Realm of Magic Needs a Refresh, Here's Why
Realm of Magic is my favourite pack, and I play a lot with spellcasters. This means that I have noticed where there's room for improvement. In other words, I think Realm of Magic needs a refresh. The...
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With the new Werewolves pack teasing that toddlers might have some in-game werewolf animations, I think it's a good time to revisit this thread. In addition to a magic school and possible magic professor career, it would be a great way to introduce fairies to the game. I'm not sure if the skill tree needs to change, unless maybe a fairy sim has some extra nature spells like helping plants grow, some sort of romance encouragement, or possibly a spell integrated Eco Living to improve the environment somehow. Perhaps the refresh could also address some of the issues with advancing magic levels, potion potency, and finding the artifacts more easily?
Edit: Of course, I also would like to see toddler and child spellcasters playing around with magic. :-)
@JonaO703 , honestly, If I could just have one thing upgraded from Realm of Magic, it would be to have upper cabinets to match the gorgeous lower counters from this pack! The counters are soooo distinct that there aren't really any good upper cabinets in the game that match!😣😥 It really, really bothers me... I even think about it when I'm not playing the game! 🤪😅
After that, I would like children to be able to do some simple spells, like in The Sims 1! I still love the idea of toddlers accidentally doing magic! 😅
I wouldn't mind other things (magic school would be fun, of course and would tie in to my wish for children to be able to do easy spells), but those are really the only 2 things I really want from RoM that we don't have. (Maybe a witches hat for those that don't have the Spooky Stuff SP, but I have that pack so I don't need it personally.)
And you and I both are really wanting a Fairy pack! 🧚♀️🧚♂️🍄🌼🥰
- @PugLove888 A witches' hat is something I also feel is missing in this pack. I would love one that looks identical to the Spooky Stuff witches' hat BUT without the spider. I would also like to see a witches' hat that is straight, a witches' hat that is torn, and both a straight and a crooked witches' hat with a belt (all of these without a spider).
@SqueamishNerd , yes, all good options! And that way those who got the Spooky Stuff Pack still have a unique hat since that one would be the only one with a spider! 🙂🕷🕸
I think we need a basic set list of stuff that has to be included in each pack. A kitchen bench cabinet, a wall cabinet, an island bench cabinet, a two tile bar - this should be a standard set for every pack that has relevance to kitchens. Some packs would have a four tile bar as well, but if it doesn't you can put two side by side and it looks okay. But if the pack has kitchen stuff at all, it should have the complete set so you can make a full kitchen that looks coherent.
Same goes for every other type of room. And I know that people who just build for looks don't mind if the beds have low stats, but for those of us who build to play, we need a way to upgrade low stat beds so they become high stat beds - not just the current upgrade add-ons, but replacing the mattress and sheets so that any bed can become a 10/10/10 bed ... and then also doing the upgrades that are available now.
@MamaSimmerPlays , yes, more things to use Scruberoo on would be great! (Seriously, If magic were real , that would be the most useful spell! Got company coming over... just Scruberoo! 😉 )
Yes, I hate when a bed I like has lower stats. But I also hate using beds I don't like just for the stats. This was more of a problem for me when the game was new and there were just a few packs, but there are still some people who only have a few packs. This is also why I stopped doing every new family with the "start with little money and work your way up" method because I was sick and tired of looking at the same furniture in every house I played! When I buy a new pack I want to experiment with those items, not wait a month to use them. So most of the time I use the freerealestate on cheat and sometimes use a money cheat. Only a few houses do I start with humble beginnings, but I've been doing that for 20 years so there is no reason I need to do that with every house anyway! 😅)Actually, if they just make the upper cabinets for ROM, all of the pieces you mentioned would be included! 🥳 The reason they aren't there is because they are tied to the upper cabinets! 🤨
The only exception is the bars because those are their own thing. The problem is that people were complaining that we got bars in every pack. We were getting inundated with bars (but many of those were similar to one another, so it was understandable that people were getting tired of them. Developers should have gave us a ROM bar in the Art Nouveau style because it is soooo distinct , and they should have not given us so many bars that look like all the rest that they gave us in many packs. 😅It would probably be a good idea for any of the always options to stop generating xp. Maybe also make it so that you can't use an always option until your spell casting rank is higher than the spell requirements (so you'd need to be a master in order to always transportilate).
I'd also like to see always options for scrubberoo, repairio, and floralial, so that you can make a truely magical household (along with the gremlins and gnomes lot perks).
If they're updating animations, I think that adding magical cooking and cleaning animations, like they did for the cauldron, would be great too.
@PugLove888 You're right! I definitely would rather have a fairy pack. :-)
