Annoying popups for the new kits

What platform are you playing on? through EA app, origin or what?

I ask because I've yet to run into these and I'd like it to stay that way :sweat_smile:

also wondering if there is some settings you could adjust to not have these
since it seems some of us don't get them and some do and its kind of strange

I put the EA app in Offline Mode before I play. This results in no pop-ups at all. I only play while online if I need to patch the game or if I'm looking for something in the Gallery.

This also happens to me, using Origin. I’m almost certain that these pop-ups used to go away after you cleared them once, but now it seems like they keep popping up for days after a release. It’s super annoying. I agree with the advice above to start the game up while offline. I’ll probably do that from now on, actually. I only felt the need to be online while playing back when the gallery newsfeed was working. Now it doesn’t even matter.

@simmingal I'm on PC and EA app and I remember having seen a similar thread regarding packs that were on sale a while ago. Some users got popups and others didn't, it is probably related to the frequency EA app usuage. I mostly play offline and the only EA app games I play at all are Sims 2, 3, 4 and Titan Quest, so I may have gotten slotted into the "casual gamer" category.

@Caerfinon and @PandoraTO That's my experience, too. When I start the game in offline mode, no popup occurs. I needed a few builds and franchise sims from the gallery lately, so I started the game online this week. Lesson learned, only do that again when absolutely neccessary.

Sorry for the rant thread, I was so annoyaed and had to get it out of my system.

I am also getting a lot of pop ups for goth galore. But if EA think I am willing to pay 5€ to get rid of this add they are wrong. This happened for the last few packs as well but usually stops after some time. The goth kit is OK but not my style. I don't think I will get enough use out of it.

Maybe its categorized as online notifications or something like that? or in game surveys?

https://i.imgur.com/sG9KX23.png

I have both turned off so maybe thats why I didn't get these?
worth a try at least if people are still getting these popups

They need to seriously stop advertising the For Rent pack until it's fixed, never mind discounting it to get more people to buy! That's some pretty gross and shameless company behavior.

More and more people are turning away from the game because of this and I'm seeing YouTube videos and Twitter comments all over the place about the game being so broken that nobody even wants any more content until it's fixed. And honestly, after spending $1000+ on Sims 4, people have every right to be furious.

EA needs to do something fast to set their company priorities straight and regain the trust of their players or they're going to lose their billion dollar franchise. They have a lot of competition on the horizon picking up steam.

That’s astonishing that they’re already trying to sell For Rent with a discount, two months after release! Has that ever been done with a new EP before?

"FreddyFox1234;c-18350112" wrote:
That’s astonishing that they’re already trying to sell For Rent with a discount, two months after release! Has that ever been done with a new EP before?

I picked up batuu about two months after release at a Halloween sale. That was even 50% off. That the only time I can remember.

"Atreya33;c-18350099" wrote:

Online notifications are off. Surveys not because I want to take those rare opportunities where EA actually asks feedback through a survery.

Yeah just wondering if maybe its mistakenly categorized as survey or something
cause if it was turning those off could be temporary fix at least

from screenshot it does look like that pop up is definitely from the game not the app
so changing app settings probably wouldn't change a thing either

even though I looked at the app settings
and there is these settings we can't turn off which is ridiculous to say the least ?

https://i.imgur.com/sbzQnvR.png

I really hope they are not overloading the game with ads again
I hated that with ts3 and it definitely doesn't make me want to buy anything
maybe the opposite, out of spite. I always feel like boycotting anything that is overly advertised to me
its so strange that companies keep thinking thats a good idea

like wee let us overload this gamers screen with ads
I am sure she will continue to love this game she cannot play in peace and buy it all
wat