Chef Archive
Thread: Poll: Would a 5% Resource Bonus be good for chefs?
Any thing that gives a boost to our food is a win win situation for us. Right now 2% is a take it or leave it situation. 5% is a bit more take than leave. The only problem is finding a dancer to do the buff when needed. I think this is truely the big problem and not the increase to resources. It is now harder to craft than it was before due to the added task of finding an entertainer.
Either way chef foods need a boost and we should take what we can get.
/vote for 5%
Good for chefs, good for entertainers and good for our customers IMHO.
Whatever it does for crafting I hope more than anything thatthis patchfills the Cantinas up again. Empty cantinas are one of the most depressing things in the game since CU. The Cantinas (and Medical Centres, Star Ports etc) used to be buzzing centres of community, they brought NPC cities to life and they were (shock, horror) Star Warsy. Believe it or not, I WANT TO LAG when I walk into a cantina. I dont care if half/most of the entertainers are afk as long as the place is buzzing with life.
I know we hated them once, but I would even give anything to see a Doc Buff queue outside Coronet Starport again just for some activity in what is now a ghost town.
Camelz wrote:
/vote for 5%
Good for chefs, good for entertainers and good for our customers IMHO.
Whatever it does for crafting I hope more than anything thatthis patchfills the Cantinas up again. Empty cantinas are one of the most depressing things in the game since CU. The Cantinas (and Medical Centres, Star Ports etc) used to be buzzing centres of community, they brought NPC cities to life and they were (shock, horror) Star Warsy. Believe it or not, I WANT TO LAG when I walk into a cantina. I dont care if half/most of the entertainers are afk as long as the place is buzzing with life.
I know we hated them once, but I would even give anything to see a Doc Buff queue outside Coronet Starport again just for some activity in what is now a ghost town.
And you think this resourec buff is going to accomplish what you are talking about?
If this goes live, it will be run to the nearest cantina that usually has entertainers, get the buff in 1 minute and bail. I cannot see where this will do any of the things you listed, jsut make crafters waste a little more time doing mundane tasks
In a word, yes.
At 2% the buff that chefs get is spread far thinner than it does for most other professions. Even those professions whose resources require 2-3 stats instead of just one typically still only have one line to experiment on.
Although some chefs currently only experiment in 2 lines, this is only because their hands are tied. I would love to be able to get less filling, longer duration, and stronger foods. While 2% will be a slight boost for chef, it will not impact our profession in nearly the same manner as it does others.
I do not think 5% will harm old or new crafters. Remember, all crafters do have their place in the economy. The ones crafting with top-notch resources are serving a completely different market than the up and comings are. Breaking into that top level is difficult, but remember that a chef crafting with mediochre resources can make a fine profit as well--the resources and are cheaper, the sale costs are less, but profit is always the difference between the two (since the manufacturingcosts are pretty much equal for all of us) . . . .
I am all for whatever help we can get
I dont think that it will even come close to capping anyone and if it will help make my current foods even better, Then
He!! YA 5% FTW 
jadeew wrote:
Camelz wrote:
/vote for 5%
Good for chefs, good for entertainers and good for our customers IMHO.
Whatever it does for crafting I hope more than anything thatthis patchfills the Cantinas up again. Empty cantinas are one of the most depressing things in the game since CU. The Cantinas (and Medical Centres, Star Ports etc) used to be buzzing centres of community, they brought NPC cities to life and they were (shock, horror) Star Warsy. Believe it or not, I WANT TO LAG when I walk into a cantina. I dont care if half/most of the entertainers are afk as long as the place is buzzing with life.
I know we hated them once, but I would even give anything to see a Doc Buff queue outside Coronet Starport again just for some activity in what is now a ghost town.
And you think this resourec buff is going to accomplish what you are talking about?
If this goes live, it will be run to the nearest cantina that usually has entertainers, get the buff in 1 minute and bail. I cannot see where this will do any of the things you listed, jsut make crafters waste a little more time doing mundane tasks
I dont know what this patch will accomplish, I just hope that it makes entertainers buffs worth something in the game again. I can understand that you dont want to have to find an entertainer in order to play your profession. There were lots of people screaming about the need to get Doc Buffs/Ent buffs in order to play,that were a major driving force in bringing us the CU. However one of the side effects of removing the NEED to get buffed to play was to totally empty the NPC cities. That may not bother you much but it ruins the "feel" of the game for me.
People have always got buffed and run, but when the buffs were worth having and BF was a factor there was constant stream of traffic through the cantinas and whole groups of musicians and dancers putting on some pretty darn good, entertaining shows. Thats all I want, some live entertainment back in the game.
And a few more places like Tails on Chimaera wouldnt go amiss 