Pets Rant and the Thief

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This is sort of a 2 part-er, but do have something to do with the recent update and upcoming pack.

I am only interested in the pack due to the cross compat ability it's offering and it got me thinking..

Pet-Pet interactions are very poor. What do I mean? Pets themselves don't feel very alive without their sims. There's no emotional cutesy bond or chaos between the pets themselves. If my sims leaves the lot, they sleep, if sims sleep, they sleep. Dogs never adventure out like cats, and while cat animations are hilariously spot on-dogs ironically the ones that are lacking considering cats 'almost didn't make it'. My pets overall dont seem to be having actual relationships with one another besides the once in a blue moon meow-or bark chatter. If im lucky they might do a little nuzzle. IF im lucky.

Parent pets don't really care to keep close, teach them to take baths [cats] or in general just...couldn't really care less or have any special bonding moments? The moment I've looked to take notice, I realized what little interactions we do have? are too rare to the point I didn't even realize some were a thing.

I like that horses and foals have the nursing ability and not sure why that couldn't apply to dogs or cats, or again-to have some parental bonding animations/interactions bc kittens and puppies are useless [bc management figured eh why put effort] But even there-the ball dropped. Any Mare can nurse any foal and I find it strange because if that foal grows up and breeds the mare that's a tad awkward to breed a 'stand in mother' sort of thing. But that's a nitpick and ill take any cute bonding i suppose.

Besides nursing, mares and foals don't really care about each other as well though? I know some players are glad that the foal no longer gets that moodlet where they're upset to be away from mom and vise versa from sims 3, but again-it feels as if they just don't care about one another unless they need milk and once they're able to eat actual food they really don't interact as much as they should/could.

Correct me if I'm wrong [and i hope i am] But I'm really hoping to have some form of pet reaction/interaction with the burglar like you could in Sims 3 Pets [as of writing I have not tried the latest update but didn't find info] Also think its really kinda jank that the burglar is the same person every time..

Overall the pets really need an interaction refresh, it would be awesome to make some cross compats for pets in the dlc's as EA has started to dip back into that, like being able to have pets guard life stock against foxes, or maybe even having the cat scare away the grim reaper [i swear that was a thing in sims 3?] Or even have cats boost witches, help with paranormal activity, engage in competitions etc. It just really doesn't feel right that not a single cat has caused chaos at 3 am in the sims because that is strictly cat behavior 😅

TLDR; PLEASE for the love of all that is holy, refresh the pets. Give purpose to the 40 dollar pack compatibility of 'pet cafes'

If anyone takes the time to read this, id really love to hear ideas on how to make pets more fun/chaotic with different interactions [both with sims, together or solo] for dogs, cats and any other animal in a sims life as well as kittens and pups or even ideas on some cross pack interactions. [And/or explain your experiences with pets/let me know im wrong etc]

redrogue60 · Answer

Another thing is how packs that should have at least a little cross over with Pets don't really. For example Nifty Knitting, why wasn't there any Pet Sweaters we could make. No holiday themed collars in Seasons. No pet costumes for Spooky Day. Do pets even experience hot or cold? IRL when you light a fireplace dogs and Cats tend to lay down by the fire because they love the warmth. Pets don't appear to react all that much to Supernatural creatures like Vampires and according to all the lore, they should. In fact an all white horse should threaten a Vampire because that horse can sense what the vampire is.

I have been saying for years that we should have things that are hidden that unlock when you have the required packs.

5ce2ccbf9076e950 · Answer

I couldn't agree more! It seems interactions as a whole are really down the drain, completely random or none at all.☹️

But you're completely right-cross pack compat that in theory and in lore-should be available but we do not get em. What's even more funny is that i wanted to bring up the knitting but in my mind I'm like 'well I haven't used the knitting a lot-its probably already a thing' Cats and Dogs is an older pack so they should definitely freshen it up.

I really wish they'd just ask 'hey, we don't have ideas for X Y and Z-Maybe we can look at community ideas?'

I really only brought these issues up because I thought it was odd for a selling point in the new pack is to create pet cafes but like....when the cats act as decoration with no new interactions [I hope I'm wrong] is it really a pet café? or something 'new?' wouldn't it just be like a vet lot with food rather than feeling like a real pet attraction? not to mention I think it's gonna be not as fun only considering that if sims eat at the café, the routing issues etc. of a customer unable to eat or get their item because a cat's in the way? But this is speculation on my part

Personally I think it would be cool to make to instead of just a pet café have a pet store in general, knitting sweaters or homemade pet products? Imagine doing like a bakery for dogs and cats since you can make homemade treats and such. or with pottery, you could make 'custom' food dishes for pets, include wood working and making cat towers or dog obstacle pieces etc.

Or make a foster care program, by obtaining strays around the world and caring for them in a foster home, and getting them furever homes? I feel there's so much they can do and there's plenty of simmers out there with fantastic ideas and much more creative than my own.

cebmarin · Answer

also we need dog kennel and more beds for pets

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