed our pet in World of Warcraft Classic and we both love cooking in our home.

I am vegetarian. I really dont care about the welfare of digital animals. It is a scource of healing or whatever. No animals were harmed in making those dishes!

Aszkalon

OceanSunwind wrote: »

Will there be vegetarian and vegan food for the vegetarian and vegan community?

PLEASE Everybody stay calm, but ... ... ... ...

Should we ask for "Vegan"-type of Food to give buffs valuable in PvP Encounters,
and "MEAT"-kind of Food giving buffs for PvP ?

Caww

I hate beans... they do things to me...

Effah

pre buffing is just a silly mechanic. takes 0 thought process or skill.

Noaani

P0GG0 wrote: »

pre buffing is just a silly mechanic. takes 0 thought process or skill.

If it is a purchased or player crafted buff, it is a way of bringing your economic activity in to a fight, giving those that are good in that area a slight advantage.

This is a good thing.

It isn't supposed to take skill to activate a buff, it is supposed to be a representation of the non-combat aspects of your gameplay.

Effah

Noaani wrote: »

P0GG0 wrote: »

pre buffing is just a silly mechanic. takes 0 thought process or skill.

If it is a purchased or player crafted buff, it is a way of bringing your economic activity in to a fight, giving those that are good in that area a slight advantage.

This is a good thing.

It isn't supposed to take skill to activate a buff, it is supposed to be a representation of the non-combat aspects of your gameplay.

we already have like 15 slots of gear the economy does not need this. and no pre buffing is just boring af.

Dygz

FrootLoopJunkie wrote: »

What does veganism have to do with that? Do y'all get off making strawmen?

I thought the point of veganism was to respect, protect and honor the lives of animals?
What are you going to do with the carcasses of all the animals you slaughter? Just let them rot?

Noaani

P0GG0 wrote: »

Noaani wrote: »

P0GG0 wrote: »

pre buffing is just a silly mechanic. takes 0 thought process or skill.

If it is a purchased or player crafted buff, it is a way of bringing your economic activity in to a fight, giving those that are good in that area a slight advantage.

This is a good thing.

It isn't supposed to take skill to activate a buff, it is supposed to be a representation of the non-combat aspects of your gameplay.

we already have like 15 slots of gear the economy does not need this. and no pre buffing is just boring af.

Those gear slots more represent our prowess in PvE content as they do in the economic side of things. Player crafted consumable buffs are purely about the economic side of things. You could be killing the hardest encounters in the game, but if you aren't good enough at the economic aspects of the game, you aren't running consumable buffs.

Also, if a game is designed in a way where it is possible to get bored pre-buffing, that is just poor game design.

FrootLoopJunkie

Sorry I mistead, I thought you said "will you kill mobs" not "will you kill non-humanoid mobs". Brainlet.

Otr

Do they have ice cream on Verra?

nanfoodle

Fact in in real life a plant based diet you miss out on different types on nutrition. My grandmother from not eating meat her whole life, she became B12 deficients and later in her life she had to get injections every single month because of it. You don't get creatine and other things that you need to be able to have a well rounded diet.

Why would benefits you would get from a meat diet give you the same as a vegetarian meal in a game? That's not how it works in RL as well. Eating a food that has meat in game dose not hurt any living being.

I mainly eat a keto diet and I know before I get into a weightlifting session I need to eat some carbs or else I'm not going to have the energy to complete my workout. This OP makes no sense.

nanfoodle

Small P. S. Vegans and vegetarians should look at how many animals need to be killed to be able to grow the beans to make tofu. You kill less Animals by just eating meat.

Depraved

OceanSunwind wrote: »

Will there be vegetarian and vegan food for the vegetarian and vegan community?

Buffs:
A lot of MMOs center cooking around meat being the main source of protein with each type of meat when prepared in many different ways give different stat bonuses. It would deter a lot of players from wanting to take up cooking or eating specific foods for specific buffs which could be important. Which sequentially would prevent players from being welcomed in a party because min/maxers wouldn't allow unbuffed players.

Fantasy and Immersion:
Plant based cooking would allow players to insert themselves in the game and help others roleplay elves, druidic classes, hunters, Chefs, perhaps even priests who wouldn't want to harm natural animals.

Stats Bonuses:
Hypothetically, for every +10 str. stated meat dish could have a +10 str. stat bean/lentil dish.

Meat dish: Meat, Beans, Potatoes, Magical bug legs (or w/e)
Vegetarian dish: Lentils, Magical flowers, Nuts, Kale.

Anyway, Thanks for reading. I really hope to be able to place myself in the game entirely, as well as probably others. My wife and I unfortunately never pick up fishing or cooking unless it's to feed our pet in World of Warcraft Classic and we both love cooking in our home.

bruh a vegan dish will NEVEr give as much str as meat

anyways, you are eating pixels, not real food..or rather, your character is xD

Depraved

P0GG0 wrote: »

pre buffing is just a silly mechanic. takes 0 thought process or skill.

lol no. depends on the game. wow buffs, no. l2 buffs yes (pre GoD)

Bhootam

OceanSunwind wrote: »

Will there be vegetarian and vegan food for the vegetarian and vegan community?

You want the in-game food buffs to come from in-game vegan sources to the extent that you are not forced to eat in-game meat. But do you realise that in this game you'll be killing a lot of wildlife? How does that square with veganism? Either set your real-world principles about veganism aside in a game that will encompass everything from necromancy to animal taming to skinning and tanning while continuous brutal violence towards animals is everywhere .... or find a game that would suit you better in this regard? Have you considered chess?

RocketFarmer

<sarcasm font> Probably be a while on veganism since all that animation work required for pit hair. <\sarcasm font>

Noaani

RocketFarmer wrote: »

<sarcasm font> Probably be a while on veganism since all that animation work required for pit hair. <\sarcasm font>

I was more thinking about all the emotes they would need to have for the required different ways of telling everyone around you that you are a vegan.

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