@Trentbaby96303 I am truly glad that the worked for you! However, this thread is for people like myself who had nothing but problems with the event and are truly displeased and want EA held accountable for all of the issues because we are missing out on the rewards. If they are going to have events like this in the future, they need a lot more planning and playtesting before they invite us to do things like this again. All of this could and should have been done by SDX drop and a friendly message. Now, people are missing rewards and Sims and Save Files have been interrupted or corrupted. I don't know if you have been following the thread. Messages about completing the event might make people feel bitter and angry. Many people, myself included, are reconsidering buying the Life & Death pack because of the problems with the event. People that might have been excited about helping Grim, are now saying, "Who cares?" If EA cared they would have done it by SDX Drop because this is exactly what it was designed for - dropping content on the fly! If the event ends and people didn't get rewards and are mad or sad or both, they could say something like, we know everyone did not get the rewards due to technical difficulties but we know that Grim would want you to have them! Many people might be happy and thankful and it would make them feel excited for the new pack. but shelling out $40 USD for a pack after missing rewards is too much for some people. I live in my own place but I'm not well off so I had to ask my Mom for the money. I'd like to give my Mom her money back and invite her out to lunch or something. $40 USD would buy my niece a nice gift for the holidays or I could add it to her college fund. Even though I love this franchise, it will never surpass how much I love her. I think the failure of this event has caused a lot of Simmers to give up playing for a little while or permanently. I think some of us, including myself feel our money is misspent. I thought the money I spent was being used to develop Sims 5 aka Project Renee. Now where is it going? $40 might be the amount a developer works per hour. What does that developer do for that hour? I don't honestly know but it feels like they use only 5 minutes to think of the players and fix bugs. Let's look at some facts:
- It took them 8 years to realize that a Sim taking pictures should not make them automatically popular
- 10 years to figure out that they should put skill books in all libraries, not just in Willow Creek
- They made a very ugly hot tub for an anniversary
- They did not even acknowledge the game's 10th anniversary
- When Wedding Stories came out it was all but unplayable and they have a no refunds policy on DLC
- Same with High School Years - Your teen's grade would not go up unless you send them alone on exam days - I still don't think that's fixed
- If you're not James Turner, Journey to Batuu was an example of how not to do a crossover.
- The Detective Career is still broken
- 10 years no cars
- "Inclusivity" without wheelchairs, or crutches or walkers
- Mermaids are an afterthought
- They use movie magic to make trailers so a pack looks cooler than its actual gameplay
- The Creator Network is used as advertising by giving them packs early while we pay $40 and no one can break in because you have to have X amount of Followers. Are they even letting anyone in anymore?
- They let the Creator Network build or make content for new packs - I was going to suggest a contest should be held but they might play favorites there too.
- When anyone speaks out on the forums we get sanctioned or banned.
I don't think you meant any harm and I don't mean to come down hard on you, it just comes down to wrong place wrong time so just be aware of what thread you are posting to. We are upset due to one weird mechanic in life: FOMO, Fear of Missing Out. We missed out on rewards due to a buggy event that leads up to taking $40 of someone's hard earned money, in this case, my Mom's and that makes me among others upset. I spent my birthday money on High School Years's Pre-order and if you don't pre-order you miss out on more items. I should know better as I took Advertising in college. I let my love of this game cloud my good judgement.
Let me just say again that I am really happy for you as you are one of the first people I have seen or talked to that has finished it, so congratulations!
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