Do you/would you use whims?

I used to use whims, but now every whim is 'buy from ' and nothing to do with their aspiration. I'd like them to be geared towards hobbies and traits more.

The Whims are too random. They aren't specific in any way to the Sim or who they are. For intance: Married, Elder, cat lady.. wants to go to the club? Nah. Goody two shoes, perfect grades.. wants to be mean to someone? They were just not adding to my gameplay in anyway. So I turned them off.

I would use them if they actually pertained to the individual Sim and not generic items and packs. I currently don't use them unless I just want to earn some extra reward points, which I hardly ever use anyway.

I don’t use whims because I like complete control over my sims, lol. In fact, I actually forgot that they existed since they somehow got turned off in my game, lol.

"Darstep0301;c-17999794" wrote:
> @DoodlyDoofus said:
> Whims were just handled very poorly. I'm not going to say that the Wants from Sims 2 and 3 were amazing, but the Whims in Sims 4 just kept....repeating no matter what, and they were the same exact whims that another Sim of different personality would want. I just turned it off because I didn't even try to accomplish their Whims. If they brought back the Wants (AND FEARS) and built upon them I'd be all for it.

I used to use them but found myself constantly using them if you know what I mean. I'm old enough not to need that content to realize what simple under the covers woohooing implies. So I stopped using them. Besides, Whims is a massive mod that has to go with MC Command which is also a massive mod. That makes your pc run slower and causes crashes and I have a HP ProBook which has no processing problems at all and those 2 combined even slowed my pc down to a crawl. LOL

I may be misunderstanding but I think you're talking about the mod that we're not allowed to discuss on the forums. This thread and discussion is about the in-game Whims (turned off by default in the settings menu) that randomize over the Sim's icon in the interface to show a Sim's possible wants like "Buy a 1x1 Pool" or "Flirt With Someone". They are all very generic and none are affiliated with traits or personality like they were in past games so a lot of people stopped using them.

I always forget they're there. Then once in awhile I go into the rewards store and realize my Sims have a whole bunch of points and I buy them traits. (I also have a mod that enables those traits to be passed down to their children, which makes it interesting!) So, I do like the points but I almost never get them intentionally. The one time I did was when a Sim's husband was about to die of old age and she almost had enough points to buy him a youth potion, so I had her frantically completing whims to get enough points. (She saved him just in time!) :lol:

I like whims (and the rewards of course!), but more added would be fab.

I've always used them, but somehow they got turned off, probably updated. But, I don't miss it and usually do my own thing.

I think whims need to actually register whether you own pets. If my sims EVER have a cat or dog and then the pet moves out or dies, then the whims continue to be all about buying pet toys and dog bowls. It's super annoying.
Whims also feel very inconsequential. I wish there were more like "try for baby" and that there would be consequences if you didn't complete pinned whims. For example, if you fail to kiss a sim or whatever in x days, then your sim would develop a temporary quirk (much like the get famous ones) that would make your sim constantly sad or develop a habit that decreases relationship with those around them or something. The Sims 4 just needs to be harder and to include more unavoidable events that will completely change your sims' lives.

I used to, but they get boring. If they added more, and they were based on traits as well as or instead of mood, then I would use them.