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RoseMillsap
Seasoned Rookie
1 month ago

Active Imagination Trait Making Child Sims Energized

Hello! As you may see from the title or may have experienced through gameplay, the "Active Imagination" character trait that we unlocked during the forever friends event makes child sims energized. I frequently get a "creative spark" mood buff which gives me Energy +4, which actively prevents me from being more creative and completing the Artistic Prodigy aspiration. I don't understand why an imagination centered trait gives you something that not only doesn't help, but is actually making it harder to complete the creativity aspiration!

My sim keeps being inspired, which is what you need to complete the creativity aspiration, then he gets a "creative spark" which then makes him energized because it overpowers the things I do to make him inspired and turns the other buffs to be energized. Being energized does not help with creative aspirations or activities, it actively makes it harder. This trait is not useful for creative sims and I think everyone would use it more if it gave you an Inspired +4 mood buff instead, which makes more sense anyways for a "Creative Spark".

TLDR: My proposition is to change the buffs provided from the "Active Imagination" trait from Energized +4 to Inspired +4, in order to make the trait more usable for creative sims.

7 Replies

  • Prov31Simmer's avatar
    Prov31Simmer
    Seasoned Ace
    4 days ago

    RoseMillsap, have you tried using lot traits too. Certain lot traits also help with the inspired emotional moodlet. I am going to predict it is how you are playing the sim. Because emotional states are way too easy to manipulate in-game. Have you tried to buy a reward from the rewards store, even if it is using the parents reward points. There is a drink there for an instant inspired buff that can help overpower it. Sometimes you need to stack inspired buffs with the multiple ways it allows in-game to achieve it.

  • RoseMillsap's avatar
    RoseMillsap
    Seasoned Rookie
    4 days ago

    See I've tried that too, but the buff shows up almost all the time and it lasts so long and it's also really strong. My other buffs run out before I can get my sim to be inspired and not energized. It makes it so much harder and I actually had a child sim age up before I could complete it even though he's supposed to be really creative. I'm glad it's not affecting you like it is me but it's to the point that if I want my  child sim to do the aspirations where you need to be inspired or focused I have to change their trait because it makes it nearly impossible for me.

  • Prov31Simmer's avatar
    Prov31Simmer
    Seasoned Ace
    19 days ago

    Inspired mooslets don't really make it any faster, at least from my experience. I can get the creative aspiration done in about 5 sim days. I think you can daydream via base game (click on sim). I think outdoor retreat introduced cloud gazing, but not sure. My sims do not really get energized as children. 

  • RoseMillsap's avatar
    RoseMillsap
    Seasoned Rookie
    20 days ago

    I see, the way I play it makes it way harder. I only really have the shower and looking at art on the computer to get my child sims inspired, I don't have may packs. But from what I know being inspired also helps the child to get the creativity skill faster, so constantly being energized makes it slower all around. (Although I just know this from looking it up so I may have false information, please let me know if I'm wrong)

  • I have not found that trait making the aspiration harder, but may it is because I stack multiple inspiration moodlets to get the first part of the aspiration done. After that, the rest of the aspiration does need the inspired buff. My child sims can end up getting bored more than energized, based on how I play.

  • RoseMillsap's avatar
    RoseMillsap
    Seasoned Rookie
    24 days ago

    Yes! It makes it harder to complete the aspiration that it matches with the most 😭

  • I could not agree more! This made the artistic prodigy aspiration almost impossible. 

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