Title is pretty self explanatory. I feel like with the inclusion of Sentiments and Lifestyles, Whims should have been brought back and overhauled to fit : 1) Sentiments toward a sim, like "Argue with X" when you have the "Fury" Sentiment toward a sim or "Kiss X" when you have the "Deeply in love" sentiment, and so on2) Lifestyles, as in have whims related to your Sim's active lifestylesWhat's been implemented is already one step toward giving our sims more depth but I can't help but think that more could be (or could have been) done with the already existing whims (which are a nice feature on paper but badly implemented to the point that they removed them by default, uh). I don't want to feel like an almighty god that HAS to make things happen for them to happen, I want to feel like my sims have a mind and a will on their own and that they are the ones driving gameplay with the traits I gave them and sentiments and active lifestyles I made happen. Whims, like the Wants from Sims 2, are a way to give them this depth, but it need an overhaul for that. Maybe I'm just dreaming. Maybe some modder is already working on it. Who knows. How would YOU improve whims?

I definitely play with whims on and I really wish there were more different types of whims. EA gave up on them at some point and I want more whims for the different packs. I think your ideas are great too and I want that as well.I like that there's one whim related to their mood, I just wish it was also related to the specific sim's circumstances and traits.

Just realized I posted that on the wrong section, sorry!!"Duvelina;c-17723006" wrote:I definitely play with whims on and I really wish there were more different types of whims. EA gave up on them at some point and I want more whims for the different packs. I think your ideas are great too and I want that as well.I like that there's one whim related to their mood, I just wish it was also related to the specific sim's circumstances and traits.I like the idea! How would you make that work?

"nasch_katze;c-17723010" wrote:Just realized I posted that on the wrong section, sorry!!"Duvelina;c-17723006" wrote:I definitely play with whims on and I really wish there were more different types of whims. EA gave up on them at some point and I want more whims for the different packs. I think your ideas are great too and I want that as well.I like that there's one whim related to their mood, I just wish it was also related to the specific sim's circumstances and traits.I like the idea! How would you make that work? It also relates to their buffs then, I guess. For example, if a sim becomes angry because they saw their spouse cheating and they have the hotheaded trait, they might get an angry whim related to the specific cheating situation, like yelling at their spouse or the person they cheated with.

i currently play with the whims turned off because of getting the same generic ones like buy a bee box for every sim. I would love for them to be completely overhauled into a wants and fears systems from ts2 and these wants and fears are based on a couple of things like-traits-current emotion -current things happening in there life like got into a fight or a break up so for example one sims just got flirty with another sim now their wants are things like flirt with this sim try to kiss this sim etcand their fears are things like the other sim rejecting them but in another example if you have an unflirty sim they would not really like the flirt and fear that the other sim possibly tries to this would add even more depth to the sims and would imo make gameplay a lotm ore interesting

First, they should fix those already in the game. There are pet-related whims that keep appearing even when you no longer have a pet in the household. Whims added in seasons that keep reappearing regardless of the sims' interests (buy bee box/water balloons etc.).Then, to add whims for all the past packs where they make sense.Only after that, they could actually start building on it - which would be welcome.

Do you play with whims on? How would you improve them?

27 Replies

CelesteBabyy
5 years ago
I definitely play with whims on and I really wish there were more different types of whims. EA gave up on them at some point and I want more whims for the different packs. I think your ideas are great too and I want that as well.

I like that there's one whim related to their mood, I just wish it was also related to the specific sim's circumstances and traits.
pyjamacool
Rising Scout
5 years ago
Just realized I posted that on the wrong section, sorry!!

"Duvelina;c-17723006" wrote:
I definitely play with whims on and I really wish there were more different types of whims. EA gave up on them at some point and I want more whims for the different packs. I think your ideas are great too and I want that as well.

I like that there's one whim related to their mood, I just wish it was also related to the specific sim's circumstances and traits.

I like the idea! How would you make that work?
CelesteBabyy
5 years ago
"nasch_katze;c-17723010" wrote:
Just realized I posted that on the wrong section, sorry!!

"Duvelina;c-17723006" wrote:
I definitely play with whims on and I really wish there were more different types of whims. EA gave up on them at some point and I want more whims for the different packs. I think your ideas are great too and I want that as well.

I like that there's one whim related to their mood, I just wish it was also related to the specific sim's circumstances and traits.

I like the idea! How would you make that work?

It also relates to their buffs then, I guess. For example, if a sim becomes angry because they saw their spouse cheating and they have the hotheaded trait, they might get an angry whim related to the specific cheating situation, like yelling at their spouse or the person they cheated with.
Bakedpotatoe5
Rising Ace
5 years ago
i currently play with the whims turned off because of getting the same generic ones like buy a bee box for every sim. I would love for them to be completely overhauled into a wants and fears systems from ts2 and these wants and fears are based on a couple of things like

-traits
-current emotion
-current things happening in there life like got into a fight or a break up

so for example one sims just got flirty with another sim now their wants are things like flirt with this sim try to kiss this sim etc
and their fears are things like the other sim rejecting them

but in another example if you have an unflirty sim they would not really like the flirt and fear that the other sim possibly tries to

this would add even more depth to the sims and would imo make gameplay a lotm ore interesting
TomasGrizly
5 years ago
First, they should fix those already in the game. There are pet-related whims that keep appearing even when you no longer have a pet in the household. Whims added in seasons that keep reappearing regardless of the sims' interests (buy bee box/water balloons etc.).
Then, to add whims for all the past packs where they make sense.

Only after that, they could actually start building on it - which would be welcome.
simgirl1010
Hero
5 years ago
I have them turned off. If the developers decided to add new whims related to new packs I'd enable them again.
handelgamer
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I play through the whims and aspirations and yeah, I would love some more fine tuning. I kinda forget to level my spellcasters because unlike vampires, who will get whims to do things, spellcasters don't and I'm just like "Uhh I'm not getting anything interesting, oh yeah maybe I could level spells for a bit."

Otherwise I'm kinda directed more towards doing things for the aspiration, which I'm cool with. But also, mumblegrumblebeeboxandpoolwhims.
SerraNolwen
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
It would be amazing if they could give even more depth to the whims (like ones related to specific sentiments and lifestyles, as someone suggested above), but first, they'd have to fix the current whims : tone down the whims to buy stuff so they at least don't repeat or are related to a sims personality so not everyone is compelled to buy the same thing all the time and add whims related to newer packs. I want them to do at least that. If the devs ever decide to make them even better, great, but I'm not expecting that in this iteration of the Sims.

I wish the whims hadn't been left aside like that. It was a big feature that, if properly implemented, could make it seem like our sims actually had things they wanted apart from the big life goals that you just change manually and know everything about beforehand, and it is a large part of how I accumulate points to buy the reward traits, but they're all very repetitive, especially with the lack of new additions.
Sharooonia
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Tone down the buying whims by a lot. My sims are aggressive with their need to buy a bee box and it's highly annoying.
Make them more specific to sims traits.
Start adding in new ones with each new pack so each pack has unique specific whims related to them.
Meka3211
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I play with whims on. But most whims my Sims get are pretty pointless. The constant walk dog when they don't even own a dog. Whims should be tied to Sims traits or a mood they're in. Sometimes the whims make sense but I'd say 90% of the time, they're just repeatable ones that don't have anything to do with anything. & not having whims for the new packs is like a huge missed opportunity. I think they could have tied nicely with sentiments and lifestyles....but again, another missed opportunity