My issue with mermaids
Alright, I'll start off with the positive and say that mermaids are vastly improved over their sims 3 counterparts, but there are some things that bother me and I hope the devs are reading this cause I just don't get it.
Mermaids need to purchase diving gear in order to dive for treasure or seashells, or even hunt for fish. That seems....weird? Why does my mermaid need to buy gear to dive down for treasure? I'd love for this to be corrected.
Also, why can't mermaids snorkel? I haven't played a normal sim yet so I'm not sure exactly what snorkeling does, but doesn't it let you go deep underwater and catch collectibles? Doesn't this put the mermaid at an advantage? If someone could offer insight to this I'd be happy.
Why can't mermaids eat while in the water? In sims 3 you could satisfy pretty much every need in the water except sleep. You could even eat kelp/fish raw while underwater or above it on the surface. In the sims 4 you can satisfy every need except hunger, you mermaid has to go on land to eat. A mermaid should never have to leave the water if you choose, that is their home, their natural habitat. Obviously living in the water 24/7 would get boring fast, but the point is a mermaid should be able to stay in the water for as long as you like.
Kelp should have been a new harvestable, or at the very least the ability to eat raw fish. Even eating coconuts/pineapples or basic fruit on the water would have been great. Another simple solution would be to add the "hunt for food" option while clicking on a buoy.
Possible bug? I don't know if it's intended for sims to be able to be struck by lightning while swimming, but my mermaid was by a storm he conjured himself. Only thing is that there was no lightning bolt, it just caused all the sims in the area to reset and he got a singed moodlet, but did not get the singed appearance until he got out of the water.
Overall I'm very satisfied and loving my mermaids, I just wish these issues were fixed.
EDIT:
Just an update for anyone who uses mods, a couple of the issues I had were fixed. I made a stronger buff mod that increases the strength of their siren songs from +2 to +10 so they are more powerful and not easily over ridden. The main reason I made this mod because the moodlet was so weak it rarely ever showed. The increased flirty strength alone should help you seduce people easier.
you can find this here: http://modthesims.info/d/629224/stronger-mermaid-buffs.html
Here is a mod that allows mermaids to eat raw fish: http://modthesims.info/d/629276/eat-raw-fish-v1-1-and-cc-trait-raw-food-lover.html
And here is a mod that allows mermaids to fulfill all of their needs in the ocean. Freediving will restore hungry, sleeping in the ocean restores energy much faster than a bed, and mermaids can pee in the ocean much easier. https://www.deichschafblog.de/s4/mods-fuer-inselleben/
Mermaids need to purchase diving gear in order to dive for treasure or seashells, or even hunt for fish. That seems....weird? Why does my mermaid need to buy gear to dive down for treasure? I'd love for this to be corrected.
Also, why can't mermaids snorkel? I haven't played a normal sim yet so I'm not sure exactly what snorkeling does, but doesn't it let you go deep underwater and catch collectibles? Doesn't this put the mermaid at an advantage? If someone could offer insight to this I'd be happy.
Why can't mermaids eat while in the water? In sims 3 you could satisfy pretty much every need in the water except sleep. You could even eat kelp/fish raw while underwater or above it on the surface. In the sims 4 you can satisfy every need except hunger, you mermaid has to go on land to eat. A mermaid should never have to leave the water if you choose, that is their home, their natural habitat. Obviously living in the water 24/7 would get boring fast, but the point is a mermaid should be able to stay in the water for as long as you like.
Kelp should have been a new harvestable, or at the very least the ability to eat raw fish. Even eating coconuts/pineapples or basic fruit on the water would have been great. Another simple solution would be to add the "hunt for food" option while clicking on a buoy.
Possible bug? I don't know if it's intended for sims to be able to be struck by lightning while swimming, but my mermaid was by a storm he conjured himself. Only thing is that there was no lightning bolt, it just caused all the sims in the area to reset and he got a singed moodlet, but did not get the singed appearance until he got out of the water.
Overall I'm very satisfied and loving my mermaids, I just wish these issues were fixed.
EDIT:
Just an update for anyone who uses mods, a couple of the issues I had were fixed. I made a stronger buff mod that increases the strength of their siren songs from +2 to +10 so they are more powerful and not easily over ridden. The main reason I made this mod because the moodlet was so weak it rarely ever showed. The increased flirty strength alone should help you seduce people easier.
you can find this here: http://modthesims.info/d/629224/stronger-mermaid-buffs.html
Here is a mod that allows mermaids to eat raw fish: http://modthesims.info/d/629276/eat-raw-fish-v1-1-and-cc-trait-raw-food-lover.html
And here is a mod that allows mermaids to fulfill all of their needs in the ocean. Freediving will restore hungry, sleeping in the ocean restores energy much faster than a bed, and mermaids can pee in the ocean much easier. https://www.deichschafblog.de/s4/mods-fuer-inselleben/
