Gormet should be changed

[Zarquan]

I think Gourmet is probably considered a debuff by most people, as it reduced the morale of whoever has it in exchange for a buff that is not particularly important.  I think that Gourmet dupes should be changed to reflect that they do enjoy fine foods.

I propose that Gourmet dupes should continue to get a food morale reduction on lower quality foods, but should gain extra morale for higher quality foods. 

Similarly, I think that Kitchen Menaces should get a reduced food morale reduction on low quality food, but not appreciate fine foods that much and not get the full benefit of higher level foods.

[Sasza22]

It gives a tiny buff that doesn`t matter after the earlygame for a substantial debuff that carries into the lategame. Either it needs to be considered a negative trait or be changed. Extra morale on higher tiers is pretty nice but most of those give you the max already. I`d like if food made by the gourmet chef had a special status effect that gave extra stress reduction or something like that.

[Zarquan]

On 6/6/2022 at 4:14 PM, Sasza22 said:

Extra morale on higher tiers is pretty nice but most of those give you the max already.

In my mind, the food would be the same tier of quality, but the morale scaling would be different.  So +4 food would still be the +4 food morale buff, but it would be worth more to a Gourmet dupe (who has a highly refined pallet) than a regular dupe.  That way, even the best food would be better.  But on the flipside, raw meal lice offends their pallet and they get a larger negative from them.

[Magheat2009]

On 6/9/2022 at 2:18 AM, Zarquan said:

That way, even the best food would be better.

I don't think further increasing morale available from food is a good idea.

 

I don't think Gourmet food morale decrease is actually a major debuff for a cook as they usually have the lowest morale requirement among all the dupes in a typical colony.

[Zarquan]

14 hours ago, Magheat2009 said:

I don't think further increasing morale available from food is a good idea.

 

I don't think Gourmet food morale decrease is actually a major debuff for a cook as they usually have the lowest morale requirement among all the dupes in a typical colony.

Except Gourmets are not always cooks.  They can have Gourmet and other than that be a perfect astronaut mechatronics engineer for exploring brave new worlds.  The loss of food morale in that situation could disqualify them from this calling, as they are losing morale in a situation where morale is hard to get.  You don't see Mole Hands or Critter Lover with any debuffs, but Gourmet is a straight debuff to most dupes taking up a buff slot.

Also, the best food would only be better for the Gourmet dupe when the Gourmet dupe eats it.

Just because a dupe has a refined pallet does not mean they would appreciate the best food more.

[Nebbie]

This change would make both traits far more interesting.