Mermaids deserve a pack

As much as I love Island Living, why can't they just add these things to IL itself? Mermaids don't make sense on their own without IL, and having another DLC for DLC pack feels kind of exploitative, like how MFPS was. After all, we paid 20 to 40 dollars for an expansion pack. Shouldn't we get our money's worth?

I know we always say "Oh it's because EA is greedy", but it's gotten so bad that we're conditioned to think that paying more money to expand an expansion pack is acceptable. Instead of just expecting to get $40's worth of content from the start for a pack that costs that much. It's kind of sad

I made this when Island Living first came out and it makes me cry everytime I look at it...

https://i.imgur.com/BPrPZ0A.jpg

:cry:

They are already in IL so that's that. I don't think they should re-sell them to us in another pack.

I think they should go back and re-work mermaids (and aliens) and give them a bit of a talent tree like they did with vampires and spellcasters. It doesn't have to be as expansive as those in their own dedicated packs, but they should have a little more than what they were given.

"Camkat;c-17573348" wrote:
They are already in IL so that's that. I don't think they should re-sell them to us in another pack.

I think they should go back and re-work mermaids (and aliens) and give them a bit of a talent tree like they did with vampires and spellcasters. It doesn't have to be as expansive as those in their own dedicated packs, but they should have a little more than what they were given.

Vampire and spellcasters have their own world where they can be true to their form. Why not mermaids? They could have an underwater place where they could be mermaids all the time, search for discarded forks and pearls and do other mermaid things.

"crocobaura;c-17573356" wrote:

"Camkat;c-17573348" wrote:
They are already in IL so that's that. I don't think they should re-sell them to us in another pack.

I think they should go back and re-work mermaids (and aliens) and give them a bit of a talent tree like they did with vampires and spellcasters. It doesn't have to be as expansive as those in their own dedicated packs, but they should have a little more than what they were given.

Vampire and spellcasters have their own world where they can be true to their form. Why not mermaids? They could have an underwater place where they could be mermaids all the time, search for discarded forks and pearls and do other mermaid things.

Sure. If they can add it to IL. DLC for DLC is a shady idea and with how well MFPS went... they really shouldn't attempt that again. ;)

Agree that they're lacking and they definitely should've been more developed but we dont want another "My First Pet Stuff" scenario. They should've just included way more for mermaids with the pack

I would like mermaids to be improved. I don't necessarily need more tops and hair styles but I would love a few extra powers or abilities to unlock. This could be with a skill tree or a mermaid skill. My biggest wish however would be for child and toddler mermaids to have a mermaid form. It is so sad that young mermaids currently don't have the one characteristic that defines a mermaid. Mermaid offspring can have a mermaid icon in CAS but they are not actually mermaids. They don't need powers or anything, just a fish tail in the bathtub and while swimming would be enough. Also a mermaid crib, like a big sea shell would be nice to have.

But this should come as an update for the mermaids we have in island living, not a separate pack. We are still missing too many occults (werewolves, fairies, real plantsims (pleas, give us a plantsim update!) and genies) before I want an occult to be done twice.

I would be interested if they made it, I just do not think it is likely. Now, I agree that a rework patch would be preferable for both mermaids and aliens with customers, but realistically speaking we cannot expect major reworks. Is it out of the question? No, but when the packs came out we threw our $40, $20, and $10 at them. I am not saying they were worth it at the time and that we should not have expected more, only you as a consumer can answer that, but when you purchase it you do take the content as it was given. As much as I would like to get more on that paid pack's price, I cannot expect to get it either. So either you are willing to pay more or you are not, which is what I assume the OP is asking about.

I also agree mermaids feel a little shoehorned into IL, but they are so tied to swim-able water and what became the story of Sulani that I am not sure they could have been separated. In that sense, I can see why DLC for DLC is difficult to avoid.

A quick note on that, I am neutral to DLC for DLC as a baseline emotion. Can it allow for seemingly shady practices? Yes, but look at what the Sims has already done as a series being sold piece by piece. It really is not all that much different. You have to pick and choose what your money is worth to you. Potential abuses of the system do not in of itself automatically equate to a bad system. Personally, some pack topics I would like to see more content from rather than being one and done and if it is done in a way I like I will pay more for it.

Cmon now, let's not have another MFP fiasco with mermaids.

Mermaids do deserve more, I mean sheesh even Aliens have their own world (even though you cant live there) but that's more than what the mermaids got! Maybe if they had gotten their own cove or something IL wouldnt feel like an expensive GP.

While i do love occults, mermaids are not among my favourites so i wouldn't mind one way or the other.