Occult poll: Werewolves, Vampires or Spellcasters?

My favourite is no secret. I like magic and am very happy to have spellcasters in my game. I enjoy the whimsical and magical element they add. I adore the art nouveau furniture and really like glimmerbrook because the only buildings visible are on lots so buildings we can change. The magical realm looks really unique, if only sims could actually live there... All I want is a pack refresh that allows children to learn/practise some of the magic as well.

My second in this poll would be werewolves. I have been asking for them in every 'what pack do you want next' poll for years. I like the perks to unlock and the temperament which add some diversity among the werewolf population. I also like the general look of the werewolves, all I miss is a female frame for the very humanoid shaped body.

Vampires are also well done and I had fun playing with them for a while but the whole drinking blood is just not my thing.

Actually all the above, plus Aliens & Mermaids. :p

If only spellcasters were as well done as werewolves and vampires they'd actually be in with a chance as my favorite. I can't remember who posted it first but someone on here got it spot on, spellcasters are just sims with built in cheat codes. They don't feel occult, they don't feel like they're an enhanced life state.

As it is, werewolves are my favorite, vampires are second, spellcasters sadly are a distant third.

In all honesty I like them all

but I feel like my place is in Forgotten Hollow
with my vampire kin enjoying the beautiful night and dreading the sun

I adore Greg but I barely know him yet
and I have feeling he doesn't like me back
so I'll save myself the heartbreak and just consider us friends
yet most likely enemies in his book

i just require more control than he is willing to give

and spellcasters although rather troublesome I do like hanging out with
I just find it sad they've abandoned some of the old traditions thats all

if i shall rank i then rank so:

1. Vampires
2. Werewolves
3. Spellcasters

TEEHEE!!! I just created a three way tie, didn't do it intentionally since I voted first and then saw the results. I just like witches the best in any shape or form (real, imagined, fictional, or in a game).

I kind of hate vampires and werewolves. They're so overdone and comical. I kind of see them as caricatures or something. The silly walk, the eating of pet poop, the extreme furry vibes. Bah.

Why no love for merefolk? They're my second favorite occult. I wish we could have a sea witch.

Will we ever get fairies?

Love my Spellcasters. I have the others, but none of them are my main sims.

"Atreya33;c-18181592" wrote:
My favourite is no secret. I like magic and am very happy to have spellcasters in my game. I enjoy the whimsical and magical element they add. I adore the art nouveau furniture and really like glimmerbrook because the only buildings visible are on lots so buildings we can change. The magical realm looks really unique, if only sims could actually live there...

What you said.

"Atreya33;c-18181592" wrote:
Vampires are also well done and I had fun playing with them for a while but the whole drinking blood is just not my thing.

Also.

I enjoy all of them, although recently werewolves and spellcasters are my favorites.

Werewolves are hands down the best, simply because they can become very powerful, but always have to deal with hardships like the fury and full moon. Sure, it can be somewhat less painful with perks, but they not always succeed (regain control, for example). So I like them because of the balance. Vampires can be immune to the sun and weaknesses can be soften with reward traits, like carefree deleting fear of the sun tense moodlet. Wizards are humans with magical powers and, except for occasional curse, they have no hardships. Werewolves will always have to deal with the fury and this aspect makes them superior imo.

Team Werebeast.

Oh I’m just biased. No occult does rampaging as well as werewolves. It’s just so easy to sympathize with these guys. ?
They have it pretty tough no matter what and for me that’s what makes gameplay more interesting.

Vampires are a close second due to them being….vampires, although they don’t rampage, so unfortunately this means I gotta dock a few points there. I wish non-occults were a lot more scared of vamps than they currently are.

I love the ability to customize the dark forms of both werebeasts and vampmonsters.
I wish Spellcasters had dark forms too, like a beautiful young woman that can change into an old witch hag, or an ancient frail man that can transform into a powerful warlock. I don’t feel that the gameplay for spellcasters is challenging enough, but I no longer want a Sims 4 without them.

I like Aliens and Mermaids too, however, they deserve way more love than they’ve been given so far hint hint hint. HINT.

When I play a Vampire or a Werewolf, that quality - that they are a vampire or a werewolf - is almost required to be a major part of that sim's story. Even if it's just how they manage being what they are along side whatever else is going on, a story with a Vampire or a Werewolf needs to address that vampire/werewolf lifestyle. I can't "play casual" with a vampire or a werewolf, because sooner or later the feeding or the rage is going to get in the way.

With spellcasters, I can play it casual - they learn scruberoo, maybe repario, and don't touch magic otherwise - or I can have a sim go deep and master both aspirations, have an extensive collection of Familiars and magical items, build an alchemical garden and otherwise go all in. Or I can play anywhere along the spectrum between hardly touching it and mastering the whole thing.

I've enjoyed playing with Werewolves too, and plan to experiment more with them in the future, but their stories are still fundamentally Werewolf Stories, while spellcasters can have stories were the spells are just... window dressing. Spellcasters give me the most flexibility in the stories I tell, and how intrusive their nature is in their life.

And for that reason, Spellcasters will continue to be my favorite, probably even after Faeries eventually come along.

I agree with that @DaWaterRat , some of my spellcasters take it seriously while others are just like, "that's the thing my family does on Friday nights and sometimes I go".

Werewolves are way better developed than spellcasters. I don't have vampires (yet) so can't judge that.