[EBN] Balance system reacts way to extreme

My sim started 6 fires in a single day just from having bad luck. That's ridiculous and no developer in their right mind would say "that's intended and not a bug."

I shouldn't have to disable the luck system because The Sims 4 doesn't have a proper quality assurance team. 

I am not gonna lie, I have enjoyed the balance system itself, aka debuffs so far, it is the ailments that are just too frequent, especially if they get it just from using a public toilet and you decide to not cure them (because you are in a world that doesn't have a Naturalist). I had one Sim sick 4 out of 5 days  (with 2 different ailments) of the first 5 days of play the save file. And a new household all three were sick within 4-6 in game Sim hours.

I decided to ignore the ailments and just keep playing with them sick because I have my spellcasters spend a few days at least in the magic realm in a new game to get spells, tome checking and magic realm harvestables and collectibles.

I saw my fisherman get good and bad luck while fishing and it added variety. But since I didn't go get them cured they were almost 100% ailment at all times (with a brief couple hours between ailments when they ran out after 3 days).

Yes, apart from the sudden jump I experienced and the ailment excess I like the concept, that's why I don't really want to deactivate the system (and why I reported the issue, because I want it to work).

The decreased skill gain coming with the imbalanced state and stuff like this is nice and I liked that my Sim with bad luck didn't catch anything at all. So far I didn't have a fire but I've been a little worried about it.

100% agree!

I was thinking maybe ailments should have an option in the game menu to be exclusive to Innisgreen or occult worlds (Magic Realm, Innisgreen, Glimmerbrook, etc.). 

I am not gonna lie I feel like these ailments really really do work but as an occult illnesses instead of normal illnesses. They are really making sense in the Magic Realm HQ. L. Faba right now has Burning Passion and my practical magic spellcasters are getting experience using Repairo on the items she burns and they don't happen too often and she is the only NPC who has an ailment at this time so it isn't too crazy. edit: I spoke way too soon it's a pandemic they are all infected in HQ now!

But in non-magical/occult worlds—I think it might be overkill. What are you going to do disable the pack every time you want to play a non-magic/non-occult game?

"And to be honest, I don't have the impression that anyone at EA is paying a closer look at the feedback forum..."

Can't say I disagree with that. I feel like the folks who make the game no longer have any experience playing the game. Do any of the developers still play the game?

It feels like no one's home over at The Sims 4 HQ. No communication. No community participation. I understand. Sort of. Social Media is a black abyss of spitting poison, but they need to find a way to connect to their community. And it's not Discord.

I would like to have ailments in all worlds but a lot less frequently.

And like someone in the ailment excess bug thread said: it would be nice to be able to deactivate the ailment visuals, so that it feels more immersive in non-occult gameplay and so that the naturopath career is more challenging.

Yeah, they are very in your face (and body!) quite literally. It is cute when you are doubling down on a high fantasy/magic themed game but maybe not so much otherwise.

Maybe if a Sim could get an aliment once a season? That seems more manageable. Either paying, waiting out or curing yourself seasonally—doesn't seem too extreme.

Ok, now my Sim's mother died and this also caused an instant drop of the balance from the very top to the very bottom (of course with a new ailment...).

Again, nothing to do about that from the player's perspective and no relation to overall mood because his emotion was still happy because of other moodlets...

He should become gradually imbalanced when he stays in a sad (or other negative) mood for longer, but waking up being very imbalanced with a new ailment, while still being happy makes no sense at all.