Swimming vs Exercise.
Right now, swimming is treated as exercise no matter what. I agree that swimming should improve Fitness, but I think there should be a distinction between recreational swimming and exercise swimming....
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I had a suggestion about improving and expanding a Sim's "Activity Level".
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I think it also might be an idea that Swimming doesn't trigger Fitness Skill gain when used in a casual way. Similar to how you have put it, unless swimming laps a Sim probably wouldn't be working out enough to qualify as "Fitness".
Way I see it...even if you remain still above the pool/beach water... you’re still exercising your legs holding yourself up. But it then goes into what I call "gaining much fitness" vs "minor fitness"- Lazy sims shouldn’t have an issue with minor fitness- and allow it so when you raise up fitness levels or do minor activities, you can still "keep yourself from getting fat". The “fitness way" of swimming, or other activities, should be "stronger"-and those would be the ones that the sim would hate. Your way can work too if EA doesn’t wanna expand swimming and other activities to "many different levels". It’s ultimately up to them, but either way, I’d like Lazy sims to be able to enjoy water too, without just using hot tubs, hot springs, or that kiddie pool. And hell...adding it in as a Like/dislike- can factor it in too: so if you hate fitness, but like swimming, would level off each other so the sim doesn't get the "Having a bad time" debuff.
Well walking is too but the game doesn't add that to the fitness skill (does hiking even?). I don't think nickel and dime every low impact light exercise/activities (such as casual floating/wading) in the game would help the argument of lazy Sims able to doing light activity, but without doing "fitness" (and a negative mooldet result). Unless separated, as so light it doesn't raise the skill level similar how walking doesn't, therefore not triggering the negative moodlet.
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