Are you Tired of Kits?

The initial 3 kits looked promising to me... but I was really looking forward to gameplay kits and so far we've had 1 out of 9... and it sounds like the next 2 are probably going to be CAS/BB too... so, yes I have already grown tired of kits.

I like the kits. I like being able to choose a la carte what I do and don't want to spend money on. I don't love all the kits. I own four of them, am happy not to own the others, but am extra happy to have the choice.

Everybody's been saying kits don't interfere with development, but there's been no EP this winter, yet somehow EA tricked their fanbase into shelling out $40 anyway.

"GreenTurtle;c-18031387" wrote:
Everybody's been saying kits don't interfere with development, but there's been no EP this winter, yet somehow EA tricked their fanbase into shelling out $40 anyway.

You're looking at it backwards, if whatever EP they are working on had some development issues which needed to be worked out, that doesn't take the staff that make CAS and BB items, only the ones that work on code. i.e. those other people had time to work on stuff for kits.
The development teams consist of a lot of different skill sets, and the ones who handle gameplay and code are not the same people as the ones that design clothes, furniture and wallpaper (etc.).

I also imagine the development of TS5 is likely to effect content for TS4 as well. Different stages of the new game development process require more or less of the varying skill sets as well, so at any given point I can see specific types of content for TS4 being impacted if they have to shuffle people around to meet project goal deadlines on TS5.

I don't mind the touch of something sometimes a little different (some are so easy to skip and save some dough), but I take issue with it seeming like they are now a substitute for packs that have gameplay and more impact on the game.

I think they're fine. They don't interfere with anything and they offer more options. I do love getting more interesting CAS designs, so that's a plus.

I love the kits, but don't get me wrong...I just don't love ALL of them.

I like the idea that for $5 I can get additional objects that fit right into the other collections (Country Living) and (Bloomin Walls) both of which I love, oh and the Inchon set had some very nice clothes in it that I use all the time.

And then there are the kits that I truly hate that I will never buy, doesn't mean I hate all of them.

I have 4 of them, the first 3 that came out + the plant one. I like the few I have (although I have the dust one heavily modded), and have no interest in the rest so far. I can’t say I love the idea of them, and would still prefer larger packs. I’m only going to grab the ones I really like a lot, and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on the others at all (a first for me since TS2 days).

"Stormkeep;c-18031390" wrote:

"GreenTurtle;c-18031387" wrote:
Everybody's been saying kits don't interfere with development, but there's been no EP this winter, yet somehow EA tricked their fanbase into shelling out $40 anyway.

You're looking at it backwards, if whatever EP they are working on had some development issues which needed to be worked out, that doesn't take the staff that make CAS and BB items, only the ones that work on code. i.e. those other people had time to work on stuff for kits.
The development teams consist of a lot of different skill sets, and the ones who handle gameplay and code are not the same people as the ones that design clothes, furniture and wallpaper (etc.).

I also imagine the development of TS5 is likely to effect content for TS4 as well. Different stages of the new game development process require more or less of the varying skill sets as well, so at any given point I can see specific types of content for TS4 being impacted if they have to shuffle people around to meet project goal deadlines on TS5.

I think the reason why we have seen so many kits are probably because of limited resources and covid19, 4 kits in a a row and almost 10 in a year feels like too many though. It doesn't feel like so many kits could have been made unless they were prioritized over packs.

I wouldn't mind kits if I didn't feel like resources are being taking away from bigger packs.