But the problem is that this feature IS extending to players that do not want it. I don't care that I can say "No, please don't!" to any of the proposed neighborhood developemnts. The moment a sim from outside my active household calls my active sim with a query, that is already the game taking control over a character of mine, making it perform a potentially out of character action. And that in turn throws me out of my immersion for a couple of minutes. It already happens with the Eco Life phoencalls (Should we have a baby, Visit mommy, I think I love you).
Households not connected to the active household doing their own thing with each other is also worrying. Not all my households have bonds with all of my others. The cops are a close-knit bunch, so are the artists, but not all cops know all artists.
There needs to be a toggle that completely turns the neighborhood system off as if it had never existed OR the new system needs to make sure to NEVER grab a sim that is marked as played for the calls. (The Eco phonecalls can choose played sims, sadly.)
I'm sorry to sound negative, but I loved Sims 4 when most people didn't. Now I see it turned into something different, and that process has started a while ago already, first with the update that gave inactive households careers, and intensified with the EL phoencalls. I'd be so disappointed if "No, please don't do that" would become my only means to deal with the game usurping my characters :(
