Guild Wars 2

Because you can get +40% condition damage and -40% condition damage, there is a lack of real diversity in what foods people eat. “Eat lemongrass” or “Eat Koi”.

These foods should be reduced in half to encourage more food diversity (as should all levels of the food).

Likewise, there should be more Stat based consumables. Right now you only have 3 precision, power and condition damage. Why not allow toughness, healing power, vitality, and ferocity based on a % of a different stat?

Food already has a wide range of bonuses… http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Food

Yes, but the effectiveness of +condition/condition food in WvW and PvP especially is so high relative to other options that while there are diverse options, practically because you have these two overpowered options, you see little diversity on the field.

Start a food revolution?

Probably the reason you see much of the same in WvW is because they are effective for nearly every build. You can’t stop people from using what works best for them, but you can use different food for yourself.

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

With Crit Damage nerfed
And Boon duration nerfed
Condi duration food will get nerfed very shortly.

Once condi duration gets nerfed , build diversity will increase with many other food options now becoming more viable.

It is also very possible that condi may get mitgated by other stats as well.

When I’m playing, a lot of people end up with Feast of Clam Cakes

neonreaper.4805:

When I’m playing, a lot of people end up with Feast of Clam Cakes

Hey, it’s better than nothing!

Bowl of Seaweed Salad is getting more popularity because it’s so strong. I also like using candied dragon rolls.

Candied dragon rolls are awesome for thief, I’m waiting for dragonbash to roll around so I can stock up.

To be honest I just run DPS food and have a few poultry and leek soup bowls in my pack if I need them. Running -condi food all the time as a roamer is a little bit of a waste IMO.

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

neonreaper.4805:

When I’m playing, a lot of people end up with Feast of Clam Cakes

Hey, it’s better than nothing!

It’s the best counter to getting rolled over by a zerg while roaming, that’s for sure!

Mango Pies because I’m cheap…

+ duration condi food is exponentially better than any other food for condi builds.
- duration condi food gives you a chance against heavy condi pressure and laughs at light / medium condi pressure.

95% of other foods are simple 1-up stat boost. Notable exceptions:

-Omnomberry Pie – Ridiculously OP before nerf, merely ok now.

-Truffle Steak Dinner – Still a good for power builds, but crit bonus was cut in half.

-Orian Meat Stew – Fallen out of use because most builds have high vigor uptime or don’t need it. Would be good for might stacking roaming warriors, but they pretty much need -condi food.

-Seaweed Salad – Underused food for backline zerg power builds that would benefit a lot from +10% damage and swiftness maintenance in combat (necros mainly), but expensive.

-Chocolate Omnomberry Cream – 20% boon duration is really good for some builds, and MF…I guess.

Saffron Bread is very powerful if you’re up against heavy melee trains. The damage mitigation is huge, especially when combined with the -condi duration.

Lemongrass
Poultry and Leek
Koi Cake/Veggie Pizza
Omnomberry Compote
Saffron Bread
Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew
Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash
Curry Butternut Squash
Omnomberry Ghost/Pie
Seaweed Salad
Dragon’s Breath/Truffle Steak

These are the ones I see most often. Looks kinda diverse.