Food Crafting seems imbalanced (time vs value)

[Urthdigger]

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The problem is the demand for food ISN'T there. Due to the time and resources expended to make a piece of food, food is rather expensive even if sold at-cost. Most players don't consider this cost worth it.

This is a factor of three things: The price is obviously one, but the other two are the low amount that each stat is increased, plus the fact that the stat increases are often ones that don't grant a direct and noticeable increase.

The main market for food is tanks (As the VIT that all foods give IS a direct and noticeable increase) and crafters (As they need the bonus from food just to hit the requirements to craft certain items). Unfortunately, that means a lot of the market just plain doesn't exist.