I haven't run out yet myself, but over on the developer's forums, a few people are complaining that the penalty for running out of food isn't high enough (they don't die, they just start to lose hitpoints slowly). Are you sure a restart is necessary? I save and restart a lot, but that's just because I'm not a very good player. If you find your way out, you may run straight into more food.

The problem is that on that level is the mobs are infinite and the food is not. If someone cant solve the dungeon quick, ten nedd to fight all the way but if no food cant sleep for rez. So cant solve the level. Only two option exists: a, cheat from internet. b, give up.

I'm not there yet, so i might miss something, but:
can't you just go up a level and rest there?

Hmm. Definitely a problem. Good luck, at least.

I just completed the puzzle with respawning legionnaires I assume you're talking about. It seems a little far fetched that solving that particular puzzle would take long enough for you to run out of food, unless you want to grind XP there for many many hours. In any case, I guess theoretically you could always run back to the previous crystal to heal up even while starving.

I started to run out of food on lvl 3 but then it got much better and now I've probably overdone it :) I carry so much food my chars are constantly overburdened.

That's actually the biggest problem IMO - overburdening. Especially my fighters. Sure they're strong but in later levels, if you hang full plate armor on them they almost can't carry anything else. Too bad it's not like in TES where specializing in Heavy/Light armor decreases the weight of those types of armor.

If you somehow manage to run out of both all food and all potions and not good enough of a fighter AND can't solve puzzles in a timely fashion, I'd say that the dungeon has beaten you fair and square.

If you run out of food and simply cannot go on, you reload. Just as if your party was just wiped out by a mob. Death by attrition is still death.

I've got a full party of minotaurs, and I've yet so far to run out of food. I have a whole crate full of it. Really, I have no idea what people are talking about, having food problems.

If anything, they should be increased by a further 30% or so, at least. At least then I'd have a bit of a problem and other groups (that doesn't consist entirely of minotaurs) could still just breeze through it. On the other hand, if you're getting hurt at all while fighting legionnaires in a completely open field by the time you get to that area, you should probably just stop playing games entirely.

Yeah, I just got to the Archives myself so I cant wait for this supposed respawning Legionnaires. I think if you are in that dire of a situation, you have to restart. Just remember that you really only have to feed you guys when the "food bar" turns red. I found that near the start of the game, I was over feeding my guys.

Just wait until you see the "starving" status effect pop up and then toss your guys some good ol' roasted maggot or whatever you've been keeping in the same bag as your poison arrows and rusty knives.

EDIT: I also found it kind of comical that a person from Hungary is having problems with a hungry dungeon party.

I came across one review in which it was stated that there are some enemies respawning somewhere which do leave food behind. Was he wrong?

Which level number is the Archives level? Just to make sure I'm prepared for legions of respawning soldiers... ;)

Resting still consumes food.

There's supposed to be an area somewhere with rapidly respawning snails. No idea where.

But there's plenty of respawning mobs in the dungeons; I've killed a set of those Fire-Elemental-Thingies three times now, for a total of about 3000xp, and I've killed a single snail in one spot at least 4 times.

Yes, I forget a lot and go back to the same places a lot. x)

Archives is Level 4.

Time limit that spans entire game is not good idea. That's what limited food is.

Good thing that it's not limited, then.

I'm in the level 6 (Trapped) and I killed a bunch of snails (6?) in the room before the teleporter maze. Easy to kill and lot of food. They respawned later and as they're so easy to kill, I assume it's the obvious food supply you're talking about.

I remember that in several games I have had about max everything when I finish the game. Including max lives including bonus lives etc. Often you don't need all the stuff, but keep hoarding.

At dungeon level two my mage already has so many torches plus some other items that he can't carry more.