Rare and uncommon harvestables will now be produced at higher rates when splicing.
So we actually got this changed in Patch 1.58.63
EA Staff (Retired)Splicing can produce a new harvestable, but there's supposed to be a lower chance that it does this. This is by design. For example, grafting a rose to a grape for bonsai buds will have the plant produce roses OR grapes OR bonsai buds, with the bonsai buds having the lowest chance.
So if you're not seeing the new harvestable, I think it might just be a case of bad luck 🙂
EDIT (crin):
If you're unhappy with the design choice, please use this threads to voice your concerns
Feedback: Updated Gardening System
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/943341/feedback-updated-gardening-system/p1
Evolving too slow and grafted plants not happening after gardening patch
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/942707/evolving-too-slow-and-grafted-plants-not-happening...
@SimGuruNick wrote:Splicing can produce a new harvestable, but there's supposed to be a lower chance that it does this. This is by design. For example, grafting a rose to a grape for bonsai buds will have the plant produce roses OR grapes OR bonsai buds, with the bonsai buds having the lowest chance.
So if you're not seeing the new harvestable, I think it might just be a case of bad luck 🙂
@SimGuruNickCan you explain why you decided to change this? Just to make it more difficult? Also why was this not spoken about when describing the gardening changes? I don't really see the benefit in turning splicing into a grind or making your sims pay for the seed packets (unless you knew what you were getting like in real life). It definitely hasn't made it more enjoyable for me - it's just turned gardening (which I found fun) into a horrible grind for a 5% chance of getting a dragon fruit or orchid XD and don't I feel pathetic for even caring about this 😢
