Do you play with whims on? How would you improve them?
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...
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 on 2) Lifestyles, as in have whims related to your Sim's active lifestyles
What'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 do really like the idea with whims because it can push the game in a new direction, give some more challenges to the game and bring more depth to a sim. But I often have to turn them of because they really lacking ( …but also wanna say that I really appreciate that they have done a little updating on them… I haven’t got the bee box whim for a pretty long time now… :# hehe). I do really hope that we can get an improved whims system, here’s my suggestions:
4. Whims from Sentiments / Relationships / Lifestyles / Hobbies system / Attraction system / Favorites & Dislikes
5. Whims from a chosen Life direction (lifelong aspiration that can be changed at any time) +Quest want: https://i.redd.it/8rwn35j5bv0z.png You can have up to 3 different directions (aspirations) ongoing at the same time. The directions will give your sim negative & positive whims (want & fears), complete and gain / lose Satisfaction points + Meaningfullness points + Self-esteem points. You will also get an button for a Quest want. Click on this button to get assigned to a quest (the quest is based upon your chosen directions, is time limited and include several tasks). At the end of your sims lifetime, their tombstone will show what direction your sims found as most important (what directions their mostly picked) and what direction your sim was mostly successful in. You can change your sims directions at any time.
Pick 3directions from following categories: (They can all be from the same category or from different categories): 1. Family 2. Romantic 3. Pleasure 4. Career 5. Money 6. Popularity 7. Knowledge 8. Power 9. Hedonism 10. Goodness 11. Spiritual & Personal development 12. Health & Wellbeing 13. Vanity 14. Evilness 15. Criminality 16. Nature 17. Animals & Wildlife 18. Travel & Experiences 19. Interest & Hobbies 20. Random (you will have the possibility to choose which directions to randomize from if you don´t want all of them)
A sim that goes for a longer period of time without completing any... *Whims will get the moodlet Life feels meh (+1 Bored and Decreasing Meaningfulness points). *Quest wants will get the moodlet No direction in life (+1 Tensed and Decreasing Meaningfulness points).
FROM THELIFE STRUGGLES PACK(Self Esteem system & Meaningfulness system) https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/986200/life-struggles-pack-updates-sims-4-memory-system-consequences-wants-fears-personality-overhaul
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