This isn't intended to be a rah-rah you ran over my dog I hate you type of player feedback, just wanted to voice my perspective on the cap to exp on cooking, which hit me hard. :(
Now instead of spreading money around when buying batches of stuff on auction to cook, I do my few dishes 100+ times and then it feels like wasted effort. While I understood the changes to making noodles @ uncle friendly after launch, this seems like a sweeping change that's going to hurt the "player economy" in both the short and long-term. I'm certainly going to be buying much much less, making it harder for the new characters selling cherries/spice/etc. to get a nest egg going.
Not to mention, it's what I like doing. I'm curious if you're going to institue other limits? Mining? Can only grind X amount per day? Petting/Harvesting? I just think there has to be a more creative soloution than this one.
I learned mining after a week because everyone said it's the way to go, and while the money was nice, it's rather boring, and I find myself avoiding if possible. Cooking can help you scratch out a living, moreso if you go harvesting yourself, but for me the fun was in finding creative ways to take what I had sitting on my floor, mix it with whatever I could find on the auction, and make food to level up. With any luck I'd break even, or maybe even make a small profit after selling it in IX.
So that's it. Just wanted to voice one glitches opinion, and a desire for you to re-examine the situation. If I want to sit in my house gardening/nibbling/cooking all day, well by golly, I should still get exp for it! Some days, grinding is what I find relaxing. Now it feels like a daily quest.