Metabolic Primer, what is the effect?

#1 - Jan. 18, 2014, 11:54 a.m.

So I bought the Metabolic Primer. The text says:

Metabolic Primer(12 h): Any food eaten while the primer is active will have the same remaining time as the primer, rounded up to the next hour. The metabolic primer does not stack.

They way I read it is that if you eat your Primer and then your food, your food will last 12 hours of game time. It is why I purchased it. It was a very convenient way of not having worry about a food buff check. A bit overpriced, but the convenience of not having to click it during a weekend of WvWvW was worth it.

The way it actually is implemented is that it buffs your food for 1 hour as long as the Primer is activated. If this is the intended result, the text should read:

“Food consumed while the primer is active have their duration rounded up to the nearest hour.”

I have no problem about this, but the wording is very misleading. I was thankful that the A-NET team refunded my gems for this purchase, but I do not want others to fall into this pitfall.

By the way, is there any food that lasts more than 1 hr?

Curtis Johnson

#5 - Jan. 22, 2014, 9:27 a.m.

It should work that food eaten right after the primer lasts 12 hours. Scattered reports of a bug perhaps here.

Talmor, the way you read it originally is how it should work. Do you know exactly what food you were using? Also, what maps / areas you were in?

Spunkeimania, you can eat food during the 12 hours.. it will change which food buff you have but the duration should still last the rest of the 12 hours (rounded up, so never less than an hour)