Active Carrers, Rabbit Hole, Work from Home, Freelancer carrers. What do you want in the game?

I'm enjoying the freelancer option so much, I had a hard time choosing. It works quite well for my single mothers. However, if I play more than two Sims, I like to send one into the rabbit hole to get them out of my hair for a bit.

I really dislike the active careers. Since I want to have full control of all my Sims at all times (unless they're in a rabbit hole), I'd only play an active career if I only had one Sim in the house. And they're always buggy, because you can't control the NPCs. I think they'd work much better if, once you get to work, the NPCs become playable characters.

Hmm, this was a tough one for me. I like to have a variety as what works best/makes more sense will depend on the sim and what the career is meant to be. I really love the freelance careers as they allow you to decide when and for how long your sim works, thus also allowing you to focus on other things like skills and aspirations when you want to. It's particularly great for parents, ghosts and vampires, or just that sim you really want to spend more time with. Conversely, rabbit hole careers, despite all the hate they get, can be more convenient, particularly when you have a big household, as the sim looks after themselves at work and earns a regular income. In my main household I have one sim as a freelance writer/stay-at-home parent and the other in a rabbit hole career, which works really well.

Careers aren't often my main focus or something I want to 'play out' myself, so I tend to prefer rabbit hole careers over active professions for my sims. They also tend to have aspirations associated with them. I haven't played the active careers much, but I do wonder if they might get repetitive and work better for single households. Still, I suppose having a choice is nice? The same goes for the CL optional work from home careers. Choice is good.

I am also really hoping for more skills/hobbies in future e.g. sewing/knitting, embroidery, origami, alchemy etc. and I think having having these as opportunities for self-employment would be brilliant. The reason I want hobbies are more for personal fun though e.g. knitting a cosy jumper as a gift. If the sole focus is money making, then I have to choose either the good old rabbit hole or CL style optional work from home career. I really want more 'every day' options, particularly for handy sims, e.g. mechanic, repairman, lawyer, librarian, teacher, professional dancer etc. Honestly though I hope we continue to get a bit of everything to suit all sim and job types. The freelance option has so much potential to grow. Where's my freelance photographer and repairman/woman?

@annaliese39 I love the idea of a freelance Carrer on photography. It's my number one hobby in real life. Would love to play that one!

"telmarina;c-17058745" wrote:
@annaliese39 I love the idea of a freelance Carrer on photography. It's my number one hobby in real life. Would love to play that one!

Yes me too (playing it I mean. The only real life photos I ever take are of my dog when he's being cute :D). I just think certain skills could be utilised more career wise, such as photography, dancing, singing, handiness etc. Parenting too could be used for an (optional) active daycare career.

I might just say freelancing because these careers does give me the freedom over where and when my sims will work, or if they are gonna work at all (as opposed to any other careers). Which matched my play style, always trying to explore while being in a certain kind of routine. And moreover, they can give me a nice chance to use the houses I built which are effectively abandoned ever since! With full benefits of having a job title.

I voted freelance but I like them all and play them all

Hard to pick. I wouldn't mind if all rabbit holes were changed to careers style CL because you could still choose to play them rabbit hole style when/ if you wish and I don't want/need all careers active. I do love playing the active careers (especially acting). Mostly it depends on the sim, situation and career though.

I would be happy with more rabbit hole careers but the CL style is a nice blend. I would like to see more careers in general cause I've entered them all. I would like the return or addition of
- modelling
- photographer (would fit freelancer or rabbit hole)
- law
- education
- dancer
- mechanic
- slacker
- oceanography
- daycare (at home)
- babysitting (active option for teens(basically daycare) to do it at a house or their own)

More freelancer options
- Baker
- home retail (thinking etsy, make goods to deadlines and send through mailbox)
- carpenter
- trainer
- home chef? Be sent to other sims house to cook?

A lot of great ideas @CaityTrina! I love specially the babysitting active for teens and the home retail as you suggest. Very cool to make goods on a deadline.

I'm Team All of the Above, but I went for the CL style careers because they're the most flexible -- I can either keep my Sim home, do the assigned task, then have the rest of the day free to work on needed skills, or i I want to focus on another household member I can pack my Sim off to work at the rabbit hole.