Mermaid transformation is seriously disappointing!!

I’m still getting it either way, but I must say I was a bit disappointed myself. My idea for the transformation would be this (And please tell me if you like my idea or not c:):

After you eat the kelp to transform you, you can see a few scales appear on your legs in the water. It takes one day the complete the transformation, the closer you get to the full transformation the more scales you get on your legs when you enter water till finally, you have the complete tail when it’s finished. While the transformation is still going, you can slowly see your appetite for regular food going away. You can also see that flirty interactions are succeeding a bit better while this is going on.

Finally, when it’s all complete (aside from getting the tail), you get all the powers, and you get a different moodlet then what’s given. Two moodelts, actually. The first is when the transformation is complete, but you still haven’t got in the water to see the tail. The first moodlet says this, “That kelp did something funny to you. It’s almost like the seas calling you.”

The second moodlet is when you enter the water for the first time after its complete and see your tail. Sims have a shocked expression when they see it, and automatically swim around a lot to test it out. The moodlet says “Woah! Is that a tail? It looks like your a mermaid now! Be sure to always stay hydrated.”

And that’s my idea for the transformation, of course it won’t be actually like this but y’know. Please don’t steal my idea c;

i think the post is about when a human sim actually becomes a mermaid, like after eating the mermadic kelp, not when a mermaid enters the water. and i agree, it would be an anticlimactic moment if your sim had been working towards gathering the special kelp and finally becoming a mermaid.

but it doesn't bother me too much, it just would've been a nice detail. the mermaids themselves are fantastic.

I actually really liked the flip they did, lol.

It’s so quick and looks amazing when they transition.

They could have used the water swirl for when a human sim transforms into a mermaid. Maybe they can update it.

I mean It is just kelp, a item with no magical properties. I'm actually surprised it's instant tho.
Now if it were a potion, or a spell, then yeah like in the little mermaid Ursula's Cauldron or Triton's Trident, casts the transformation.

But Kelp, I guess, Maybe they could have done something, like the sim collapsing to the ground and getting a stunned/uncomfortable/sick moodlet as their biology is reconstructed, maybe like a small gust of wind, or little water animation that swirls around the sim, but in truth that's all I would have expected.

Hopefully this means they splurged on the Realm of Magic GP... as they should've.

I'm a little disappointed that there's no fancy, "first time" transformation. Would have been nice with some kind of swirling waves or whatever. I don't mind that they immediately turn into mermaids after that. But just that first time should be special. Just like with vampires when they finally turn.

"Kersiexx;c-17108082" wrote:
I’m still getting it either way, but I must say I was a bit disappointed myself. My idea for the transformation would be this (And please tell me if you like my idea or not c:):

After you eat the kelp to transform you, you can see a few scales appear on your legs in the water. It takes one day the complete the transformation, the closer you get to the full transformation the more scales you get on your legs when you enter water till finally, you have the complete tail when it’s finished. While the transformation is still going, you can slowly see your appetite for regular food going away. You can also see that flirty interactions are succeeding a bit better while this is going on.

Finally, when it’s all complete (aside from getting the tail), you get all the powers, and you get a different moodlet then what’s given. Two moodelts, actually. The first is when the transformation is complete, but you still haven’t got in the water to see the tail. The first moodlet says this, “That kelp did something funny to you. It’s almost like the seas calling you.”

The second moodlet is when you enter the water for the first time after its complete and see your tail. Sims have a shocked expression when they see it, and automatically swim around a lot to test it out. The moodlet says “Woah! Is that a tail? It looks like your a mermaid now! Be sure to always stay hydrated.”

And that’s my idea for the transformation, of course it won’t be actually like this but y’know. Please don’t steal my idea c;

This is actually a pretty good idea, but it's not a mermaid-centered EP. They did a pretty good job in mermaids tho, just not as detailed or fully fleshed-out as vampires.

They said animating things is expensive, so maybe that was it, blame EA for not giving bigger budget.

"icmnfrsh;c-17108062" wrote:
Hmm...I was expecting something interesting to happen, so this is kind of underwhelming.

The Game Changers played an early build of the pack though. Maybe they've added a new animation since?

Even if it's an early build, it should have been added in the first place. I just hope they fix this.

"BOY;c-17108083" wrote:
i think the post is about when a human sim actually becomes a mermaid, like after eating the mermadic kelp, not when a mermaid enters the water. and i agree, it would be an anticlimactic moment if your sim had been working towards gathering the special kelp and finally becoming a mermaid.

but it doesn't bother me too much, it just would've been a nice detail. the mermaids themselves are fantastic.

Exactly what I feel especially the bold one.