Bring Whims back please

The 'fear of death' is applicable only when 'aging is turned on' or elderly as others have mentioned, isn't true for me. I've received this for two different YA sims. The first received it when aging was turned on and set to 'normal,' and the second received it when it was turned off for active households. (two different sims both times, and the second wasn't in the household until aging was turned off).

The unfulfilled dreams thing is easy to avoid if you do a few wants occasionally, but it's frequent enough that it can impede a storied-gameplay. Sometimes I don't want my sims friends with someone or to call someone or to keep listening to two to six different music stations. I've actually been telling my sims to dislike stations because having more than one music 'like' means you get a bunch of 'listen to ____' wants. The fact 'Listen to' only lets you select the currently played station makes this more frustrating. There shouldn't be a 3-click to accomplish this  (change station to->[music genre], click stereo again, listen to->[playing music genre]), when a 2-click could work (click stereo->listen to [music genre]) it's bad UX.

Fear of dead-end job isn't easy to avoid. It occurs in situations and on a frequency that doesn't make any sense. Freelance careers should be exempt, as well as sims who have reached the 'max promotion' (I realize you can get raises, but you're already at the top. focus on something else - if this were real life, I'd switch companies but the sims only has 'one company'). Quitting doesn't seem to be a great option, especially if it goes against the story you have for your sims. Plus the issue of the 'wants and fears' not turning off, as other users have mentioned and I've commented on in other threads.

Additionally, I think all of this could be less annoying if the interactions weren't sometimes buried so deep that it made them difficult to find. Interactions relevant to wants and/or holidays, aspirations, or whatever currently relevant situation, should be the first thing in the pie menu. The fact wedding stories makes all the wedding interactions the first thing in the pie menu adds another layer of frustration to this broken system, in particular when you already have an officiant, etc., and they remain persistent.

I'm not sure what is up with the UX, but I dare say, give that team more funding/support to do their best job. This is what creates animosity between users and software. Bugs are bad, they can be fixed, but poorly implemented features kill. It just wastes developer time, your time, and our time. 

Let's talk about Wants & Fears in the Sims 4. It's notably different from what we enjoyed in the Sims 2 in which wants and fears were directly tied to the sim's high-level aspiration (fortune, romance, popularity, etc.) as well as personality.

In the Sims 4, I'm noting I'm getting a lot of small *snip* -like want rolls that are minor and not like the major high-scoring want rolls I got in the Sims 2. I also think Fears in the Sims 4 are very strange in that they "develop" over time and act more like a trait than an actual fear that becomes realized when triggered.

Wants & Fears in the Sims 4 also seem illogical...Fears of Dead End Jobs when your sim is in their dream career related to their aspiration and just got promoted is one example. Another is erratic wants such as the want to be disliked by a sim immediately followed by a want to be friends with the same sim.

Additionally, no aspiration meter means that the impact of completing or failing to complete Wants & Fears is not felt that much. What do you guys think?

@testaccount7890 So my thread, by a moderator, got collapsed into this one "*snip*." For the record, I don't want the *snip* system back either. My post was about the wants & fears system which I also do not like and think it was poorly implemented and is illogical. I want a return to the Sims 2 Wants & Fears sytem w/ Aspiration meter, The Blueprint. Follow The Blueprint developers...it's right there in front of you! No need to experiment with new implementations of old, beloved features.

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I don't mind the new system so much, I just want appropriate wants to pop up.  My happily married sim wants to flirt with his mother in law...

Right after woohoo'ing the female sim gets the fear of lacking romance...

I haaaate Wants and Fears. I loved whims. They felt like my sims nudging gently in the direction they wanted their life to go and it was so relevant to their personalities. Wants and fears seem pointless, irrelevant and just downright annoying. Be outside for 8 hours? What if my sim has to WORK or cook for his kids because he's an only father living in an APARTMENT. It's pointless. I have turned it off and that is sad because now I feel like my sims have no input of their own, but  it's better than the fears popping up every 5 seconds because of stupid things I have no choice in.

I've been playing The Sims franchise for literally 20 years. This is the worst thing that has ever happened to the game (aside from the initial Wedding Stories mess).

@LuxeLatte I agree some much with everything you said. I loved my sims having a little bit of input and a quick way to get aspiration points. I also liked how one the whims was based on the emotions so that you could feel like that was an impulse your sim was having right now 

Honestly, PLEASE BRING BACK WHIMS! This current update has made the Sims 4 so unplayable for me! I haven't touched my game in a week! A WEEK! This is absolutely strange for me because I'm a very regular player. I will stop buying any more DLC if they don't change this system back to whims, also I'll have to uninstall my game and get an older version of the Sims 4 where whims made me happy.

@frogcandles I totally agree!

@QueenRia I don’t think you can play older sims versions. If I’m wrong please let me know how to because I am in the same boat as you. I hate the high school years update and losing my whims was sooooo annoying. I loved whims so much and have also not touched my game for over a month now because of losing whims and how buggy the game got after that update. 

I am also not buying a single thing to do with this game until this issue is fixed.

@Anonymous ugh that sucks. Why are they not fixing this issue? ☹️

I really want to play my game but can’t because of the new wants and fears system.