# Citizen preference for novel food types

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/citizen-preference-for-novel-food-types/6631>\
**Category:** Suggestions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/citizen-preference-for-novel-food-types/6631 "2014-07-23T22:09:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Phagocytosis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/phagocytosis/32/5022_2.png) [@Phagocytosis](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Phagocytosis)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/citizen-preference-for-novel-food-types/6631/1 "2014-07-23T22:09:42Z")

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Seems like a good idea to me if the citizens select a new food type if it’s available over one that they would complain about if they ate it (due to lack of diet variety (vardiety?)). As is, I think they just go for something at random, or perhaps whatever’s closest. If they care enough to complain about a lack of variety, they probably would care enough to take a few extra steps to another food type, within reason. See 31:01 in the video for an example of what I’m talking about.

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**Author:** ![blackArcher52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/blackarcher52/32/18482_2.png) [@blackArcher52](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/blackArcher52)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/citizen-preference-for-novel-food-types/6631/2 "2014-07-24T00:04:41Z")

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its too much work for the citizens take extra steps. those lazy people even if they work 18 hrs a day just to make you happy. lazy

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**Author:** ![Swift\_Cube](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/swift_cube/32/44074_2.png) [@Swift\_Cube](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Swift_Cube)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/citizen-preference-for-novel-food-types/6631/3 "2014-07-24T03:29:18Z")

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You know, this could be like a simplified version of a Dwarf Fortress feature, where nobles are extremely picky and make orders for ridiculous stuff (Goblin bone underwear, glass helmets, etc.).

Would be cool to see, although at a slightly reduced version, as I assume this game has one heck of a lot smaller difficulty curve.

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**Author:** ![phoriist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/phoriist/32/41825_2.png) [@phoriist](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/phoriist)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/citizen-preference-for-novel-food-types/6631/4 "2014-07-24T03:50:12Z")

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It should be propably as new topic (“Foghting with laziness”), but…

Yeah, in this version (Build 110) laziness has been taken [up to Eleven](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UpToEleven). I have already 4 “granaries” (I name every food storage like that) filled with wood even if it is forbidden to bring it there.  
Other examples?

- There was a goblin called ‘the Magnificient’ who decided to steal my wood. Guarding footman was too lazy to react and I had to take the red alarm and 3 workers charged after him… with no items after all. They beat him with bare hands 😃
- But items that goblin took with himself were retrieved to town… 4 days later. Due to laziness.
- or even in night other proffessions than Workers were to lazy to go near the campfire.o.o

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**Author:** ![Phagocytosis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/phagocytosis/32/5022_2.png) [@Phagocytosis](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Phagocytosis)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/citizen-preference-for-novel-food-types/6631/5 "2014-07-24T08:40:47Z")

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Well, these are probably all separate issues, but I agree they do fall nicely under the general label of laziness. The thing about stockpile settings being ignored has [another topic](http://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/stockpile-issues-involving-food/6621/2) already. I noticed a footman not going after a goblin that got pretty close as well, although at the time I took it to mean the goblin just barely didn’t get close enough (40:26 in the video). I did not notice the last two issues you mentioned, though.

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**Author:** ![naturalnuke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/naturalnuke/32/14017_2.png) [@naturalnuke](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/naturalnuke)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/citizen-preference-for-novel-food-types/6631/6 "2014-07-24T14:11:01Z")

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