Not So Berry Challenge

I'm currently on generation 6. I just use whatever sim for the heir I feel has the most compelling story that I will enjoy playing.

I'm half way through the legacy and I generally like to pick females, although last gen I almost picked the younger son but I was impatient and went with his sister haha. So honestly I usually pick by looks because they would end up with the same traits anyways.

I usually pick my favorite. Other times I have stories on the parent's relationship with each of the children as time goes by, and the inpact on their personalities. For example, with my gen 3 heir Sunniva she is having 3 children. The first won't be heir because I imagine he/she being rebellious due to neglect from the family. I think Sunniva would realize her mistakes and wouldn't completely fix it, as she is very career oriented but would have a better, more positive relationship with the younger 2.

Since they have to have specific traits for the Not So Berry challenge and I don't want a bunch of kids with the same traits - in my play - each gen only has one child (just easier to focus only on one child too!) - other than Orange which has to have twins - and then it must have started a thing because the next gen Pink had twins too! For the twins I just pick one when they age to a child and have to have traits assigned - the other twin usually gets opposite traits. Kind of funny in the current gen - Peach has a twin - Peach's traits are Foodie, Lazy, Goofball so I made her twin's Glutton, Active, Sad - the glutton and active together are kind of funny - she pigs out all the time if left on her own and then goes and exercises like crazy!

My first two generations only had one child so that made things easier. After I chose based on which child I liked the best, sometimes having to make a decision based on their life events. Like if the heir is supposed to be smart I go for the child that has developed the highest mental skill.

I usually just pick the the Sim I like the best, unless there's rules around who has to be heir for that generation. Like generation 2, your Sim can only have 1 child, so the heir is already chosen.

I tend to pick based on a combination of favoritism, genetics, & whoever has the better name. Granted, I'm only on the rose generation right now, so I haven't had to make a lot of decisions regarding picking my heirs out, but for my rose gen I ended up going with my first born, Rizzo. I knew when he was born that he'd be my heir since he had such an amazing connection with his mom that I knew I'd miss him if I picked his brother Pomme Granate or his sister Sangria. Don't get me wrong, I loved his siblings, but his sister was an absolute nightmare as a toddler/child & Pomme just didn't feel like he'd be capable of being a serial romantic. And then obviously Rizzo's daughter is going to be my next heir since he's only allowed one child.

thanks all for the tips and advice. It's hard to only focus on one child and not get invested in the other siblings. And to make the choice too early could change the game. STRESS! lol

"aaronrulz;c-16424858" wrote:
thanks all for the tips and advice. It's hard to only focus on one child and not get invested in the other siblings. And to make the choice too early could change the game. STRESS! lol

That's the only thing I'm really struggling with in NSB. They need certain traits to be heir, but I don't know who is gonna be heir until they are older.

I held a poll here on the forums and one of my kids was the clear favorite, so I've started giving her the traits for gen 2, but I'm so heartbroken about my boy sim. He's stealing my heart and I kind of wish he was heir. But he hasn't gotten the right traits for it. :(

I'm definitely going to be saving him to my library to play at another time, probably with the whole family.

"ChelleJo;c-16424994" wrote:

"aaronrulz;c-16424858" wrote:
thanks all for the tips and advice. It's hard to only focus on one child and not get invested in the other siblings. And to make the choice too early could change the game. STRESS! lol

That's the only thing I'm really struggling with in NSB. They need certain traits to be heir, but I don't know who is gonna be heir until they are older.

I held a poll here on the forums and one of my kids was the clear favorite, so I've started giving her the traits for gen 2, but I'm so heartbroken about my boy sim. He's stealing my heart and I kind of wish he was heir. But he hasn't gotten the right traits for it. :(

I'm definitely going to be saving him to my library to play at another time, probably with the whole family.

"ChelleJo;c-16424994" wrote:

"aaronrulz;c-16424858" wrote:
thanks all for the tips and advice. It's hard to only focus on one child and not get invested in the other siblings. And to make the choice too early could change the game. STRESS! lol

That's the only thing I'm really struggling with in NSB. They need certain traits to be heir, but I don't know who is gonna be heir until they are older.

I held a poll here on the forums and one of my kids was the clear favorite, so I've started giving her the traits for gen 2, but I'm so heartbroken about my boy sim. He's stealing my heart and I kind of wish he was heir. But he hasn't gotten the right traits for it. :(

I'm definitely going to be saving him to my library to play at another time, probably with the whole family.

Just change his traits. Then use him as heir.