Carefree trait could use a nerf now.
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be posting game balance issues here, or if The Sims is the wrong genre for that kind of thing. However, I would like to comment: Basically, if one gets the Carefree ...
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And I'm OK with that. The problem is that it prevents the vampire daytime weakness from doing ANYTHING. The tense buff has the statistic modifier for vampire power, and everything that references the daytime weakness references the buff and not the perk. My proposed fix won't change the fact that sims never get Tense; it just allows secondary effects to be applied as well. An alternative solution would be to decouple the stat modifier from the tense buff.
So, you are saying that vampires should be able to spend 3000 points on a trait that they don't get any benefit from.
Not 'no benefit'. They still wouldn't ever get tense (i.e. the primary purpose of the trait is preserved), but it wouldn't be a free pass from practically all required vampire weaknesses.
If you preserved the weakness associated with being tense why should other sims retain their benefit from not being tense? If your answer is to remove all then the question arises "why have a tense moodlet" that does nothing.
-Why have a tense moodlet that does nothing?
Well, it would still be there applying whatever secondary game effects it has, without affecting the mood.
If you're referring to my proposal to separate the penalty from the moodlet?
It's still a +3 tense moodlet that lasts the whole day >.>
- Why should other Sims retain their benefits from not being tense?
..."if my answer is to 'remove all'"... isn't that the current behavior of the carefree trait anyway?
