Hello and good morning, long time simmer here since the sims 2. I’ll try to make this as brief as possible and somewhat organized.
1. Lagging and delayed game play
My biggest issue with the sims 4 is the painfully slow lag/delay with in-game play. I understand that this is currently on the “laundry list” and I think we all appreciate that it’s finally being addressed, but why has it taken 6 years for the issue to be admitted by the team? Granted I have almost all of the packs downloaded but I have a decent computer with not much else on it so this shouldn’t be a problem. So why does it take a sim 3 hours to go from their bedroom to the kitchen to get breakfast, while most of the time they are just standing there, thinking about moving? Or from the living room out the door for work? The dine out and get to work packs are such fun ideas, but with the same sentiment, why does it take 12 hours of standing around after requesting a table to finally be seated?
I also want to make it very clear that this problem is not just limited to one pack, or me as a player. As I’m sure you can see from other posts, this has affected almost every simmer with all different levels of computer and graphics quality. It *also shouldn’t take longer than a real life minute for me to change the game from pause to the highest play speed.
Again, this issue has been around since the beginning and is present both with and without any mods. I’d like to know more specifics about the plans to fix this and what the team’s thoughts are about what is causing the issue.
2. lack of depth and personalized autonomy for in game play
I was so pleased when the sentiments and lifestyle features were announced. Then, even though I bought snowy escape myself, I was displeased to learn that the lifestyle feature was only available if you purchased the pack. I understand that the sentiment feature was included with the base game patch... but even with both of these features it still feels like nothing has changed. I want my sim’s traits and lifestyles to actually make a difference in my game play. And by this I don’t just mean adding another “social pie” interaction like “talking about books” for a book worm.
I think what we want is more autonomous interactions for my sims. I want book worms to actually choose to read books BY THEMSELVES instead of me having to do it for them. I want outgoing sims to talk to their neighbors passing by their street or go out of their way to talk to their siblings themselves. I want foodies to make higher level/gourmet meals themselves . I think you get the idea. I’d be really disappointed if this feature was realized, but only in a pack you had to purchase and not in a free update.
What are the team’s thoughts/opinions on fixing or adding personalized autonomy?
3. More occult options!!
I’ll be honest, this one is just my personal preference to my gameplay and stories. I could care less about babies and cars. What I miss are the werewolves. I miss the fairies. I really enjoy playing as vampires, mermaids and spellcasters. But I want mooooooooore! *sing that < to part of your worlds tune*.
Are there any packs coming out that will add any additional occult sims, or any ideas in the works?
4. More chance cards
Not much to say about this one, but I’d like to see more chance cards for my sims. And by more I mean different content and a higher probability of one appearing for my sims. I feel like this is a small and easy (er) way that could help to create a more “lively” game play experience. Has anyone brought this up before and what would it take to make this happen?
To recap:
1. Lag/delay with gameplay
2. More personalized autonomy that coincides with the sims traits
3. More occult options please!
4. More chance cards please!
Thank you for taking the time to read and I hope you have a great day!
* sorry for the edits I am new to bb code lol
EA Staff (Retired)