I can confirm this is the case. I dabble in brewing also. I have tried
foraging in numerous zones since the patch that changed foraging. When I
have been successful, I still get the old foraging items (i.e. roots and
vegetables), not any of the new foraging items. Our foraging skill is
capped high enough to get food/water for regular subsistence, but not high
enough to forage any of the unique items.

Galtin of E'ci

> I personally forage to be a brewer since I think bards should help spread
> the good word of the pleasures of fine beverages. The forage skill we
> have
> is too low for that kind of foraging. Our foraging is sufficient to not
> starve, but that's about it. I have run naked from Halas to Freeport
> (don't
> ask) and even though I was constantly foraging ended the run with 1 extra
> set of berries and thirsty. I'd also think we should be able to get some
> of
> the specials at least occassionally. Most of our caps are really too low
> to
> be particularly useful, and just high enough to be mildly interesting.
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> I would agree with the assessment that forage is not too low. And if it's
> low at all, it's certainly not too low to be useful. I think it's perfect
> for what they intended. They intended it to be not as good as a full
> fledged forager would have. I forage way more than enough food, and just
> slightly less than enough water to keep me alive. So I can forage enough
> berrires and fruit and such to give to my brewing friends, and still have
> plenty of food to eat. I don't mind that I have to buy water every so
> often, since characters without forage at all have to do it a lot more
> often. I think those who think it is useless are either too lazy to press
> the button often enough, or have a case of sour grapes (or is that
> berries?)
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