Please make burnout optional
Please make the burnout "feature" something we can toggle on/off in the settings. I hate it. It has drastically damaged my ability to enjoy this game. I don't want realism, I want to have fun playing...
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@LadyAofPineapple Unfortunately, I think both types exist - too many creative tasks in a row causes creative burnout which is "solved" by mental actions and too many mental tasks creates mental burnout which is "solved" by creative actions. Plus exercise maybe helps with both. I don't mind so much that it makes you need a bit of balance in your Sim's life, but what annoys me is how quickly it triggers and how the actions to "solve" it don't actually help at all as the timer will immediately jump back up to where it was before as soon as the supposedly "helpful" action finishes.
I think you can avoid burnout by turning off Lifestyles in the Game Options. Of course, that means you'll also have to give up the things you might like about Lifestyles, so it's not a simple decision. I haven't seen anyone else mention this, so I thought I should toss it in, just in case it helps someone.
- @Sketch793 Isn't burnout a GRO feature?
You're probably right, and I'm probably wrong. I thought burnout was caused by the Workaholic lifestyle, but I turned off lifestyles a long time ago. I don't have Growing Together, so I don't know what comes with that pack.
@Sketch793 and @GiardiniDiMarzo Burnout does indeed arrive with Growing Together, there should be a little Sim health warning on the pack!
I turned off Lifestyles a while ago because of too many negative moodlets so I don't know if there is a similar thing to Burnout with Lifestyles as well. I just know as soon as I added them my Sims were miserable until I toggled them off.
I hope the next Expansion Pack has a whole load of new happy moodlets and no more negative ones that we can't get rid of 😭. Let's have some lovely positive ones instead, it makes it such a frustrating and annoying experience dealing with suffering Sims trudging around whimpering to themselves or looking dazed.
