I noticed the eating time was reduced after the latest patch. Please, please revert back to how it was before, it’s throwing me off now and now it’s way too short. :((
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I did not have any problem with eating time before.
Is this another attempt by the devs to cater to the 48min day length ?
If they’re not going to revert it, they should add a menu option with "fast eating [off/on]”
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On a side note, I wonder who keeps asking for these unwanted changes, and where, and why are they getting listened to so often…
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I would say it is better now, at least if you play with 48 minutes day. Otherwise it was really hard to be in time for work or school with the morning routine including having breakfast. Thus I really prefer the changes.
Why is the change feeling so bad for you?
You can now spend more time for other tasks when the Zoi saves time for eating.
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Some of us feel that the devs keep catering to the 48min at the expense of the other time settings.
There was a crapstorm when they wanted to make 48min the new default BECAUSE of this exact situation, one that keeps reoccuring. If ppl want to play 48min time fine, I got no problem with you, but I start being a lot less accepting when the rest of the game suffers because of that day length.
And the time you must spend to eat is a sacrifice of the 48min, such as moving around and doing other tasks. I knew ppl were going to complain, I called it weeks before the October update. I was right… Unfortunately, catering to the 48min is annoying ppl that had no problem with the game before.
It’s starting to feel like these (crap) games where the devs balance classes/abilities on PvP at the detriment of the PvE playerbase. And believe me, that’s NOT a good thing ! They want to fix the 48min? GOOD. But for the love of whomever, do it without affecting/trashing the other day lengths.
My 2 cents.
PS: Sorry for the rant, but you asked for explanations.
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This…. 
, please devs listen to @Samuriko please!!!
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Absolutely! In fact on discord I found most of us had voted to keep 96 mins as the default. So why the change?
Please go back to 96 mins as default. I’m having a difficult time managing between needs and the other activities in both the new 48 mins default as well as when I play with 96 mins. I’m still trying to figure out the right duration for game play.
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If players want to play on 48 mins instead of 96 mins, they have the obligation to do that themselves. So yes, please devs… we beg you, please go back to 96 mins as the default, the game came out like that for a reason…
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@Samuriko that’s perfectly fine 
I really wanted to understand.
See, I was playing the game before the October update and was always playing on 96 min before. My issue was that before the update I was not catched enough to really play a longterm save, even though I kind of liked the long day. Main issue for me was that it felt too repetitive and also too easy to get your skills up fast etc due to the long days. There kind of was no challenge and it felt like the Zoi has endless time.
So after the update I just decided to try if this fits better with the 48 min and it really did for me. Nevertheless I was considering lately to also try the 96 min day out again because my feeling is that after the changes made to many of the other gameplay systems it might now work also with the longer day as there is more to do in the game compared to the earlier state. And I understand that the 48 minutes might feel rushed especially depending on the intended gameplay as you really have to manage the Zoi’s day to get everything done.
I was not aware that the update broke the 96 minutes day length. I was also considering to switch between both depending on the save and current gameplay intention.
So I hope they fix also the 96 min day again. Best would be to have both versions working meaningfully.
If they offer both, both should work and be the players choice.
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I’ll never know why they ever changed it from 96 mins to begin with and now… everything’s out of wack ever since they cough decided cough — “to change it to 48 mins”… imho, if the game came out that way, it should stay that way. If players want shorter days they can change it to 48 mins themselves; they are more than capable of going into the settings and changing it. But again, that’s my opinion.
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It’s been a while so I fired up a 4hrs game again. This is a brand new game with latest version (0.5.3).
Eating still takes too long, about 25% too long if not more (We need to cut the length of the eating time by 25%… tho honestly, cutting it by 40% would be better).
Also, I sent my zoi to eat when his hunger gauge was at this level :
Once his bar was full, the eating action still had this left (which in 4hrs is a lot of wasted time) :
IMHO, Just reduce length of eating time by say 33% to begin with, and make sure all of the calories are applied within the resulting new action time. Also, why not develop a code for some of the actions (Bathing, Eating, Bathroom) so it ends when the need bar is full. No need to waste time and I don’t see any gain in not ending the action right there. Notice that I did not include sleeping in this, where it’s the opposite, we WANT our zoi to sleep their full 6 hours (we can cancel it if need be as well).
Eating time is ok for 96min, but still too long in 4hours.
Please fix it. Thanks.
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Edit: Played some more hours of my new game and eating time is definitely too long.
I can tell a zoi to eat, and depending on meal, I can stop them halfway thru and put the rest in the fridge.
Definitely needs a 50% eating time cut for the 4hrs length of day.
Thank you for addressing, and if possible not in 4 months.
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Eating time takes way too long still for me . The same as they go to the toilet fill their bladder bar and then still sit there for ages after
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Are you playing 48min, 96min or 4hrs game time ?
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With the toilet and also the shower it is now the same for me. Playing with 96 min day.
Eating is now more or less fitting with 96 min. If a Zoi is completely in red with his hunger gauge then he really needs the full time until the hunger is completely full and the dish is completely consumed. So for this seems they then now still need to fix the 4hrs day.
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This.
There must not be many players using the 4hrs time.
Even for me, it’s like one in 3 games at most, and usually when I get to extended families (manage my original family first, then 6 kids go to 6 houses, well 5 as the eldest will get the parent’s house). Managing 6 families makes good use of the 4hrs…
And yeah, still need fixing.
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