I decided to make this poll because I have a sim who's about to become an elder who hasn't completed her LTW and I feel bad.

Always. Some of my Sims even complete several LTWs. But then, my saves progress slowly, either on epic or with aging off. If I used a shorter lifespan, I doubt I would manage to accomplish everyone’s LTW.

I voted "Almost always", but then again, I'm playing on epic timescales, so this is generally a non-issue, as there's enough time (I had most of the family kids fulfill their wishes before adulthood). Also, I will change a lifetime wish that is impossible to fulfill in a specific world (like IP-related wishes) in case I don't want to change town. One other exception: I won't do some of the Ambitions-related wishes that involve lots of stylist or build mode use, as that will bring down the savegame after a while and I don't enjoy this enough for it to tip the scales.On a normal timescale, I can see that I would handle this in a more relaxed way and not feel bad about the sims not getting to the finish line. I can already see that my general attitude here is changing, because all these "perfect" sims in my main family get a bit too samey.

I want to say Always but there's probably been a time or two when I totally forgot about a sim (or didn't care). I bet it would be a real challenge to get LTWs done on short lifespan.My lifespan settings aren't that long (Baby 2 • Toddler 5 • Child 7 • Teen 12 • Young Adult 22 • Adult 24 • Elder 14 • = 86) but I use NRaas: Relativity to lengthen days plus I micro-manage everything.

I do, but then again I age my sims up whenever I feel like, so I do have a lot of time to do it.

I generally pick skill based LTWs to suit my sims' personalities. I play on a normal lifespan and mostly leave my sims to their own devices so the occasional sim's LTW slips through the cracks but they usually achieve them.

Do you Complete Sims' Lifetime Wishes?

NikkeiSimmer
Seasoned Adventurer
5 years ago
I like spending a “long and happy” life with my sims.:mrgreen: The rest of Sunset Valley or other worlds.
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Well, Harold Assange was just asking for it. Being a pest (paparazzo) and bugging River’s and Haruo’s kids. ?
Lucid_Lenny
5 years ago
Voted sometimes, because I always try but I've never completed one yet... :'(
EvaKouk
5 years ago
Hey everyone!
Love to see everyone's aspect on this, I'm always wondering about how other people play and wonder if I should feel guilty when I don't complete a sim's wish!

I voted for sometimes because I usually play with big families for many generations and I tend to focus on some sims lifetime wishes and complete them, even get them a second one and do that too but completely ignore other sims' wishes, I think it has to do with which sims I bond with more throughout their lives, sounds weird but if I vibe with a sim I usually make them live a really fulfilling, happy life so best way to do that is make them succeed in their lifetime wish, if I don't have a strong connection with a sim on the other hand I'll most probably be like eh, let him/her be mediocre :p

Anyway you choose to play, happy simming!
pinot_grigio3
5 years ago
I've got an immortal sim and she has completed almost all of the aspirations available...
5m4rt455
5 years ago
"Simtown15;d-973077" wrote:
I decided to make this poll because I have a sim who's about to become an elder who hasn't completed her LTW and I feel bad.

Almost always. I'll cancel out the low pointers when something valuable comes along.
mw1525
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago
I always complete their LTW, haven't missed one so far :)!

I assign LTWs which are unrelated to the Sims skill, suggested personality via traits or work interest, this makes creating strategies for success more fun for me. For example, a Sim who works in Law Enforcement may have a LTW of Jack of All Trades or Professional Author and not one related to Law Enforcement. Or, a Sim in the business of entertainment may have Chess Legend or Perfect Mind, Perfect Body instead of Super Popular.
AlexaKry
New Spectator
5 years ago
Unfortunately I can´t vote, because my preferable choice isn´t there, sorry.
I don´t care for the LTWs, if they are completed or not doesn´t interest me at all. :p
I don´t even care for fulfilling their wishes, these I´ll just take as a little hint what they want and what I´ll make them do eventually.
pearlescentify
5 years ago
I would say "Almost always!".

Usually, I'll try to set an attainable (not too challenging) LTW for my Sims and also compatible with their traits.
Then, I'll utilize the points earned from fulfilling the wish on additional traits to help the Sims with other goals.
Jobass24us
5 years ago
"mw1525;c-17419012" wrote:
I always complete their LTW, haven't missed one so far :)!

I assign LTWs which are unrelated to the Sims skill, suggested personality via traits or work interest, this makes creating strategies for success more fun for me. For example, a Sim who works in Law Enforcement may have a LTW of Jack of All Trades or Professional Author and not one related to Law Enforcement. Or, a Sim in the business of entertainment may have Chess Legend or Perfect Mind, Perfect Body instead of Super Popular.

I do the very same thing. I feel like this allows me to play my sim while also enjoying other aspects of the game not necessarily related to work. It’s why I like to give them varied traits and always one negative one cause it makes for unexpected fun lol
Jobass24us
5 years ago
"Simtown15;c-17420688" wrote:
@mw1525 I’ve decided to try this to some extent. I gave my charismatic virtuoso Golden Tongue, Golden Fingers instead of the usual Rock Star. He’s already at level 7 of the music career, but he still has a ways to go with his lifetime wish.

@Lucy_Henley It’s been a goal of mine to get the obelisk, but it’s difficult on normal lifespan. With my current elders, I’m definitely getting the headstone.

@JoBass24us My sims usually get a negative trait anyways because I rarely get to choose all 5 traits. For example, one of my sims ended up with the grumpy trait because she had bad grades.

Hahaha! I love the bad traits. I don’t like making “perfect” sims. I just recently returned to 3 after playing for 4 for a bit so I’m getting to know it all over again. I’m having such great fun because of the random unpredictable things my sims do. I did create a sim and gave her the hot headed trait. She is also a cook, Gardner, neat and family oriented. I was playing for a bit and with everything I’m relearning I’d forgotten the traits I’d given her. Well she leaves work and randomly chews out this sim that was trying to compliment her! I was like, omg! Then I sent her home and as she is making her way she decides to randomly send a mean text. Lmao ? I just put her to bed!

Stuff like this is hilarious to me!