Originally posted by Faceplant8:

You don't get the lingering stamina mead until (current) endgame, but the problem starts much earlier, at least in mountains. There's also the downside of inventory space and the crafting time, etc.

You get two different types of stamina pots before Lingering. Why is the crafting time a factor? Build 4 fermenters and fill a chest with stam pots.

The game is still early access. I prefer fixing the underlying problems rather than implementing workarounds that wouldn't be required if the underlying problems were fixed.

The way stamina regen works may not be appealing but that doesn't make it something that's broken which requires fixing. With that said, the devs addressed the stamina regen issue by giving you 4 mechanisms to address this:

- Tasty mead (available early)
- Minor stam (also available early)
- Major Stam
- Lingering Stam pot

They literally provide you a mechanism to fill your stamina pool almost instantly. Since we're arguing that Lingering stam isn't available until late, that also means you won't have a 300 point stam pool as that's only available in late game.

I keep hearing that there's a disparity between HP and stam regen. What I'm not hearing is why the current systems in place are insufficient to address your concern.

TL;DR

it feels bad to have an empty stamina pool and have to wait for it to fill

Drink a minor / major / tasty mead to fill it almost instantly. Why is this insufficient?