Originally posted by Smetrix:

Originally posted by Rhapsody:

Yes, stamina and magic foods currently give more varied benefits, so it's perfectly fine that health foods also do that.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metagaming

"Recently the term metagame has come to be used by some players to describe an emergent methodology that is a subset of the basic strategy necessary to play the game at a high level."

Literally in the article you sent me. Thanks for proving my point lol.

Well, it is a Wikipedia article so anyone can edit it. But if you didn't read the first paragraph, I can't help you any better. I'm no teacher. The point is, metagaming is when you apply external rules from outside of the game into the game, not opting to use certain type of food in certain types of situation based on your own experience or someone's tips. Nobody is forcing you to use health food, or stamina food, or magic food, unless you let them. A game mechanic being based on an attribute and making use of it in a situation is not "metagaming".