Next Expansion Speculation?

"KathMHughes;c-17992801" wrote:
Cottage Living was complete fan service so this could be too.

When I see "fan service" mentioned it is usually in reference to gratuitous details or filler content like jiggle physics. How does Cottage Living fit that?

Or do you just mean fan service is community requested content, so toddlers are fan service, too?

"LJK;c-17993861" wrote:

"Sindocat;c-17993131" wrote:

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17991718" wrote:
I just want an occult. I don't care about anything else. Occult players have once again gotten screwed this year.

In one of the recent 411s, they did address this with a non-confirmation confirmation: that is, they are nowhere near ready to make any announcement BUT a.) they are very much aware of popular demand and b.) are committed to giving future occult states such as werewolves, fairies or zombies, the same depth of treatment as Vampires and Spellcasters. That is, they want each to have its own pack.

The statement urged patience, however, and said quite plainly that the current road-map was all about refreshing the existing game, polishing existing Maxis sims, and on kits. So it sounds like it's not in the cards for this year but, looking at the timeline of releases of Vampires and Realm of Magic, possibly next.

They said zombies would get Vampire/Spellcaster treatment? This honestly surprises me, how does a zombie get levels and perks? What would said perks be?

Still, I look forward on them delivering on their pseudo-confirmation, I'm just... super confused on how zombies would have depth. Heck, I'm still not sure how Werewolves could.

Perhaps zombies will get different abilities based on how they died? Perhaps we must actually wake them up, and how that is done might affect their perks and so on. I never was interested in zombies, but I'm all for some depth anyway ;) I never cared about vampires either, but enjoyed the vamp pack a lot.

I meant fan service as in developing something specifically because it was requested and not because it was the direction the product would have taken otherwise. I believe the outrage over Eco Lifestyle directly led to the development of Cottage Living.

I enjoy the speculation but what I really want is a "Big Surprise" I don't get many in my life so I think it would be fun. ??✨?? ;)

I was asking which one it was meant as, @temporalgod. Can never be too clear, right?

Thank you for explaining, @KathMHughes. I personally don't hold that opinion. I don't see any reason it was contrary to the direction the devs wanted. Yes, farming was requested, but so were a lot of features in Eco back during the Laundry Stuff votes since it was supposed to be an eco SP and I wouldn't have called it fan service. Although, broadly speaking it is all fan service so long as one fan wants it. *shrug*

Next Week would be a good time for them to announce the Next Expansion and also talk about the Upcoming Patch.

"LJK;c-17993861" wrote:

They said zombies would get Vampire/Spellcaster treatment? This honestly surprises me, how does a zombie get levels and perks? What would said perks be?

Have your sim kill other sims and eat their brains. The more flesh you eat, the more experience you get. You unlock perks like being able to turn other sims into zombies, being able to re-attach limbs when they fall off, learning skills by munching on their brains, and gaining the strength to rip the limbs off other sims and substitute them for your own. Customization has never been greater for sims, as they can now have limbs with all different colors, weight and sizes.

"catloverplayer;c-17994176" wrote:
Next Week would be a good time for them to announce the Next Expansion and also talk about the Upcoming Patch.

I think they will announce the next kit or kits next week and if that's the case, the next expansion could be announced around the last week of October or early November

Zombies were a lifestate in Sims 2. They were awesome. I hear they were awful in Sims 3. I'm hoping if they do zombies we get the Sims 2 zombies, with additions. I don't want them just coming out of the ground and being annoying, as I heard they were in 3.

Either way, I want to hear something soon. Even if it's just the next kit. Like, why the wait on the other 2 kits?

"Rouensims;c-17992421" wrote:
I’m really hoping we get a band pack soon!

This is what I want!