Boar, Neck, and Deer meat give you like 110hp and 80 stamina.
110 hp is enough to withstand one attack from a troll without any armor.
80 stamina is plenty to do a crapload if you raise your skills a bit.

The buffs from food before the patch were much lower and shorter.

The problem is people lack the patience to deal with that 2-3 second delay it takes to catch your breath before stamina starts regaining. Those who rant usually are lacking in the patience department.

I think the wet, rested, and cold buff/debuffs are perfectly fine. Rested should be enough of a buff that you notice it is gone when it runs out, but not so much that you can not play without it.

Originally posted by StayinBroke:

If you play No Mans Sky, a 5 year old game, the same can not be said. I enjoy that one too, but the after playing for a week after the last update, I had to walk away from it for a little while.

300% agree, the patch and Expedition was a @#$%show.