Is it too easy to get rich in TS4?

The collections truly have gotten harder. I think my Sims could finish five aspirations before they could complete the Crystal, Fossil and Metal collections. Frogs are a bit strange now too. I haven't tried Space Prints or Microscope Prints recently.

People do things like get sims at the top of their career as fast as possible, craft to sell or plant only the most expensive fruits to sell, and then they complain about having too much money.
The game is not at fault, their way of playing is.

Promotions are not meant to happen every other day. Amateur painters usually paint for themselves and their friends. A small vegetable patch in the backyard is for the family's consumption.
Slow down. Let small things be meaningful again. Enjoy the journey.


Literally none of the hobbies in TS4 require you to sell a single collectible/crafted item. You want to do that, not the game.

At first when you have only the default §18k and buy a starter it’s kinda difficult because I have to worry about decent furniture and being to build their skill. Once they move up the ranks of their jobs I tend to hold off on wasting but once they reach level 7+ it does get easier. Currently my sims have about §380k but to get rid of it I donate money to charities both real ones and scams(because that’s fun) and with seasons just give money away to families and sometimes to a close friend.

Idk, I tend to focus more on the story lines and making my sims go out and enjoy life rather than developing their skills like robots so they're never rich in my game lol

If you focus on your reaching the peak of your career, maxing skills, and selling the products, you're sims can get rich, but that is a very money-oriented style of play. You can very easily be a poor sim with a low-income job, or a jobless sim who only makes money occasionally off of paintings you sell, etc. And go out and explore the world instead.

I think the people who complain about how much money their sims are making don't realize they can play the game a different way, but instead stick to that completionist type of mindset -which is okay to do!- if that's what you want. But I think some people start playing and say, "Oh god! I'm poor! I need all of the nicest things!" Then, they get all of the nicest things and realize there are no better things to work towards once they have everything they wanted. At that point, they either need to make a shift in focus on their game or it will start to bore them or they need to realize they were never interested in having all the nicest things from the start of their next game.

Overall, I like the rate at which sims currently accrue money. If you work at it, you can amass a fortune, but if you don't, you can still get by and not starve.

I think it's at a good spot. I certainly would not want my rich sims to be taxed heavily! because my rich sims are sims , well, wanted to be rich.

In my current save I place one sim in the business career and I didn't let her advance pass level 5 or 6. Her husband is a programmer. While the business sim was on maternity leave she became interested in gardening and floral arranging. Both sims quit their jobs once they had over 100k in the bank. They have three children, a pretty big house, keep the thermostat on, and haven't sold any harvestables in weeks they still have about 75k in the bank. I even got a maid just to waste some funds.

Hmm hopefully I can say this without coming across too rude. But I'm seeing responses that make assumptions of other peoples' gameplay and I dont really like that. I'm asking for your own opinions and thoughts on the subject so theres no reason to try and speak for others with claims "they only feel that way because they're playing the game too quickly." You don't know how everyone else is playing.

I feel like I play at a completely average pace but still end up with so much money. I don't think I should have to really hold back in order to not get rich, because at the end of the day that is limiting. Getting rich should only happen if Im really putting in that extra effort to make money, in my opinion.

"happyopi;c-16612713" wrote:

Promotions are not meant to happen every other day.

Literally none of the hobbies in TS4 require you to sell a single collectible/crafted item. You want to do that, not the game.

The game tends your sims towards promotions even if they ignore the daily task and arent working hard. Its hard to avoid promotions apart from flat out skipping work.

Also, what do you do when you're collecting and you end up with dozens of the same ones? Keeping them in the inventory isnt an option because that lags the game, and surely you wouldnt put all of them on display...

I almost never play a 'struggling Sims' story, but I've noticed that when I do, 20,000 simoleons goes too far in Sims 4. In previous games, building the house and furnishing it with the necessities always left my Sims short, even if I chose the cheapest items in build and buy. They'd go without wallpaper for a bit, and if something broke, they had to fix it themselves. (I always have them fix the plumbing, but not the electronics. Leave that to the professionals.)

Now, they can not only fully furnish and decorate the house, but buy a few nicer items. Probably the best non-cheat workaround would be to buy an expensive painting to use up some of those funds. Also, if you buy a bed with a low sleep rating, they'll spend so much time sleeping, they won't have time to increase their skills or do their 'homework' to get promotions :)

I've started off a bunch of my sims in a rags to riches route, so for them it did take a good long while before they became settled and comfortable. My favourite household, which I started off this way, and which i play with aging off, now have $9+ million. I don't feel right taking away their money by cheats, but now there is a way to gift simoleons, I try to spread their wealth to their friends.

It depends, if you add 8 people in your household and is able to manage all of them and give them the highest paying job than I would think it would be a breeze.