I'm just started, but the balance between stamina usage and stamina restore from the food is awful. You need 1 meat soup just to move from one location IN THE TOWN to another. This alone is close to disqualify that product as a playable game and rate it 1/10.
What are you tips for dealing with stamina? Is there any easier way to gain food? I was lucky and killed 2 boars at day 1 (2?). So I get 20 meat = 10 meat soups which was enough just to come back to town. I'm starving.
I heard about different races e.t.c but I wanna play as normal (and if I can not prostitute) human in my first playthrough. Just this stamina/rest mechanics is awful.
1) Hire follower, so you lose less stamina in combat.
2) lvl up surv, so you can cook smoked meat
3) pick cannibal perk
4) Resting at the inn restores food
Combining 1 and 4, you can hire cowboy from the inn, pick quest for undead extermination, and he will solo whole graveyard. Reward is enough to rest ~ 3 days at the inn
Also, if you are traveling and run out of food, you can enter nearby location, and hunt/forage there