Originally posted by garu:

or maybe people enjoyed the progression and the fact when they spent the time grinding for high level food it provided high level rewards. Majority of people play single player and this update made it very difficult and there is no reward because even if you spend the time to get high level foods and balance them to have both stamina and health you cannot combat high level enemies effectively.

I am not worried there will be mods soon that change this but i am sad the devs are heading in different direction. What makes it worse for me is that they did not learn and pickup some of the great projects that came from the moding community.

Two +80 health foods and one high stamina food should be plenty to take on anything in the game effectively at the moment, provided you have the equipment and skill for it.

Sure, you might not be able to grind the hardest enemies in the game atm non-stop without taking a breather (regen health and regain rested), but.. Isn't that a good thing?

I never found a use for health & stamina potions before hearth and home. Now I actually do.
I'd say that's an improvement to gameplay and difficulty.