from many posts here I am getting the impression that health regenerates and u can also eat food and cook it etc.
what is the point of eating food if health regenerates on its own?

actually it's a question i kinda pondered about with Oblivion as well - health didnt exactly regenerate but one could just wait an hour and it does.

is it like magic potion - eat during combat so get quick health refill?

i think that the best use of food should be that it CANT be used during combat (it takes a few good seconds form the moment u apply food until the health re-fills) but food can heal you BEYOND 100% health. natural health regen can bring you to 100% health but not more.

also, in order to encourage eating and sleeping in inns i'd also reckon that feeling health with food and sleeping in more expensive places gives a boost to XP, but can only be done after gaining some XP between sleeping and eating (so ppl can't sleep, wake up, wait, sleep, wake up, sleep etc).

It's been stated that the health regeneration is slow and barely noticeable, unless you're an Argonian. So you basically answered your own question.

I see it as a quick way to heal when you need it. Health regens very slowly, and I don't think waiting heals you anymore [correct me if I'm wrong]. Potions might have gotten a price raise, so food is a cheap way to heal quickly.

Regenerates health or stamina faster during combat so that next blow doesnt kill you.

Food can be made into hours lasting meals, giving additional bonuses besides health for many hours in the game.

To be well fed or properly hydrated should give some health boosts.


Perhaps + intelligence, stamina etc.

food gives u boosts to stats? interesting.
are you sure about this in skyrim? where did u get this info from?
or was it like that in oblivion and i didnt know?

Health regenerates quicker if your an Argonian?

Yes

Roleplaying purposes.

i appreciate things for RPing purposes but i expect behtesda to add actual gameplay purposes too.
adding boosts for stats for a while sounds like a good idea, i just dont know if it's confirmed or ppl are just guessing.

You've just answered your own question. Health regenerates when you use the wait menu as in Obliivon, and now it just regenerates slowly in real-time as well.

Eating food or drinking health potions is still crucial if you want to heal yourself immediately.

Source?

It was one of the journalist's comments; one of the many, many possible Skyrim articles that came out some weeks ago. Along with Argonian bonuses to waterbreathing and disease resistance. I just don't remember if Argonians had healing as a spell/ability or an actual passive regen.

Well in oblivion you could eat certain foods and it would give a certain effect. Now you have to cook food togehter with different herbs and spices to make a hearty meal that will heal you and provide a stat boost based on the combination of ingredients.

Yeah, health regen is pretty slow and even if you don't want to eat during combat, you can always eat before.

That's pretty cool if true.

There is no point to regen health. Especially if there is still wait healing.

Actually, if there's still wait healing, then slow health regen would make perfect sense.

Food has a purpose because since every skill is a major you aren't going to want to spam the Heal Spell like in Oblivion unless you want to focus on Restoration. Regenerating Health (Disclaimer) is a terrible thing to implement, makes the game dramaticly easier and is basically saying, "We like Hand holding I want more please". Now In regards to it, If it's similar to New Vegas just fast travel from one location to another preferably from one side of the map to the other like for example from Riverwood to Solitude and your health will probably be much higher if not full then what it originally was.

No, that would make it even more pointless and redundant than it already is. It was obviously added for newbs and shooter fans.

Wait is there heal waiting or not?

If there is NOT then you regen health over time on in real-time, not game time?

We really don't know enough to judge the impact of regenerating health. I don't expect it to make restoration spells and potions obsolete. How it balances with bleeding, poisons, diseases, and any other health-affecting mechanism, none of us knows. Sure, it makes the game easier, but so does letting us poison our weapons, and giving Bretons magic resistance, and giving weapon A a damage value of X.

lmao your title made me think of taking a bite of a sweet roll and watching it regenerate

Foods mostly for quick healing purposes and rping the need to eat it I guess.. I kind of wish they'd force us to have to eat it or starve but I guess they aren't going to do that. However.. I'm thinking cooked food will have a higher sale value so it might be a good way to make money in game.
I could be an axe wielding orc chef that peddles his scrumptious foods from town to town.

Is it just me who think that if something isn't mostly noticable, it's better not to have it in?