Guild Wars 2

I had this issue with the last Metabolic primer we were given as a spring season reward, the problem was that only the first food i ate after the primer worked, if i ate another kind of food it wouldnt work and only last 30 minutes, this problem came back with the new metabolic primer we were given, i had my food ready with the 12h duration as the primer says, after that i decided to go into PvP, i lost the food buff and decided to buy another kind of food, and now that food only lasts 30 minutes!

I hope this issue can be fixed !
im at lions arch, this happened 10 minutes ago

This issue has been reported since they started offering the item back on December 10, 2013.
Only the initial food consumed after activating the primer gets the extended duration, which is not the wording used on the primer.

“Any food eaten while the primer is active will have the same remaining time as the primer, rounded up to the next hour.”

Nowhere does it state only the initial food consumed after activating it will receive the extended duration. It even states “any food eaten while it is active”.

In my case it also did not round up that first consumed food to the next hour but to the identical time remaining on the primer. So that was another issue with it.

Even if you consume the exact same food as the one that has the primer duration, the new food has its standard timer on it.

I had 6 hours left on my food on a character that I activated the primer on. I had been playing other non-primer characters for a while and was in the habit of activating my food when I log into them. Because of this habit I naturally activated my food when I logged into my character that had the primer food on it. 30 minutes later I noticed I did not have food active, but the primer was still active. I activated the same food and it displayed 30min on it…but over 6 hours of primer left.

I then tried to consume a different food as maybe there was a bug with the primer if you consumed an identical food as the one with the primer duration. Nope. That had 30min as well. Consumed my normal food once again, still 30min on it and still over 6 hours of primer.

I really liked the metabolic primer, but with this having been reported as an issue since it came out and it still going unacceptably unfixed, I will never purchase another one. They’ve permanently lost all future purchases for this item by me due to their not fixing it after 6 months of it being reported. I recommend all others to do the same.

This seems to be a bug that only affect some people, or some foods. Others have reported that it does work as the tool-tip states. /shrug

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

This seems to be a bug that only affect some people, or some foods. Others have reported that it does work as the tool-tip states. /shrug

Well, it affects me. After the first food (no idea what) eaten that gave me the correct duration I first ate a Minotaur Steak and after that a Plate of Steak and Asparagus. Both only worked for 30 minutes. The primer still has more than 8 hours left at the moment.

I got this one for free from my second Spring season WVW chest so no real harm done, but I am not going to buy this item ever with gems unless I see a patch note that this bug is solved.

My experience with this item has been similar to the OPs. Since I’ve gotten them for “free” as part of rewards its not a big deal but unless/until they fix it I certainly will never buy one.