Forum Discussion
- No, I don't use whims.
I find whims boring and predictable. It's spring so buy a bee box. Don't have a pool, so buy a 1x1 pool. Buy pool lights, too! The sim is flirty so kiss or flirt with someone. The sim is inspired so paint a painting.
I don't need whims to drive my sims' lives because I like to decide what I want my sim to do. I often have too many reward points from good holidays, so I don't need whims for points either. If whims ever were updated to be more meaningful, I'd give them another try. - In a vanilla save, the whims are not great to play. All the buying stuff should be whims for fortune aspiration sims. Family sims should have more whims for family interactions, having x number of baby, etc. Romance sims, more whims for romance interactions and dates. Popularity sims, more whims for activities and different kind of theme party. Nature sims, whims for more outdoor activity, go to community lots and take vacations. Whims should reflect what you can do in the game and be tied more to the current aspiration.
- I wish I would use them, but for me they're just too bad.
They feel, and probably are, totally random and bring nothing really interesting in the game.
I would love an update for whims, but I don't believe it's gonna happen. - I turned off whims for a while because I was tired of buy a 1x1 pool and buy a bee box.
Things that have nothing to do with my sims.
But I turned them back on because I do like whims game play.
I like earning aspiration award points and spending them. And sometimes they are an inspiration for things to do when nothing much is going on in your game. I want more whims and more rewards.
I just wish they were designed to bring out the personality of our sims.
This is what I wish we had.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/trait%20whims.jpg
And recently I thought of the idea of trait related whims being flavored by your sims current emotions.
So what would your creative sim wish for if they were feeling angry.
Creative + Angry would wish for one thing while Geek + Angry would wish for something else.
Sims would deal with their emotions differently according to their traits. - I used to use whims. I like them because I'm getting bored micromanaging mine which causes long term burnout. I'm at the stage where I want to do as little as possible. Just enough to keep them alive. Whims need a massive overhaul. Less generic and tailored to their traits and situations. Just because I installed Seasons, I don't want to keep getting "buy a bee box" every few minutes until I do. Or be on a date and get that whim too.
- Let's put it this way: After I came back to the game after a long hiatus and they in the meantime had set Whims as hidden by default... it took me several months to notice they were gone.
- The Whims are fun and honestly I feel disappointed that they turned Whims off and stopped making new ones since Get Famous, I STILL think Whims have potential and that EA should know we'd like new whims to be added, not just new but also improved as well. The Whims system in TS4 isn't perfect at all, but it's still good and if the system ever gets an overhaul and improvements, I'd be really happy.
- I use whims, but wish they made more over all sense, why get the whim to walk the dog, the sim doesn't own a dog, her family growing up did, but now she doesn't, yet gets pet related wants, and not to get a pet mind you, but whims that indicate she already owns one. I wish they were more related to what is happening in the sims life currently.
- I wish they would be updated and improved so that I would have a use for them again.
- I use whims but pretty much only if I need the aspiration points. I wish they were more exiting or personal to the sim. tired of seeing "Buy a Dishwasher - from not owning a home luxury"
