Community Kitchens
I've been thinking again (!) about player communities, especially end-game community building. And it occurred to me that cooking is one of the things that you don't get a bonus on doing in groups. But why not? Cooking together is fun! And it makes the work easier to make large batches when you have lots of people working together. And I know that community kitchen groups and collectives were HUGE for people who liked the cooking/gathering mechanisms in game. I know I cranked out a TON of tasty pasta and awesome stew and party food and it was always great to have someone to hang out with while you did so to chat with and pass the time.
So what about an option to use an actual community kitchen? I'm sure it came up many times on the old forums. This is what I'm thinking:
Appearance/Locations: I think it would borrow from the community machine rooms. Same size, same exterior styling. Between 5-11 locations throughout Ur. One should go in Ix though? I think that would be nice.
How it would work:
Making things in large batches with helpers is more efficient per dish, although the overall cost is high. So I think it should take less energy to cook in these locations, but also that you have to make large batches to gain this bonus.
The other bonus would be a buff to mood while you are cooking in the space. Each time you cook you get a 2 or 3 minute buff that negates or slows mood loss. Because cooking with others is fun! So maybe for this buff to work there would need to be more than one person in the space.
There should be industrial size machines here, that multiple people can work on at once, that you can use to make batches 2-3x as large as your usual max.
Finally maybe there are a few ingredient station spawns on a slow refresh, so you can make a snack for yourself while you are cooking.
So what about an option to use an actual community kitchen? I'm sure it came up many times on the old forums. This is what I'm thinking:
Appearance/Locations: I think it would borrow from the community machine rooms. Same size, same exterior styling. Between 5-11 locations throughout Ur. One should go in Ix though? I think that would be nice.
How it would work:
Making things in large batches with helpers is more efficient per dish, although the overall cost is high. So I think it should take less energy to cook in these locations, but also that you have to make large batches to gain this bonus.
The other bonus would be a buff to mood while you are cooking in the space. Each time you cook you get a 2 or 3 minute buff that negates or slows mood loss. Because cooking with others is fun! So maybe for this buff to work there would need to be more than one person in the space.
There should be industrial size machines here, that multiple people can work on at once, that you can use to make batches 2-3x as large as your usual max.
Finally maybe there are a few ingredient station spawns on a slow refresh, so you can make a snack for yourself while you are cooking.
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