Occults

I agree I want werewolves, genies, & fairies too.

I want werewolves the most!

I'd love werewolves. Maybe something incorporating new understandings of how wolf packs really work, rather than the outdated, inaccurate Alpha-Beta-Omega nonsense. And maybe multiple ways to be one (CAS/Birth, bite, a cursed item... not sure how drinking from a werewolf's paw print would work in the sims, but that would be cool too.)

Faeries ... if they're just the pretty pixies I understand previous incarnations of Faeries in The Sims to be, I'm going to be unimpressed. Unsurprised, not really disappointed, but unimpressed. I want more variety in my faeries than wing type and color, but I have a feeling that like with the sort of magic I want not being practical for a video game, the level of variety I'd want for Faeries also isn't practical (half the pack would be CAS face & body options.)

After that... Djinn might be neat, if they can be done well. (maybe the Muslim/Arabic stuff was a hint?) I've never been fond of Zombies, so I'll probably pass on that unless there's a lot of other stuff I like in there. Anything else I'll have to see what it is and how it's done.

I think it would be pretty cool if you could make your own occults (like how TS4 let's you create your own clubs and holidays). Assign them unique needs, traits, and stuff like that. It would be very tricky and difficult to implement but I think the payoff would be worth it.

Zombies anyone? :D :D yes. Wearwolves? :D totally!!! Those are my top two! But I'm up for any and other occults. Bring them on!!.????

Fairies and werewolves please! ?
Also if they could update the current life states so that kids could do magic and other occult stuff that would be a dream! I miss the sims 1 a lot when kids could cast spells :(

I'd definitely love kids to be able to cast spells.

We also really need better toggles for supernaturals, like Sims 3 had.

Maybe it's just my impression, but I think that realism-preferring vs. paranormal-loving players are about half to half. The recent stuff pack voting proved that. Despite that, I can't help feeling that the occult players are being neglected - we have very few occults and nearly none magical items (- e.g. wishing well that kinda serves as a "genie").

I believe that we need a full-fledged occult EP that would bring in new occults (werewolves and fairies are a must) and improved on the already existing ones. Specifically:

GHOSTS - Yes, they are playable, but they are only able to scare people, possess objects and talk about death. Otherwise, they behave like normal sims, they even have dropping needs! And people do not fear them, there is no special reaction to their appearance, they have normal relationships with everyone else! (they don't even hate the person who killed them!)
Seriously, this needs to change! We need vengeful ghosts, mischievous poltergeists, kindly spirits who help people...this could be represented by a skill tree with evil, good and mischievous branches. And an active ghost-hunting career, that's a must.

ALIENS, SERVOS - I don't use them much myself and they don't really fit into a fantasy theme, so I leave their possible adjustments to players who actually play them.

VAMPIRES - Could use some improvements, but overall, their gameplay is engaging and fun, no major changes needed imho.

SPELLCASTERS - Yup, they have a skill tree and a spellbook but the effects of many spells and especially potions were already in the game in one way or another... We could use some more spells that actually make a difference in the gameplay, it's no accident that the most popular spells are the most extreme ones :).

MERMAIDS - They are very pretty to look at, talking to dolphins is fun, but their special powers are nearly non-existent. Please, make a skill tree for my poor mermaids!

BTW: Didn't TS3:Supernatural add new things for pre-existing vampires as well? Improving already existing occults should be a possibility!

New occults:

WEREWOLVES - We need them so badly! And they need to be able to change into a large wolf as well, not just a hairy, teethy human!

FAIRIES - They could be the most ethereal and the most reclusive beings, who keep to themselves, take care of nature and only occasionally interact with normal humans.

Also:
- We need some special interactions between the various occults. What happens when a vampire drinks from a mermaid and how the spellcasters view aliens?
- We need the occult children to have some powers! They are somehow always omitted (no mermaid tails for them, no spellcasting for them). I am angry about this and I am not even a family player.
- We need more paranormal/magic interactions and items in general. Crystal balls, ghost invoking, tarot card reading, having special spots around the worlds where supernatural things can happen (e.g. in Sylvan Glades) etc.

Thank you for your attention :).

Some of us are in the middle as well - we like occults in some saves but not all the time. :) I would love better control over that sort of thing.

I'll never understand why most everything is limited to teen and up, especially when it comes to occults.. unless they are saying that occults are secretly mutants.. which.. >.> super powers please..

In seriousness I like the occults that see already exist in sims 4 but at the same time they just aren't fleshed out, a lot of things aren't.. Realm of Msgic could be fleshed out more, Vampires could be fleshed out more, Mermaids and Aliens could be fleshed out more..

My big problem with all of them is that at the end of the day even in dedicated packs they are just kind of.. "there" with no real purpose at all beyond that even in their own realms or worlds, they have nothing to aspire to, no purpose, not even a career that they can progress at.

The reality in sims 4 is that all of the occults just feel thrown in for the sake of shutting people up so that the dev team can go back to catering to realism players, everything supernatural fantasy or occult is just kind of "there" and can be easily treated as though it isn't to the point where honestly it almost may as well not be.