Make drinks heal; only heal from food/drink when hungry/thirsty

[Yatagan 62]

It has always struck me as somewhat odd that drinking doesn't heal you whatsoever. I don't care about realism, but as a game mechanic I think drinking should at least heal you some. Maybe limit it to healing only when you are thirsty? To prevent the player from downing 10 drinks at once to heal up.

Also make drinking water heal more than soda, much like how cooked meat is better than canned food. Maybe make it more minor? Like soda does 50blood, and water does 100 or 150? This would improve the experience of needing to drink, as it would have other benefits other than just 'it fills up your hydration meter'. Giving that survival mechanic slightly more depth.

On that note, I think food should also only heal when hungry. Meaning you can't down 10 steaks of beans to quickly regenerate health. Maybe you have to be at least 10% hungry for it to heal you or something? It would simulate 'overeating' and actual hunger more realistically and add depth, again, improving the overall experience in my opinion.

Edited July 30, 2012 by Yatagan

[david.mcentee@live.co.uk 46]

no.

[TyRobot 100]

[Yatagan 62]

Anyone care to elaborate or is this forum 99% people who just go 'lolnope' for no reason without so much as even a hint of a reason or opinion?

[Helsing 19]

I support this idea. It's unrealistic to go into your bag, eat 5 pieces of cooked meat and suddenly you go from going unconscious every 2 minutes to perfect health.

And yea, liquids help you recuperate when you're unwell or lost a lot of blood, but nothing beats cooked meat.

[Bludy 324]

so everybody will camp lakes where people will go to drink-refill-drink-refill until they reach 12000? maybe you should heal yourself only drinking AND eating..kind of a resting and regaining energy

[Yatagan 62]

so everybody will camp lakes where people will go to drink-refill-drink-refill until they reach 12000? maybe you should heal yourself only drinking AND eating..kind of a resting and regaining energy

No, because like I said you only heal from drinking when you're oh-so-thirsty, meaning you cant drink-refill-drink-repeat. You would have to drink, then wait like 8 minutes before drinking would heal you any more. So you could hang out at the lake for 10 minutes, but that would be you taking a risk, as others would now come to drink more often because it heals.

[Bukethead 96]

Anyone care to elaborate or is this forum 99% people who just go 'lolnope' for no reason without so much as even a hint of a reason or opinion?

Nope.