How can we fix the emotion system?

"babajayne;c-17710758" wrote:
I wholeheartedly agree with the suggestion to allow negative moodlets to stack. It doesn’t make sense for “happy” to boost positive emotions, but not have a system like that for the negative side.

I think the Sentiments are going to mimic an emotion that decreases with time (which is also a great suggestion). For example, a sim catches their spouse cheating and they get a +3 angry moodlet for a certain amount of hours. But the Sentiment brings a +1 angry moodlet for what sounds like could be weeks.

I can see how the “festering grudge” +1 angry moodlet didn’t affect the sim in the livestream much while he was in the hot springs, but if they ran into each other under different conditions it could become the dominant emotion. I can see the argument that it should be stronger, but it’s still an improvement. I wish autonomy had been on so we could see how these things will really play out.

I have to jump in here. The stacking of negative moodlets could put us right back to those emotional deaths that players were yelling about came all too easily. We can't have it both ways, I'm afraid. It's either make them stronger, or (and maybe this is a possible solution) make the percentage of emotional deaths smaller? I don't know how they're configured at the moment, which is why I hesitate. I believe that's one thing I really loved about Slice of Life. Besides calculating our Sims personalities based on their traits, once your Sim is given a specific personality type, it changes their behavior.

I think we need to wait and see (since November 13th is nearing) just what this new upgrade: Lifestyles and Sentiments really means.