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Posted by: RavenClaw.4608

RavenClaw.4608

Hey guys, I have a question about food and nutrition.

Some players here suggest me to buy food and nutrition because it gives XP bonus when I kill mobs, so where can I buy this food, there are merchants for this? or I need to buy it in the Trading Post? and which food exactly should I buy? that will not be expensive because I don’t have money, and will be effective as well, because I don’t want to spend my money if its not so helping.

It’s my first character and I’m new in this game, everyone told me that in the first character you will not have money until you reach level 80 and starting making money so I want to save it for later.

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Posted by: Nage.1520

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You can craft it, buy for karma at some heart vendors, or buy from the trading post. Crafting low level stuff from stuff you gather is a good way to start and gives you experience in the process.

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Posted by: Snow.2048

Snow.2048

Buy it a the trading post, most foods sell for about 1 copper because there is no demand and a lot of supply. It doesn’t matter what kind if you only want the xp bonus (its not really that huge that you have to worry about, 10% to kill xp, which is the lowest xp income by far), just make sure its for your level and you’re set.

If you want I can probably send you some in game as well, just drop Snow.2048 a mail and I’ll send you some cheap stuff I have laying around when I get on.

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Posted by: MithranArkanere.8957

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The wiki is the best friend of the new player!

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chef
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Food

There should be anything you may need to know about the basics of food and cooking.

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Posted by: timmyf.1490

timmyf.1490

For leveling, I would suggest Candy Corn Almond Brittle. Buy it off the trading post.

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Posted by: Rauderi.8706

Rauderi.8706

If you want an additional XP boost, look into the oils/sharpening stones/tuning crystals from the weapon-crafting professions. The benefits stack with food, so you can be running around with a +20% bonus.

That should make the level grind a little easier.

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Posted by: serapheles.5409

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In addition to the food giving you a little exp boost, I’d like to mention that, unless something’s changed I’m unaware of, events are among the best ways to get exp. You kill the mobs you normally would, but with the added event experience (which is often a solid chunk).

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Posted by: ArchonWing.9480

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I usually just look on the trading post, and before level 80, buy food that is no more expensive than 10 copper.

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for there you have been and there you will long to return.

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Posted by: timmyf.1490

timmyf.1490

I usually just look on the trading post, and before level 80, buy food that is no more expensive than 10 copper.

With all due respect, this is bad advice.

The food I mentioned above lasts 45m (some cheap food lasts 20 or 30 minutes) and includes 10% gold find and 18% magic find as well as 15% experience boost (compared to the standard 10%.)

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Posted by: Rauderi.8706

Rauderi.8706

CCAB is also level 45 food. >.>
Might be worth it if it’s cheap on the Trading Post by then, but sub-40, I’ll roll with a Loaf of Bread and Maintenance Oil.

Especially since MF is a placebo~

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Posted by: timmyf.1490

timmyf.1490

CCAB is also level 45 food. >.>
Might be worth it if it’s cheap on the Trading Post by then, but sub-40, I’ll roll with a Loaf of Bread and Maintenance Oil.

Especially since MF is a placebo~

Ha, I don’t know about placebo, but 18% isn’t a lot. Just remember that 10% gold find means it pays for itself if you can earn 6.5 silver / 45m from monster kills. (Or 8 silver/hour). And offers more experience.

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Posted by: ArchonWing.9480

ArchonWing.9480

I usually just look on the trading post, and before level 80, buy food that is no more expensive than 10 copper.

With all due respect, this is bad advice.

The food I mentioned above lasts 45m (some cheap food lasts 20 or 30 minutes) and includes 10% gold find and 18% magic find as well as 15% experience boost (compared to the standard 10%.)

Most experience doesn’t come from kills, it comes from hearts, exploration, and events.
Event chests and bags aren’t affected by MF.
Open world monsters don’t drop enough gold and aren’t dense enough.
Yes, it’s more convenient, but the length just requires slightly more clicking.

I would rather take http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Grape_Pie or http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Cherry_Pie and allow myself to just dive into the nearest events and finish them a little faster. You’re better off moving faster.

Heck, I still use similar things like these on my level 80s since open world isn’t worth using any food of value except for world events. Also, a couple of silver is nothing to a level 80, but it’s several upgrades for a lowbie, not to mention they’re going to have to save up every single copper they can get because of the way traits work now.

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for there you have been and there you will long to return.

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Posted by: timmyf.1490

timmyf.1490

I’d be curious to compare experience gain from different things. My feeling is that event rewards give the best experience, followed by kills, exploration, and then hearts dead last.

I’m not going to argue that, though. Just a gut feeling.

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Posted by: Karizee.8076

Karizee.8076

Here is a good searchable tool for food buffs. Just pick the buff you want from the drop down list, can also sort it by level.

http://wiki.theamazonbasin.com/index.php/Guild_Wars_2_Nourishment_Database

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Posted by: Rauderi.8706

Rauderi.8706

I’d be curious to compare experience gain from different things. My feeling is that event rewards give the best experience, followed by kills, exploration, and then hearts dead last.

I’m not going to argue that, though. Just a gut feeling.

Events with lots of killable mobs. (Junkyard, Harathi, etc)
Best of both.

To be honest, the game could use more long-chain events like pre-patch Ulgoth. Something that gives you a reason to follow the event train in a path around the zone would give players something to do when they come in and even tell a little zone meta-story as they follow the arc from start to finish.

Of course, that’d take some extra development time. :\

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Posted by: ArchonWing.9480

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Yea, the combo is the best. If a heart takes too long to do, I skip it and try to find hearts that have events near them. You can end up with double credit (event + heart) and whatever mobs you ended up killing.

The exp rewarded for just running into new areas is quite a big chunk, so I prefer to move fast and only stop for events/hearts/dailies. Hearts are the lowest priorities since there’s way more than enough to reach 80.

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Posted by: timmyf.1490

timmyf.1490

I started enjoying the game WAY more when I started ignoring the hearts. I’d just run around, explore (by uncovering map, getting WPs POIs and vistas), and kill stuff/do events along the way.

Leveling went faster. Enjoyment went through the roof.

Hearts are, to me, a very unfortunate addition.

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Posted by: Rauderi.8706

Rauderi.8706

Hearts are, to me, a very unfortunate addition.

They aren’t all bad. They make great junk vendors!

Sometimes, I finish a heart just so I can sell my greys.

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Posted by: ArchonWing.9480

ArchonWing.9480

Some hearts are good, some hearts are bad. Since I only care about getting my characters to 80, I simply ignore the boring ones.

A lot of hearts can be done just by doing stuff in the area though, so no big deal.

Most of the leveling process is simply acquiring commonly used waypoints and dealing with stuff on the way.

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Posted by: RavenClaw.4608

RavenClaw.4608

CCAB is also level 45 food. >.>
Might be worth it if it’s cheap on the Trading Post by then, but sub-40, I’ll roll with a Loaf of Bread and Maintenance Oil.

Especially since MF is a placebo~

Ha, I don’t know about placebo, but 18% isn’t a lot. Just remember that 10% gold find means it pays for itself if you can earn 6.5 silver / 45m from monster kills. (Or 8 silver/hour). And offers more experience.

But its only for killing mobs, if I eat some food and traveling the map to finish it to 100%, I’m not fighting 24/7, because I travel, do vistats, do POI’s and more.

So when its the best time to eat, and what is the best food I should buy concerning the money/xp I get from it, I mean not expensive food that gives bad xp boost.

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Posted by: Algreg.3629

Algreg.3629

CCAB is also level 45 food. >.>
Might be worth it if it’s cheap on the Trading Post by then, but sub-40, I’ll roll with a Loaf of Bread and Maintenance Oil.

Especially since MF is a placebo~

Ha, I don’t know about placebo, but 18% isn’t a lot. Just remember that 10% gold find means it pays for itself if you can earn 6.5 silver / 45m from monster kills. (Or 8 silver/hour). And offers more experience.

But its only for killing mobs, if I eat some food and traveling the map to finish it to 100%, I’m not fighting 24/7, because I travel, do vistats, do POI’s and more.

So when its the best time to eat, and what is the best food I should buy concerning the money/xp I get from it, I mean not expensive food that gives bad xp boost.

it does not matter, food – beside the sought after few lvl 80 recipes – is so cheap you won´t even notice it. Have it running all the time. I don´t think there is an xp difference in any kind of food (could be wrong though). What to choose: that really is up to you and your build.