"JoAnne65;c-17360138" wrote:
"Scobre;c-17342016" wrote:
"JoAnne65;c-17341400" wrote:
I still think nobody would have to have this conversation if they’d think things like this through a bit better. No spontaneous spawning, leave the decision to add supernaturals that come with a pack (and how they behave) with the player by adding toggles and triggers. I don’t believe in this realistic player - occult player polarisation anyway. Of course there will be players who want their game strictly realistic. Playing Sims will be a problem then regardless, it has so many unrealistic elements I don’t even know where to start. But I think a great deal of us are in a grey area: we like/love them but in a dosed amount. And the dosing is exactly what should lie in the player’s hands. Which is perfectly possible as we’ve seen in the past. The real problem here is not players wanting different things. The problem is EA throwing in things without taking the effort to add ways to control and canalize it. Whenever they did (supernatural toggles, a good triggering system like with TS3 genies), nobody complained.
I agree about toggles helping with packs. I am an occult player too, but I wouldn't mind a toggle either for storytelling purposes. It would be kind of cool if Simmers could turn off packs too which also was a nice toggle in TS3. I do hate how the response to voting is making people polarize Simmers and assume their play styles. The voting is supposed to bring Simmers together not divide them into political party sides. Bad enough being around that kindergarten drama in real life. I rather keep politics out of my Sims games and experience as much as possible and keep that stuff to Twitter not have other people bring their Twitter drama to forums. I like occults too, but confining it just to a tiny SP is lame. The realistic little things can be squished to the tiny packs. I want more depth for the occult Sims and I want more toggles for them too which probably would have to be done in a patch. I have noticed a big fear of anything different during the Sims 4 lifetime which is very interesting to observe considering marketing supports the differences but the community does not. Something that Gurus and fans disagree with I guess.
Missed your post, is the voting really supposed to bring simmers together, they said that? Because voting never will, voting will always cause people to choose sides, digging their heels in to defend their choice. Less inclined to open up to the view and opinion of the ‘other side’ (creating one if necessary, which is what this whole topic is about in my opinion), because that will feel like undermining your own. I can’t tell you how much I HATE this whole voting for content business and how utterly glad I am I don’t have to be a part of it because I’m indifferent where it comes to content for Sims 4.
Anyway, totally agree with your arguments there.
This Is EXACTLY how I feel. At first i thought it would be fun and exciting since this was my first time voting. Then I soon realized it does more harm than good. Brings a lot of Dissapointment And really divides the community. I prefer to not have a vote.
