Chef Archive

Hey, I just thought I'd say a bit about what I thought of these upcoming changes and the general role of chef foods. I am NOT a chef, but rather a combat profession, a carbineer, so I am taking this from the end-user perspective (and as a carbineer, I need as much help with HAM costs as i can get)

I am a big fan of chef food (probably in part because my homeplanet on my server has one of the best chefs ever you are great Haala), even with doctor buffs and smuggler buffs available that in many ways pack more punch.

The main edge that chef food has on these two other forms of buffing is versatility. With chef buffs, you can find a food for almost any situation. Chef food is so varied, some affection one HAM pool and its substats, some affecting a mix of stats from varied HAM bars, that you can almost always find the right food for the situation. Many chef foods are great 'emergency use' type of things, because you can down one anytime (as long as you're not full) with no fear of any downer side effects. The spice Muon Gold is great, for example, but once those ten minutes are up, you have a very costly downer that will kill you if you're in the wrong situation. WIth chef buffs, you can eat what you need when you need it with no fear of it causing problems later on.

The main thing I'm worried about is this, at the moment, hour-long stomach regen. Even if chef buffs are made to be more potent or longer lasting, such a long downtime will cost the chef buffs their most valuable asset, their versatility. The chef foods will lose their go-to virtue because the downtime will force you to take a long-term approach to them instead of a short-term fix.

I hope this turns out for the best for you guys, you do deserve a bit of a pass, but I hope it doesn't destroy all the great points you already have going for you. Best of luck!

Iallis N'Gooma

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