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Posted by: Frozen.7245

Frozen.7245

Ok, I’ve noticed that a lot of items that you can craft in the game seem to use a ridiculous amount of crafting materials. One particular recipe I’m looking at right now, requires 27 items to make 1 food item. It’s like 15, 5, 5, 2. For the items it needs. I think 15 of any ingredient to make any single use item may be a little much. I mean, I could understand if it was a feast or a legendary item or something I was working on for it to require more, but an ordinary food item, that feels a little ridiculous. So I’d like to see a minor tweaking of recipes to make them be a little more feasible to make decent quantities of.

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Posted by: Danikat.8537

Danikat.8537

I think it depends on what the recipe is, and what the ingredients are. Some are much more common and widely available so it makes sense to use more of them, otherwise they’d be worthless and the TP would end up swamped with ones that are never going to sell.

I was going to suggest realism as an argument too, until I came across the Bowl of Hummus which is apparently made from:

  • 1 chickpea
  • 1 sesame seed
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 head of garlic

(For those who don’t cook IRL most recipes call for 1 or 2 cloves of garlic per portion, and a head has about 8-12 cloves.)

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Posted by: Hexinx.1872

Hexinx.1872

I think it depends on what the recipe is, and what the ingredients are. Some are much more common and widely available so it makes sense to use more of them, otherwise they’d be worthless and the TP would end up swamped with ones that are never going to sell.

I was going to suggest realism as an argument too, until I came across the Bowl of Hummus which is apparently made from:

  • 1 chickpea
  • 1 sesame seed
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 head of garlic

(For those who don’t cook IRL most recipes call for 1 or 2 cloves of garlic per portion, and a head has about 8-12 cloves.)

I’m more curious how much hummus that would actually make … I mean 1 sesame seed is delicious but not very filling, maybe that’s what the 1 chickpea is for

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Posted by: Khisanth.2948

Khisanth.2948

I think it depends on what the recipe is, and what the ingredients are. Some are much more common and widely available so it makes sense to use more of them, otherwise they’d be worthless and the TP would end up swamped with ones that are never going to sell.

I was going to suggest realism as an argument too, until I came across the Bowl of Hummus which is apparently made from:

  • 1 chickpea
  • 1 sesame seed
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 head of garlic

(For those who don’t cook IRL most recipes call for 1 or 2 cloves of garlic per portion, and a head has about 8-12 cloves.)

There is also the fact that you destroy a milling stone every time you process some flax seeds …

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Posted by: Danikat.8537

Danikat.8537

I think it depends on what the recipe is, and what the ingredients are. Some are much more common and widely available so it makes sense to use more of them, otherwise they’d be worthless and the TP would end up swamped with ones that are never going to sell.

I was going to suggest realism as an argument too, until I came across the Bowl of Hummus which is apparently made from:

  • 1 chickpea
  • 1 sesame seed
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 head of garlic

(For those who don’t cook IRL most recipes call for 1 or 2 cloves of garlic per portion, and a head has about 8-12 cloves.)

There is also the fact that you destroy a milling stone every time you process some flax seeds …

And scribes need a new pen each time they write something. When I was a kid I tried to make my own pens from feathers, totally missed the ‘stick a metal nib on it’ part and they still lasted at least a week or so.

But we’re still doing better than Link in Legend of Zelda who would often destroy the key and the lock and the door when unlocking one.

Danielle Aurorel, Dear Dragon We Got Your Cookies [Nom], Desolation (EU).

“Life’s a journey, not a destination.”

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Posted by: Khisanth.2948

Khisanth.2948

Then there is https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Plate_of_Frostgorge_Clams

10 sticks of butter plus 4 bottles of rice wine

not sure how you are supposed to put 4 bottles worth of wine on a plate, maybe it all gets boiled off

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Posted by: Illconceived Was Na.9781

Illconceived Was Na.9781

Then there is https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Plate_of_Frostgorge_Clams

10 sticks of butter plus 4 bottles of rice wine

not sure how you are supposed to put 4 bottles worth of wine on a plate, maybe it all gets boiled off

Considering that the Plate can serve everyone in the map (100+) and everyone who enters the map (potentially, everyone in your regions), seems like it would need more than 10 sticks of butter + 4 bottles of wine.

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Posted by: Khisanth.2948

Khisanth.2948

Then there is https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Plate_of_Frostgorge_Clams

10 sticks of butter plus 4 bottles of rice wine

not sure how you are supposed to put 4 bottles worth of wine on a plate, maybe it all gets boiled off

Considering that the Plate can serve everyone in the map (100+) and everyone who enters the map (potentially, everyone in your regions), seems like it would need more than 10 sticks of butter + 4 bottles of wine.

It’s a single meal for one person.

It is not a feast