I enjoy full households, myself. I play with autonomy on, always. Then I can focus on the Sim I need to, without the others being completely neglected. I will pause my game in order to queue up tasks for the others in the household. When kids come home from school, I will cheat up their needs using Make Happy, then open up the inventory on a Sim, click on the school book and have them do homework. I go in succession for each school aged Sim, getting them all started on this task. For the ones that work for a living, I will set them up to do their daily tasks. Later, I make sure all have completed what is required. For my would-be celebrity (whom I have managed to restart so many times I've lost count) I make him finish his school work before he either attends a photoshoot, or gives a concert, or goes down to the Studios to cut enough songs for an album. I use the Road to Fame mod so I can have my Rock Star once again. This was about the ONLY thing I truly missed from Sims3. But, now I've got what I believe (for me) is the best of both worlds.
As for Rotation style, the only time I've really employed that is in my Ancestral game save. Then it was to go back and forth, when I realized a child was to be born to make sure the family isn't missing anyone. I've also found that I prefer to play John and Sarah Jane more than any of the others. With Cottage Living, just trying to keep both households' crops and animals up, I've had to resort to a daily back and forth routine. Making sure they all get up very, very early to care for the animals and others in the household see to the upkeep of the crops. Then, I switch to the second household to do the same. It's crazy, but will stop, except for those needed babies once John and Sarah Jane get married. Mostly, I'll stick to their household. Since I use MCCC, I can pre-determine the gender of each child, I can click on a Sim and make her pregnant, then force her into labor so as to not spend too much time over there. It is what it is, but I have fun.
