After having a rough time playing at 2x and running thin on food (with 16 vils, 2nd level farming), another thread recommended running at 2x when you're actively playing and 1/2x before closing the game.

Playing actively through two harvests, I found that I had to hunt mushrooms to keep from running out of food. After catching the tip above, I checked at two separate harvest times and found between 100 and 200 food left.

Are the vills just more efficient at 1/2x? Obviously they don't walk any faster when you're playing at 2x (which is a flaw itself I think), but being offline shouldn't make such a big difference to me.

Anyone else notice this?

-Matt