Lifestyle Feedback Redux
I fear that around the time Snowy Escape came out I gave y'all some very frustrated feedback on Lifestyles. My general feeling was that they were too easy to get, impossible to get rid of (I had 4 an...
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@xochiquetzl_xkvn , it takes a big person to admit that they might have been wrong on something! While you were certainly right about some Lifestyles being annoying, I'm glad you are now enjoying some of them! 😀
Also, my must have packs (not counting Stuff Packs and Kits) are also Cats & Dogs, Seasons, and Cottage Living! (I also really love City Living) My favorite SP is Nifty Knitting, but I knit and crochet in real life (as well as cross-stitch, so I was happy that was included in CotL!)
And almost all of my Supernatural Sims are also in large families, unless I'm testing something, or doing a Rags to Riches challenge with them, but even then they eventually end up with a family!
That said, because I test a lot of things , either when we get a new pack, or for some problem on AHQ, I often just have single Sims because if I don't need a family or pets for the test I'm doing, then it is easier to test with just one Sim . And while packs like Cottage Living are better tested with a family, some packs like Dream Home Decorator, it is easier to test and experiment with just a single Sim.
Which, @EA_Solaire , means that one of the Lifestyles that I end up having most often is Single & Loving it, which might be fine while testing something, but If I really like that Sim and want them to have a family once the testing is over, it makes it very frustrating! Normally I'm a family player!!! I just sometimes need to strip down my normal gameplay in order to experiment with certain packs or to test something out quickly for AHQ! 😅
After that, with all the testing, my two most often generated Lifestyles are Outdoorsy (because I love gardening and collecting in the game), and Close-Knit! 😀
And I'm all for animal based Lifestyles!!! 🥰🥳
I found I was waaay too impatient for Lifestyles. I tried it for one day and then promptly blew a gasket at my Sim. I couldn't deal with the negative moodlets. I found it too rigid. So with Single and Loving it she got really depressed because someone flirted with her. I can't remember the name of the Lifestyle about being a homebody but she lived next to the slopes and everytime she went skiing or snowboarding she got depressed because she wasn't at home even though she was right next to her house.
If it's improved I might give it another go. I just can't stand it when I see that little blue line appear that means the dreaded sadness moodlet.
It was quite a while ago that I tried it, I think I added Snowy Escape pretty soon after it's release so it was back then. Might be worth another look.
@simsplayer818 , yes, the Lifestyles do seem to be overly sensitive, at least some of them.😓 Even homebodies like to get out every now and then! 😅 I think if you are a homebody and away from your home, you shouldn't feel stressed or depressed until 24 Sim hours are spent away from home.
Maybe they could be more customisable? With a lifestyle as a heading and then options for us to add exactly what that would mean for our Sim and for us to decide to what degree the Sim would be affected and positive long lasting effects as strong as the negative ones (with less negative ones!)
When I first tried it I couldn't switch it off fast enough!
I keep looking for new ways to challenge my Sims and set my own unwritten rules for them. I think about what they would do and what line they won't cross. I like the Sims that are adventurers but there's a perfect example of where the game trips me up. I get a stuck homesick moodlet when I extend hols or even when they arrive home they stay homesick for 4 hours! My favourite Sims just need a tent and a campfire. If I could create my own Lifestyle I'd have a Sim just as happy in the jungle or Granite Falls but also happy when they land home. Just not completely stopped in their tracks by a sadness moodlet doing either! I'd maybe add a career in there too to inspire them as it usually leads to travel writing or archaeology or a retail lot to sell their collection.
I also love the crafters that make things for retail lots. I've got whole furniture stores of handmade furniture. I've got others with knitted items and loads of flower shops, preserve shops, gift shops but I don't usually open them until I've finished with that Sim. It's for future Sims that aren't crafters. I like to keep them busy. So I'd maybe have rewards from Lifestyles like the celebrity perk that allows them to pull an all nighter or craft quicker and better items, or even unique items for Sims with that Lifestyle.
I like animal loving Sims but again I don't want them to get wiped out by the "missing furry friends" thing. I'd maybe create an animal rescuing Sim with special connections that allow them to connect more easily and heal sick animals. It can be hard to actually speak to some strays as they freeze or trudge off sadly. But if that lifestyle made that Sim some kind of Dr Dolittle?
@simsplayer818 , you have a good example of how I think a lot of people expected Lifesyles to work.... the Sims that love being home and get homesick when they are away from home, should not still be homesick for 4 hours once they return home! 🤨 🙄 I don't know of any homebody that isn't immediately happy to return home in real life! 😀
Also, I love your idea of a Lifestyle that makes animals (both pets and wild animals) be more accepting of you! 🥰 They probably can't use the name Doolittle for the Lifestyle, but it would have been a perfect name for it! 🤣
