Aspirations and their Rewards

I like pretty much all of them! It's a lot of fun, for me, going through and deciding which aspirations and their rewards work well for each individual Sim that I play. My biggest challenge is in not wanting to do "all of them" with every Sim... haha

As for favorites, for me it's probably Friend of the World (Beloved), because I really like having my Sim's relationships not decay no matter what else the Sim is all about. And World Famous Celebrity (Unstoppable Fame) for any Sims that I open them up to becoming famous, because it's also nice having Fame not decay.

One thing you didn't mention at all is the special perk trait you get when choosing the 1st adult aspiration (which happens either when a Sim becomes a teen in game or when you first create them if created as a Teen or older). That special trait is pretty awesome too. The Star Wars one, "Prepared Traveler" is super OP, for example...a Sim with that trait almost never has to do anything to fulfill their needs as long as you have them travel to another lot a few times a day.

I like the Animal Whisperer. My Sims most often complete the Renaissance aspiration, and I don't find the Professorial reward all that useful.

My favourite is the one from the master chef so the food you prepare doesn't spoil. But I also like the reward for the bodybuilder aspiration (longer life span), the grilled cheese one (summon a grilled cheese any time, very useful in the jungle for example) and the reward to write the book of life from the writing aspiration.

Nerd Brain (Handy), very nice to be able to instantly upgrade everything.

I have one sim doing them all but so far my favorite is Master Chef. Cooking is one of my favorite features and I love not having to ever worry about spoiled food.

I hardly ever complete aspirations, so my experience with the bonus traits is limited. Renaisance Sim I think gives the ability to write skillbooks that other sims can study from, what is neat.

An aspiration reward I've come to despise is Hero of Strangerville. The hero receives little presents, what sounds cute in theory, but ever so often the fans leave a half-dead fish in my heroes' (George Cahill and a sim of my own) mailboxes, that I then feel the need to adopt. Markus's kitchen and George's party cellar might soon see traffic as public aquariums.

"Stormkeep;c-18042272" wrote:
I like pretty much all of them! It's a lot of fun, for me, going through and deciding which aspirations and their rewards work well for each individual Sim that I play. My biggest challenge is in not wanting to do "all of them" with every Sim... haha

As for favorites, for me it's probably Friend of the World (Beloved), because I really like having my Sim's relationships not decay no matter what else the Sim is all about. And World Famous Celebrity (Unstoppable Fame) for any Sims that I open them up to becoming famous, because it's also nice having Fame not decay.

One thing you didn't mention at all is the special perk trait you get when choosing the 1st adult aspiration (which happens either when a Sim becomes a teen in game or when you first create them if created as a Teen or older). That special trait is pretty awesome too. The Star Wars one, "Prepared Traveler" is super OP, for example...a Sim with that trait almost never has to do anything to fulfill their needs as long as you have them travel to another lot a few times a day.

@Stormkeep I'm not sure where the teen aspiration perk is? What is it called? My Sims never age lol
How do you get the Star Wars Prepared Traveler one? That one sounds awesome. I don't remember seeing that one

"Elliandre;c-18042699" wrote:


@Stormkeep I'm not sure where the teen aspiration perk is? What is it called? My Sims never age lol
How do you get the Star Wars Prepared Traveler one? That one sounds awesome. I don't remember seeing that one

No, I don't mean there's a specific perk for it. I'm talking about the special trait that a sim gets based on what type of aspiration you choose when a sim ages from child to teen. To get "Prepared Traveler" you have to take either of the Star Wars aspirations as their aspiration choice when they age from child to teen.
You can change it to any other aspiration right away after getting out of the aging-up aspiration/choice interface if you want, but that initial choice is the only aspiration that gives you that bonus trait.

Each Aspiration category has a unique trait like that and you only earn them when picking that first aspiration on age up to teen (or when creating the Sim if you create a sim that is already a teen or older) so each sim is limited to just the one (unless you cheat to add others, that is).

As for aspirations, I generally choose whatever fits with the Sim.

Aside from fresh chef, beloved and sometimes player, I rarely use the reward traits.
The money ones are nice, but they generally take a lot of time to complete.

I like them all.