I don't understand the Freelancer career.

"kalaksed;c-17036363" wrote:
i'm sure a number of those who complained before the career was released are changing their minds once they see it in action. as happens every time... (you'd think people would learn...)

these freelance options are very different from the rabbithole versions of the same job. they add a lot of variety, as others have pointed out, and replacing the rabbithole versions would remove some of that variety and even limit options for specific types of sims or concepts

for example, i don't believe the freelance stuff is actually a good thing for ambitious sims, since the freelance career paths only have one career level instead of multiple promotions. and, by me, that's absolutely fine. ambitious types wouldn't want the freelance type of work, anyway, as they like to have set milestones to mark their progress. the rabbithole careers are perfect for that

another thing that i like with the freelance options is that one individual sim can swap between the three roles/agencies at will without having to totally change careers. this, to me, makes them even more perfect for noncommittal sims than i originally expected. they can be a painter one day, then spend the next chasing programming gigs