The food economy needs help!

[Jonny_Tapas]

There's a strange problem with the culinary world and food use.

You see food used to be kind of a big deal, but these days it seems like it's only used in coil regularly.

Here's a few reasons why:

Crafting top end foods requires a large amount of shards, making crafters generally sell foods at higher prices for very little profits.

Players don't consume as much because the price is too high for the reward.

When you DF you might wipe on the first pull so why waste the food right?

There's a lot of reasons players don't use foods as regularly as we are used to seeing?

What changes would you all like to see if any? Discuss!

[Sephirah]

The reason you only see people in Coil using it is because it's a waste of money and not needed before that.

[Arriverderci]

The reason you only see people in Coil using it is because it's a waste of money and not needed before that.

Another craft down the potential drain.
I'm wonderin' if I really wanna be a CUL but not if I not going to make a profit... S:
I just think, rush to 50 crafts are sad because that's the only time they are useful.
Well...My 21 GSM has been making neat cash.

[Dire]

You can make plenty of gil as a Culinarian, just don't bother making 45+ food - it's too expensive to craft and kind of pointless besides. Mid-level stuff like walnut bread, fried eggs, etc. bring in more than enough cash though, and it's one of the least boring/easier jobs to level, in my experience (especially if you've got a botanist or are leveling one).

[mmcsky]

The OP speaks Truth, and as another poster highlighted this is one more crafting professions that has no value outside of a niche part of the game. Like a few other professions, culinary needs to be fixed in order for players to have more use of it trough every lvl bracket.
Maybe increase yield of every synth and/or reduce mats required?

[Sapphires]

If they doubled the duration of the food so it could last for a whole non speedrun'd dungeon via DF that would probably increase demand and be an alternate way to offset the shard cost.

I like to use food but yup I just stick to the cheaper mid range stuff thats about 150-500g each. Only time I went overboard on food was on my bard alt with hq apkallu omelettes on titan for her relic fight because I really wanted that fight to be over with.

[SiinZ]

TL;DR!!! NEED MORE BUTTONS IN A BLANKET ON BALMUNG SERVER.. STOP SELL 1 AT A TIME!!!!

[ArcheustheWise]

theres alot more than just the food market that needs help in this game lol....

[Arcaloid]

Agreed, those potions are even more useless, I mean what's the use of having an extra 30 str for 15 seconds?

[Kewitt]

I/my hubby makes all my own food. And we use it all the time.