I understand a few of the team decisions for cottage living.

Pigs dig up truffles in Stardew Valley. But I understand and I agree. Maybe they will make a Ranch themed pack in the future.

"Horrorgirl6;d-990787" wrote:
I understand why the team choose these decession.
No horses.(We have lot animals already and horses can come in a flesh out game pack.)
No pigs ( I understand this decision because we can not get meat from animals.All the live stalk animals have something we can get. Chicken has eggs, Cows have milk, and llama has wool. There is nothing you can use pigs for.

Pigs can be trained to find truffles. The llama is cute but I don't see how it is useful apart for people who have the knitting pack. Maybe we can make thread for embroidery from it's wool. I am sure horses will come eventually and maybe even pigs.

I think the llama was in large part added because it's the Sims mascot. And I'm sure people will at least be able to sell the wool, even if they don't have the knitting pack. The fact that you can use the wool for knitting if you have that pack is a nice bonus, though.

Edited to add: I just saw the speculation about using the wool to make thread. That makes total sense, now that I think of it. I hope it's true, so people without the knitting pack can use the wool they gather from the llamas.

I can see a lot behind the way that they went with this one. I feel as though this is the cute quirky twist I loved the sims for in TS2. I love the vibe and simplicity. It’s a magical pack.

I agree with you. When I think of farms I think of pigs, but like you say, they are only really associated with their meat. And I personally never expected horses to be in a farming pack, I expect them to have their own GP.

I'm more than happy to be critical of the Sims 4, but they truly went for the jugular with this one. Do I wish it had MORE because it's and expansion pack? Of course. Will I lick the breadcrumbs off EA's boot like a starved fiend? Also yes.

Pigs I’m not terribly upset by not having. I really only needed cows and chickens to be happy. Llamas were a lovely surprise. I don’t necessarily need horses ever as I never used them in 3, but they really do deserve more love than being smushed in this pack as do faeries.

I always wish expansions had more but this is how it is now with their budgets and they look to have done fabulously by sims 4 standards for this pack.

When it comes to getting wool, sheep (which are pretty much universal) make a lot more sense than a llama (which lives in only a limited area). Goats provide milk, thus cheese. Horses have so many uses in a farm setting their omission is incomprehensible.

"Oldeseadogge;c-17909162" wrote:
When it comes to getting wool, sheep (which are pretty much universal) make a lot more sense than a llama (which lives in only a limited area). Goats provide milk, thus cheese. Horses have so many uses in a farm setting their omission is incomprehensible.

The reasons there not doing horses.Because they have a lot of animals.

I can understand most design choices they made so far.

- Llama instead of sheep : sheep would have made more sense in this surrounding. Llamas on the other hand have been referenced to so much in the franchise, that I am OK with Llama instead of sheep.
- no horses : horses would have taken more time than the other animals. They need to be able to move around in the world, not be tied to a shed like cows and Llama. While they would have fitted in nicely, I'd rather wait and have them done properly.
- pigs would have been nice but I am totally OK with the choice of animals that is being offered. Not being able to get meat from them but at the same time buying meat from a market stall feels a bit hypocrit. But that is just realism I guess. So many people buy meat at the supermarket without considering the actual animal it comes from.
- having a market stall and not a shop: this one feels a bit odd, but it's not a big deal. The UK feels like a country where an indoors shop would have made a lot more sense due to the weather. Sure, it would have been a rabbithole building, but it would suited the world better

There is however one design choice I don't like at all
- no fairies or any other occults like improved plantsims : such a wasted opportunity. Especially fairies would have fitted in nicely. This world looks as if it were magical so it would have been nice if it actually was magical.