Game Mechanics: Food/Drink 'buffs' forever.

[Bohab]

You will receive the effects of a food/drink item without consuming it if you leave it in your "first food or drink slot" and consume other food/drink manually.

The 'candy corn' given out during the Halloween event is essentially another slot item. People are able to keep those effects indefinitely by managing their food manually.

[-Catherin-]

not exactly a bug. this was done with stat food on live all the time. though maybe not thought out well.

[Lojik]

What IS a bug is food duration not being in yet

[Bohab]

Did the GMs intend to give players... 8 str, 2 sta, 5 cha, 8 wis, 8 int, 2 agi, 90 hp, 90 mana... forever? I doubt it.

[tobolamr]

Or maybe it'll all poof in a few days or weeks, and it was really just temporary? GM's are sneaky suckers, you know...

[Dentalplan]

This is how stat food/drink has always worked in EQ. Putting rare stat food in your first slot and force feeding yourself is a classic strategy.

[Daldaen]

Ever heard of Bristlebane's Party Platters?

If you haven't I feel bad that you never got to experience PoP at its peak.

[Videri]

Yep, not a bug, bro. I made Snake Steak for poison resistance or Velious giant steaks for str/sta and stuffed down a bunch of rations or whatever so it would last. However, even if you OCD right-click food/drink often, it's hard to be perfect about it, and my supplies of stat food dwindled until eventually gone.
Interesting choice to give such a powerful food, though.

[lurk]

Thats how stat food has always been used

[Erati]

very few candy corn will remain by the time we reach next years Halloween event. Someone is ironically salty about not receiving this sweet treat !