AA improved metabolism

[Verdandi]

Can anyone confirm that the AA for a slower rate of eating food also applies to drinks? In the viewable info in game it only says food, makes no mention of drinks. But Caster's Realm says it works on both. Can anyone confirm one way or the other from personal experience?

[Delfontes]

Wow, forgive the immediate derail but...

How many AA's do you have to be considering wasting a few to eat a bit more slowly?

hehehe

I'd say it was just a typo on their part and they meant eat/drink, but no personal experience with having AA's to waste myself.

[Verdandi]

Hehe actually I don't have a single AA yet. Just a couple days ago I dinged 61, scribed my 61 spells, suicided back to 60, got a clicky rez, and put myself on 100% AA. Much better exp available for me that way, and I can still reding for the extra advantage when needed.

It'll be a while yet until I invest in this, going to do the usual Run 3 and mandatory-for-shamans routine to get Canni 5. But I was considering this for after that, since my horse, uh, eats like a horse. Anything to reduce my food consumption would be a great thing!

Actually that leads to another question, does the metabolism AA also cut down on what a horse consumes?

[ceno65]

the aa metabolism skill is great, works with food and water

if you always use stat food, id recomend this over 3 regen for your baron title

horse doubles consumption of food .. only food not water
so with the 3 meger points your back to normal consumtion rate while on a horse

[Chenier]

Yes Dandi. But I would advise that if you're just starting out with AA's, do your run3 and regen3 (or whatever's required and canni5) and then use the next AA's for Arch.

I know horsey eats a lot and yes metab. does help - but force feeding iron rations and fuzzlecutter's is much cheaper. =) Metab. is "luxury" AA's.

[Delfontes]

Cann 5 Uber Allas.

Maim, Lie, Cheat and steal to get it, hehe. It totally changes the Shaman I've seen, who never med at all anymore. Just get to watch a crazy 2k hitpoints disapear on them, unbuffed (no ageo) it's pretty darn scary to watch the first few times, especially during a fight.

[Verdandi]

I'm not in any particular hurry for it, no worries. I'm just curious since I think it'd be something to consider down the road.

And just to clarify Chen, you're saying that metabolism cuts down on what horsey eats and drinks as well as what I do?

[Chenier]

Don't think of you and your horse eating seperately - You add a horse "buff" (which is how the server sees it - gives you higher regen % and higher rate of eating), you eat more. Adding metabolish makes you eat less by a percentage - and that percentage applies whether you have a horse buff or not.

[Lilosh]

What Chenier is saying, Verdandi, is that you eat like a horse.



-Lilosh

[Sithro]

This is a good thing for when your the owner of a horse or lizard.

[Ariene]

I bought run3 and metab3 for my cleric first six AAs. For a shaman though, I would say regen3 even before run3. I love metab - my stat food lasts forever and regen would have been a waste for me. Really depends on your class and where and how you usually play what would be best for you.

To answer the original question, I think that it does work on drinks - they seem to last longer - but I've never timed it so can't be sure. I do find that when I play Thera after Ari I'm shocked at how fast the food and drink goes so I think it must (same race which is why I didn't compare to Shaman who might consume faster).

Attaching the sig I usually use on most boards. Most people won't care but some might be curious about other peoples' AA choices.

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[Moonlilly]

horse doubles consumption of food .. only food not water

The horse "eats" both your food and water. Confirmed as a fact every time I have to summon up a new stack of food/water when I've been exping while on my horse.

[kiztent]

I'd go regen 3 then metab 3 for a shaman myself. As much as it pains me to say this (being a big run 3 advocate), unless you find yourself falling behind on raids a lot, run 3 is a luxury AA for a shaman.

[Ngreth Thergn]

run3 works indors where any other run speed spell does not

[Sendar Tocs]

Ok, here's my view, and not the voice of experience.

Run 3 I thought was a waste (wife is druid, I have JBoots, probably gonna get her JBoots for AE Dispel insurance...)

Then I heard "works indoors" and "almost a requirement for higher level raiding" and "saved my ass a few times" ...

Re-thinking the Run 3.

Regen 3. .... Fungal Tunics sell for how much?

My DE Enchanter gets 4 hp a tick. I have watched it and I'm sure. 4.

Regen 3 .... 7 hp a tick.... Double my HP regen... worth EVERY PENNY.

Craft Mastery. Buy it when XP is compared to level 51 not when it's compared to level 59/60. (brewing / jewelry for me, brewing / tailoring for her) Just one point. Brewing is the cheapest TST.

DE Enc != Forage or Summon Food. .... Innate Metabo 3 = stuff Iron Rations and Water every 30 minutes = 1 misty picnic and 1 qeynos tea = +10 int FOREVER and less spaming my group.

Druid = Forage = other places to spend AA. (as said in other threads the failure to forage at 200 skill is around 1%, I don't remember a single failure on either of our 200 skill druids since we hit 200.)