Do you think the devs should find better ways to spend simoleons in game?

What if simoleons made you more alluring to your gender of choice (I'm str8 as an arrow fyi but just sayin)? We could have gold diggers with sentiments, traits..even aspirations to work towards.

I'd make a sim whose main goal was to accumulate and exploit sugar mamas far and wide from young adult to rocking chair bound. Now there's a free scenario idea devs ;).

Please devs read this.

"ignominiusrex;c-18168279" wrote:
How about if it becomes like real life where Sims can't watch TV or play video games without all sorts of monthly access fees that drain their bank account like a thousand tiny leaks sinking a ship? No more free fun. Everything is now streaming and subscription-based and nothing is owned outright anymore. Gotta pay up every time q sim wants to watch a movie at home or hop on that pc for gaming. Or console either.

Ew, no thanks.

What I was thinking is having Sims have separate simoleon accounts it will be up to the player to open one. So let's say a teen has a job opens an account and instead of it going to the household funds it goes into their own account and they can spend from either funds.

I wish there was a way to initially tell the game to give the newly created active households how much money they start out with, without cheats. Say you want to be poor, start off with a few thousand, standard is usual amount, rich would be, like, motherlode or something.

I would like a few ideas that would be good for Sims to Spend Cash on

Casinos

• Casinos Games - Roulette, C*R*A*P*S, Slot Machines, Let It Ride, Blackjack - NPC Dealers in Tuxedo Shirts
  
• Poker Table - Basic to Luxury - Set Level to Stakes
  https://www.flopturnriver.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/Brunswick-Billiards-Centennial-Poker-Table.jpg
  https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/26/54/d82654f647702ab95945cc9600d745c8.jpg
  
• Pool Table
  
  
  
  • Basic Style for bars & Pools Halls to High End Tables for Mansions
    
  • Games - Basic 8 Ball and 9 Ball
    
  • Playing For Cash
    
  • Tournament Play
    
  • Trick Shots
    
  
  
• Full Service Hotel The Hotel portion could be a Base Game addition so that hotels can be used in any destination desired
  
  
  
  • Basic Room to Suites (High Roller, Honeymoon, Presidential) - $,$$,$$$,$$$$ per night
    https://cdn.kiwicollection.com/media/property/PR005907/xl/005907-06-suite-bedroom.jpg
    
  • Concierge/Bell Hop
    
  • Fabulous Lobby
    https://evergreene.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Palazzo_Lobby.jpg
    
  • Maid Service
    
  • Pool Bar
    
  • Room Amenities - Gold Toilette, Hotel Phone, Mini Bar, Small TV over the Garden Tub
    
  • Room Service
    
  
  
• Casino Celebrity Chef Restaurant - New Recipes of Famous Dishes
  
  
  
  • Cacio e Pepe
    
  • Chateaubriand
    
  • Crab Bisque
    
  • Duck L'Orange
    
  • French Onion Soup
    
  • Lady Baltimore Cake (Baking Recipe)
    
  • Manhattan Clam Chowder
    
  • Oysters Rockefeller
    
  • Pots De Creme
    
  • Steak Au Poivre
    
  • Waffles
    
  • Waldorf Salad
    
  
  
• New Unlockable Spa Treatments (If you have Spa Day)
  
  
  
  • Facials
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfDnvwsa-xI&t=594s
    
  • Foot Washing
    
  • Pet Grooming (If you have Spa Day and Dogs & Cats)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QQlIZguhXE
    
  • Seaweed Wraps
    
  
  
• Vegas Style Entertainment
  
  
  
  • Box Office (Window or Booth with NPC Ticket Seller)
    
  • Sporting Events - Boxing Match
    
  • Theatre Entertainment - Bands, Circus Style Acrobatics, Magicians
    
  
  

Jewelry Store - New Retail Store Type, New Skill - Jewel-crafting, Gem Cutting Machine, Purchasable High End Jewelry (Necklaces, Earrings, Rings, Bracelets and Watches)
https://www.temporex.de/2000-Uhren/2030-YvesCamani/L-31051GP-E/bild2.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/6b/e5/1e6be59ae3db8ab7a7b99f5459caef21.jpg

New Vacation Destinations
Potential Destinations

• China - Jade Jewelry, Gorgeous Silk, Awesome tourist attractions, Exceptional Food
  
• Egypt - Egyptian Archaeology, Tombs
  
• France - Nectar Making, The Arts, French Pastry, French Food, Romance, Lavender Fields and perfume
  
• Germany
  
• Greece & The Greek Islands - Yachting is huge there, Deep Sea Fishing, Greek Archaeology, Scuba Diving and Underwater Archaeology, The Kraken, The Odyssey
  
• Morocco
  

Destination Activities

• Adventurous Excursions - Helicopter Ride (Maybe Even Lessons), Mountain Climbing, Hot Air Ballooning
  
• Nectar Making, Nectararies (Vineyards), Vintages including rare ones, Vats, Press, Nectar Blends, Design your own label, Sabering the bottle, Nectar Making Skill, Established varieties of grapes
  
• Learning a New Dance from an Instructor $$ - Waltz, Tango
  
• Skeet Shooting
  
• Museum Update
  
  
  
  • Donations - Cash, Items
    
  • Interactive Activities
    
  • New Types (Archeological, Art, Natural History, Science & Tech)
    
  • NPC Tour Guide/Curator
    
  • Security & Burglars
    
  
  

Graduate Degrees added to University - Masters & Doctorate - Make more expensive

Owning Horses

• Dressage & Dressage Competition
  
• Best In Show - Horse Show
  
• Equestrian Center & Stables - Center - Rabbit Hole. Dressage Course, Stables, Trophy Room and Winners Circle - Open
  
• Riding Lessons - Expensive
  
• Vet Bills
  

The Arts

• Auctions
  
• Sculpture Making
  
• The Opera
  
• Patron of The Arts - Donations
  

"redrogue60;c-18170792" wrote:
I would like a few ideas that would be good for Sims to Spend Cash on

Casinos

• Casinos Games - Roulette, C*R*A*P*S, Slot Machines, Let It Ride, Blackjack - NPC Dealers in Tuxedo Shirts
  
• Poker Table - Basic to Luxury - Set Level to Stakes
  https://www.flopturnriver.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/Brunswick-Billiards-Centennial-Poker-Table.jpg
  https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/26/54/d82654f647702ab95945cc9600d745c8.jpg
  
• Pool Table
  
  
  
  • Basic Style for bars & Pools Halls to High End Tables for Mansions
    
  • Games - Basic 8 Ball and 9 Ball
    
  • Playing For Cash
    
  • Tournament Play
    
  • Trick Shots
    
  
  
• Full Service Hotel The Hotel portion could be a Base Game addition so that hotels can be used in any destination desired
  
  
  
  • Basic Room to Suites (High Roller, Honeymoon, Presidential) - $,$$,$$$,$$$$ per night
    https://cdn.kiwicollection.com/media/property/PR005907/xl/005907-06-suite-bedroom.jpg
    
  • Concierge/Bell Hop
    
  • Fabulous Lobby
    https://evergreene.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Palazzo_Lobby.jpg
    
  • Maid Service
    
  • Pool Bar
    
  • Room Amenities - Gold Toilette, Hotel Phone, Mini Bar, Small TV over the Garden Tub
    
  • Room Service
    
  
  
• Casino Celebrity Chef Restaurant - New Recipes of Famous Dishes
  
  
  
  • Cacio e Pepe
    
  • Chateaubriand
    
  • Crab Bisque
    
  • Duck L'Orange
    
  • French Onion Soup
    
  • Lady Baltimore Cake (Baking Recipe)
    
  • Manhattan Clam Chowder
    
  • Oysters Rockefeller
    
  • Pots De Creme
    
  • Steak Au Poivre
    
  • Waffles
    
  • Waldorf Salad
    
  
  
• New Unlockable Spa Treatments (If you have Spa Day)
  
  
  
  • Facials
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfDnvwsa-xI&t=594s
    
  • Foot Washing
    
  • Pet Grooming (If you have Spa Day and Dogs & Cats)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QQlIZguhXE
    
  • Seaweed Wraps
    
  
  
• Vegas Style Entertainment
  
  
  
  • Box Office (Window or Booth with NPC Ticket Seller)
    
  • Sporting Events - Boxing Match
    
  • Theatre Entertainment - Bands, Circus Style Acrobatics, Magicians
    
  
  

Jewelry Store - New Retail Store Type, New Skill - Jewel-crafting, Gem Cutting Machine, Purchasable High End Jewelry (Necklaces, Earrings, Rings, Bracelets and Watches)
https://www.temporex.de/2000-Uhren/2030-YvesCamani/L-31051GP-E/bild2.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/6b/e5/1e6be59ae3db8ab7a7b99f5459caef21.jpg

New Vacation Destinations
Potential Destinations

• China - Jade Jewelry, Gorgeous Silk, Awesome tourist attractions, Exceptional Food
  
• Egypt - Egyptian Archaeology, Tombs
  
• France - Nectar Making, The Arts, French Pastry, French Food, Romance, Lavender Fields and perfume
  
• Germany
  
• Greece & The Greek Islands - Yachting is huge there, Deep Sea Fishing, Greek Archaeology, Scuba Diving and Underwater Archaeology, The Kraken, The Odyssey
  
• Morocco
  

Destination Activities

• Adventurous Excursions - Helicopter Ride (Maybe Even Lessons), Mountain Climbing, Hot Air Ballooning
  
• Nectar Making, Nectararies (Vineyards), Vintages including rare ones, Vats, Press, Nectar Blends, Design your own label, Sabering the bottle, Nectar Making Skill, Established varieties of grapes
  
• Learning a New Dance from an Instructor $$ - Waltz, Tango
  
• Skeet Shooting
  
• Museum Update
  
  
  
  • Donations - Cash, Items
    
  • Interactive Activities
    
  • New Types (Archeological, Art, Natural History, Science & Tech)
    
  • NPC Tour Guide/Curator
    
  • Security & Burglars
    
  
  

Graduate Degrees added to University - Masters & Doctorate - Make more expensive

Owning Horses

• Dressage & Dressage Competition
  
• Best In Show - Horse Show
  
• Equestrian Center & Stables - Center - Rabbit Hole. Dressage Course, Stables, Trophy Room and Winners Circle - Open
  
• Riding Lessons - Expensive
  
• Vet Bills
  

The Arts

• Auctions
  
• Sculpture Making
  
• The Opera
  
• Patron of The Arts - Donations
  

All of these ideas would be game changing. I like the jewelry store bit. More bling for the wealthy.

I actually don't have any ideas of what they could add as far as things to spend money on, but I do think that I have too much money in the game and there is barely anything to spend it on once you upgrade your furniture and some other build mode items. I have over a million dollars made mostly from gardening and I have basically nothing that challenges me financially. It doesn't ruin the game but would be nice to have more options.

"Dark_Bokensha;c-18202326" wrote:
maybe they could implement a feature that requires your Sim to go grocery shopping in order to cook pretty much anything: like buying spaghetti sticks and other needed ingredients to make spaghetti, lettuce and tomatoes to make a salad, ext. but I can see why wouldn't it work. it's way too easy to earn money in the game, but it is a simulator game after all. Any other thing that comes to mind is making non-décor nor rent things pricier (just like real life lol)?

The Cottage Living EP adding something sort of similar in the form of a "Lot Challenge". While you don't physically need to go grocery shopping to buy the ingredients (you can order them to be delivered) but you DO need to have all recipe ingredients on hand in order to make that recipe.

You can read more information about here: (in case you don't have that pack)
https://simscommunity.info/2021/07/14/the-sims-4-cottage-living-all-about-lot-challenges/

"LeGardePourpre;c-18203032" wrote:
New Fear : Fear of losing all the money

That would need to come with ways to lose it. Bring back casinos, even the online ones would be nice, or at least a spending addiction where sims would get this craving to visit a shop and buy some things.

"JustinB113;c-18203097" wrote:
There’s little in the way of progression. I started out in a little tiny cottage struggling to pay my bills, then when I got 10k Simoleons I could pretty much just build a two story house and never really worry about money again unless I purposely overspend.

There’s a real imbalance between what the jobs pay and how much you can make just painting/gardening etc. You go from only being able to afford the cheapest worse cooker to the most expensive one very quickly, skipping most of the steps in between.

I think the best way to solve this is just to make money harder to get and make everything more expensive, especially housing itself. If I wanted to add a patio to my house in real life it would cost money.

But I think many players just don’t want to worry about things like this and so the bar is kept low.

I play with motherlode all the time and my sims still struggle for money. I think those simmers that accumulate too much wealth with their sims too quickly simply do not spend it, the way they play their game is unbalanced, they focus too much on wealth building and too little on spending it. The way I play my sims is that, they basically only work extra when or if they need the extra money. They even harvest money trees only when they need money. Same with paintings, they will probably paint a masterpiece a week, not one every day.