[AA] Getaway useless as you can't pick staff you don't know
I bought AA basically only because of the getaway feature and the custom lots, as it's the closest thing to hotels we'll get and at least in theory give us as players freedom to do what we want in a lot.
Only it doesn't work like that.
When scheduling a getaway I was pleased to discover I could choose sims to fill a certain role. But then I realised I could almost entirely choose sims my sim already knew. Which is kind of useless if you want your sim to go experience new things on a honeymoon with his new wife. So I left all roles blank, thinking it would then pick random sims, preferably local to the custom venue.
But of course it doesn't! That would expose my sim to new sims!!! Dangerous! So when my sim arrives, his dad (who is a doctor) is the chef, his aunt is the host, his cousin is the entertainer and not a single sim in this getaway is a sim he has not already me! It's so stupid and so obviously by design that I can't help but to wonder why the developers think I only want to meet the same sims again and again.
I want to be able to make sure it's local sims that are at the getaway, but I cannot choose the locals, even if they have the correct skillset and meet all the requirements, because my sim doesn't know them.
For me this renders getaways unplayable unless I can find mods to change this.
It's an excellent example of the developers beliefs that my sim only want to meet people they already know, in any world, at all times, thereby filling venues of all types with relatives and friends instead of strangers, be it bars, nightclubs, university commons, even at high school I've seen my sims' relatives suddenly being the head master, the teacher or the canteen staff. Even when they have other jobs! (While on the flip side I cannot for the life of me pick relatives as employees when creating a restaurant or shop. Why?)
What new ideas or improvements would you suggest? When picking roles for a getaway, let me choose among all sims in game that meet the requirements. Prioritise local sim in random selection of roles, and don't use sims who already have jobs (or own businesses, are freelance, or registered with the ministry of employment) for roles like staff or host.
