I have to be honest, I don't care for the current situation. You can't even use food when out of combat to regain any health. I get it when one is resting.. .but yeah, why can't I munch on an apple while walking down the path to regain some "energy"? I don't want to micromanage this game... that just is not a very fun way to spend my limited playtime.
Using food to heal was an abominable idea that Patch 5 removed and it’s been one of the most significant improvements to this beta since EA started.
Also, your complaint and your suggestion don’t match. There was a lot more “micro management” involved when every single piece of food in your inventory acted as a viable replacement for healing potions.
Now that food’s only role was “downgraded” to being camp supplies, there’s hardly any management involved.
Food just sits in your bags (or your stash) until it’s used to rest.
Still, rather than asking to automate the process even more a better fine-tuning would be to just DECREASE the current insane amount of food available.
