> @_Vitor_ said:
> Now this challenge got pretty easy with the tiny living pack
Yep, I'm tempted to get Tiny Living and try and see how fast I can complete everything with the new bonuses from Tiny Living and the Study Spot lot trait from Discover University. Last time I maxed everything possible (except rocket science and the parts of Nerd Brain that require a rocket) in 100 days without using any needs-based reward traits, so I think if I remove that restriction I could cut down the time quite significantly despite the addition of the Robotics and Research & Debate skills - especially as Research & Debate helps you build other skills more quickly (via the research machine and the bonuses for levelling the skill) and the only new aspiration level you can complete is level one of Academic.
Actually the degree courses and the elective classes could really help with the skills that are tricky to manage in this challenge, such as rocket science because of the size of the rocket means it takes up nearly all your space, charisma, mischief and parenting because levelling them without interacting with other sims is a pain, and archaeology, herbalism and fishing (especially the latter two as there was previously no way to max either of them within the confines of the challenge) because they normally involve leaving the lot. Charisma, Mischief and Rocket Science are all core skills for some of the degrees and I'm pretty sure all the others are all available as electives (as long as you get lucky and they're one of the options when you're choosing your elective), and even though you can't go to class you can still do homework, study, write term papers and create presentations to help raise your skills.
In fact writing this has convinced me to give the challenge another go, although I might not be able to beat my time record by as much as I was initially thinking, because I'll have 5 extra skills to max (Herbalism, Fishing and Rocket Science in addition to Robotics and Research & Debate) and I'm also going to remove my 'all skill objects must stay inside the room at all times' restriction to allow me to do the whole of 'Nerd Brain' rather than stopping at level 2 so that will take a little time too.