Originally posted by Pobblebonk:

Originally posted by Rhapsody:

The choice of food and equipment you use in a battle is also your own. Most engagements are decided well before their commencing, and that's no flaw, it's integral part of the survival genre.

You are missing the main point of this thread which is that the way staggering is implemented is just not logical.
There are already different benefits to using different foods like being able to run more or take more hits, regen health faster or have access to magic. I think all playstyles should be viable without one being much better than the others which is currently the case.

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

Originally posted by Smetrix:

Originally posted by Rhapsody:

Using appropriate amount of appropriate type of food is not metagaming, it's core gameplay feature.

Having to use very specific food combos and playstyles is meta gaming.

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