Revamping Food And Medicine

If you haven't heard, medicine and food are getting a revamp. The specifics look really cool and great for the economy.

What do you guys think? Culinarians excited to see food getting an exp boost and a shorter recast?

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...d-and-Medicine

I am excited and am hoping that food and medicine will be useful and often used!

I leveled Alchemist and my sister wanted to do Culinarian but both seemed disappointing as few people use food outside primal battles and very few use potions. Hopefully things will be different now.

Is SE adding some new recipes for alchemist to add side effects to the weapons like to the axe and arrows? I'm also looking forward to that...

Like salves to apply to daggers/arrows for added effects like poison.

/votes yes.

Honestly? Kinda makes me want to take up Culinarian.

I've been waiting for this my whole life. =3

This Medicine overhaul is a pretty epic Fail. The best thing to happen to Medicine since launch was the dramatic reduction in Medicine Recast timer and now the are going to make them stupidly long again? Yoshida must be BiPolar or something. He keeps approving changes that change changes he already approved that made the game better.

Worse yet, ALL medicine is going to be on a single recast timer? WTF is that? I could see all Status heals on one timer, all potions on one timer, all ethers on one timer. But ALL medicine on one timer? Are you serious?

I'm happy about the revamp! Good job Yoshi!

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Originally Posted by Kiote

This Medicine overhaul is a pretty epic Fail. The best thing to happen to Medicine since launch was the dramatic reduction in Medicine Recast timer and now the are going to make them stupidly long again? Yoshida must be BiPolar or something. He keeps approving changes that change changes he already approved that made the game better.

Worse yet, ALL medicine is going to be on a single recast timer? WTF is that? I could see all Status heals on one timer, all potions on one timer, all ethers on one timer. But ALL medicine on one timer? Are you serious?

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Thats odd, I didn't read anywhere where recast would now be "Stupidly long"

I read that it would be "longer than lower level because its effect will be stronger"

As someone who's primary job is CUL, this is an amaaaaaaazing change. I've been waiting for this practically since launch - my main class will finally be useful!

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Originally Posted by Dreamer

As someone who's primary job is CUL, this is an amaaaaaaazing change. I've been waiting for this practically since launch - my main class will finally be useful!

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I don't know how you stuck with it till now!

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Originally Posted by Dreamer

As someone who's primary job is CUL, this is an amaaaaaaazing change. I've been waiting for this practically since launch - my main class will finally be useful!

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Seriously, CUL has been virtually pointless up until this change. Im excited to have stacks of food for each class in my inventory at all times, ready to be consumed for identifiable boosts.