Whether your sim earns the happiness points or you cheat and give them the points, which lifetime rewards do you usually give them first? Since there are so many choices I will group some. You can give your individual choice in a response. Also a reason why you chose that rewards would be interesting. :)

I almost always give my sims steel bladder first since I'm not interested in them taking the time to relieve themselves or to unclog and or clean the toilet.

Steel bladder because I have no fun in sending my sim to the toilet (other need bars I leave alone: hunger and sleeping). One exception: when I played a homeless sim. Because finding a place to go to the toilet was part of the fun/challenge with him.

I tend to buy Simmunity first, because it is comparatively cheaper than many other LTRs I use (think collection helper, extra creative, dirt defiant etc). The reason I specifically choose Simmunity over immunity to temperature is because I personally find sickness and allergies rather annoying (because of the relatively long-lasting negative moodlets they give).

"JoAnne65;c-16272649" wrote:Steel bladder because I have no fun in sending my sim to the toilet (other need bars I leave alone: hunger and sleeping). One exception: when I played a homeless sim. Because finding a place to go to the toilet was part of the fun/challenge with him.I also leave the other needs bars alone. If I ever play a homeless sim that would make sense as part of the challenge.

"TinySpaceFox;c-16272650" wrote:I tend to buy Simmunity first, because it is comparatively cheaper than many other LTRs I use (think collection helper, extra creative, dirt defiant etc). The reason I specifically choose Simmunity over immunity to temperature is because I personally find sickness and allergies rather annoying (because of the relatively long-lasting negative moodlets they give).I usually cheat to get steel bladder. The other rewards I usually earn. My second choice is usually observant for making friends and then Simmunity. I like immune to heat for vampires. :)

What is the first LTR you usually give your sims?

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TreyNutz2
8 years ago
Steel bladder is almost always the first one; it's just one less thing to manage in a large household.
Goulsquash
8 years ago
Steel bladder unless I'm playing a collector. Then I get simunity because they cant pick a single wildflower it seems without getting allergies.
brionl
8 years ago
When I'm starting a new game, usually Observant. If I'm raising a child born in-game, usually multi-tasker. Over time most of my sims end up with both of those.

I never get No Bills. After the first couple of weeks, I find that getting rid of excess money is more of a problem than not enough money.
KevinL5275
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
My opinion is steel bladder, hardly hungry, etc are kinda cheating yourself of the experience of a life simulation game. They're a part of life, and managing their needs is part of the fun for me. :) I will get dirt defiant though for a sports or gardener sim, because they get dirty and smelly so quickly.

I get fast learner and multi-tasker for my children as soon as I can, because it makes it so much easier for them to learn new things.
rucolasheep
8 years ago
Spoiler
Steel Bladder or other rewards that manage needs meters
i nearly never use the needs managing rewards, i prefer aging off or on long life or just pause, but usually TS3 is pretty relaxed to play for me even with a bigger family, only several todds are a bigger challenge

Observant, attractive or other social enhancement rewards
if i am playing a sim towards charisma, which often happens, already a traveler is well off with a developed charisma skill, then i use such rewards quite early in game, attractive not so much, it can become very obnoctious because the other sims react in a romantic way towards that sim & i play romantic aspirations rather rarely

No Bills Ever or Inheritance
rather later in game

Fast Learner or Multitasker
those are several rewards which i give many sims which have to progress fast in their career or school

Simunity or immune to heat or immune to cold
very seldom, i prefer just to click away the moodlet, illnesses in TS3 are as useful as the zombies imo :tongue:

Extra Creative, Super Green Thumb or other trait enhancing rewards
very often, but that depends on the direction the sim has to go in life

Stone Hearted or Long Distance Friend or other rewards that buffer against loss of friends
some sims get it, those which need it

Prepared Traveler
only traveler sims get that & that's usually only one sim per game scenario

Collection Helper, Moodlet Manager or other objects
very seldom & rather very late in game, usually gardener sims or alchemists get the collection helper, i use the other rewards nearly never
astridentanja
8 years ago
"KevinL5275;c-16272889" wrote:
My opinion is steel bladder, hardly hungry, etc are kinda cheating yourself of the experience of a life simulation game. They're a part of life, and managing their needs is part of the fun for me. :) I will get dirt defiant though for a sports or gardener sim, because they get dirty and smelly so quickly.

I get fast learner and multi-tasker for my children as soon as I can, because it makes it so much easier for them to learn new things.

My playing style focuses on simulating other aspects of their lives. It’s like when you watch a movie. You know the hero has to go to the toilet every now and then, you just don’t need to see it ;) I wouldn’t want to miss the need bars, the game would be dull if they weren’t there. But for me they are an on the side thing, not a focus. The reason I don’t choose the needing less sleep LTR is because it will mess with the day/night rythm. And that for me is quite important.
bekkasan
8 years ago
Long distance friend. Ticks me off after the effort of making a friend that you can lose them if you don't chat with them every day!
KevinL5275
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"JoAnne65;c-16272956" wrote:

My playing style focuses on simulating other aspects of their lives. It’s like when you watch a movie. You know the hero has to go to the toilet every now and then, you just don’t need to see it ;) I wouldn’t want to miss the need bars, the game would be dull if they weren’t there. But for me they are an on the side thing, not a focus. The reason I don’t choose the needing less sleep LTR is because it will mess with the day/night rythm. And that for me is quite important.

Understandable. :)

I will get the meditative trans sleep one for the police and medical professions that have to be up at all hours of the night on call. That way they get better sleep and aren't so tired when they have to go to work.
JayandMeeka
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
I guess "speedy cleaner" would fall under this, but I almost always give them that. So necessary haha.
NikkeiSimmer
Legend
8 years ago
I find that with all the things that my sim has to do to ensure that they keep themselves financially afloat. Having them constantly going to the can makes them lose essential time that they need during the day. Especially when half the time, when you click them, they end up standing around for a half hour before they get their butt prodded into action. I don't do hardly hungry or dirt-defiant. I will send them to the kitchen to make food or shower when their cleanliness meter goes down, but that's the limit. Like @JoAnne65 stated: you don't need to see them go to the washroom. But pee/poop is a waste of time...on the whole, as the timing is not metered very accurately on certain actions. It doesn't take 25 min. to go in RL and frankly if it takes that long, then one needs to see an endocronologist to see if there are any underlying symptoms. :D Thanks, Sims 3, evidently no specialists in the medical field, huh? Because considering the time it takes for each sim to do their business, they all have pancreatic problems.

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