The Legacy Challenge Rules
Note, items in bold have been modified from the original posting. Please take note of them. Legacy Challenge The Legacy Challenge is a long, 10-generation challenge where you start out with a s...
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Bobbo wrote:
I could award myself points for how many times I can get a couple to woohoo too but it is not part of the challenge anymore because the rules are a moving target. I was close to the halfway point and now I am basically just playing the game by myself again because I am no longer part of the challenge. I applaud pinstar for making a very basic game a little more interesting by issuing a challenge but now it is a lot less interesting because there is no incentive to try and be creative. What is the difference in playing by challenge rules and just playing the game now?
I am just sort of bummed out now. There is no point to future generations. It is more about how well you can do with a founder that is essentially homeless because after that nothing really matters. Considering how easy it is to determine gender the matriarchy and patriarchy options are not hard to do. Really the hardest part of the game is watching child after child get the most horrible traits. I have 4 generations and other than the family trait the best I have done is 2 genius traits and 1 good trait. The rest are loner, hot-headed, mean-spirited, technophobe, loser, hates children, unlucky, insane, etc. The random is not vey random for me for some reason.
Legacy is nothing new to me. In TS2 I had 8 generations. Each child got married and had at least 2 children who got married and had at least 2 children and so forth. It was so huge I had to add a suburb to veronaville just to have space for all the houses I needed. There was no challenge involved it was just how I played the game.
I've noticed VERY FEW people are following every rule. Some our adding thier own modifications/rules to the Legacy Challenge. The point of the Legacy is to raise a family for ten generations without cheats.
Some of the rules will be modified again by the time you hit the 10th generation. The one that upset you the most may be changed by then also. Don't get so upset; just play by the set of rules that is most comfortable and challenging to you.
Once someone hits generation 10, especially those who documented the whole thing, will be applauded by the community because its an accomplishment. The points aren't as important.
