Regular townies turning into spellcasters?

"WolfNate;c-17239416" wrote:
Then don't buy it..?

It seems some people only see things from their level or perceptive, either magic everywhere or no magic at all..you want that? Cool..enjoy your gameplay..let others enjoy their gameplay too..I love magic and realistic play I just don't like them to be mixed in the same play..alot of players share the same view and gameplay..

I literally see no point of spellcasters populating other worlds and what's funny is others dont even agree to add options whether they populate everywhere or not..

"Pamtastic72;c-17239427" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17239404" wrote:

"WolfNate;c-17239387" wrote:
@fullspiral People are... Odd and want the pack for build mode content and whine about fantasy plaguing them when they bought a fantasy dlc

And that's why we don't have the alien invasions like we should and what we paid for. And why vampires were toned down. And why witches will be too.

They complained that the in game dynamics were not "fun" for their happy, happy, joy, joy white picket fence sim-lives. They didn't want garlic on the walls, or satellite dishes on the lawns. And those of us who love the "weird and wonderful world of sim crazy" get screwed so they can play family time with washers and dryers.

This. I will again pay $20.00 for a pack and have $10.00 worth of features stripped out because a bunch of people buy it as a stuff pack and only want the BB and CAS. Features. The way I figure it, EA owes me money for nerfing the aliens, vampires, and weather related deaths I plunked down my money for that they later came in and extinguish it. It’s almost like running a bait and switch which technically is illegal. If people are going to pay for a pack knowing the features it contains and then gripe about not wanting those exact same features then they should have to turn to modders to tone down or eliminate them and stop having them snatched out of the games belonging to those of us who paid for them and enjoyed them.

100% exactly and you said it better than me.

The autonomous alien mind meld is nerfed. So much that we PAID for is nerfed. For the complainers who want stuff packs from game packs.

"fullspiral;c-17239445" wrote:

"Pamtastic72;c-17239427" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17239404" wrote:

"WolfNate;c-17239387" wrote:
@fullspiral People are... Odd and want the pack for build mode content and whine about fantasy plaguing them when they bought a fantasy dlc

And that's why we don't have the alien invasions like we should and what we paid for. And why vampires were toned down. And why witches will be too.

They complained that the in game dynamics were not "fun" for their happy, happy, joy, joy white picket fence sim-lives. They didn't want garlic on the walls, or satellite dishes on the lawns. And those of us who love the "weird and wonderful world of sim crazy" get screwed so they can play family time with washers and dryers.

This. I will again pay $20.00 for a pack and have $10.00 worth of features stripped out because a bunch of people buy it as a stuff pack and only want the BB and CAS. Features. The way I figure it, EA owes me money for nerfing the aliens, vampires, and weather related deaths I plunked down my money for that they later came in and extinguish it. It’s almost like running a bait and switch which technically is illegal. If people are going to pay for a pack knowing the features it contains and then gripe about not wanting those exact same features then they should have to turn to modders to tone down or eliminate them and stop having them snatched out of the games belonging to those of us who paid for them and enjoyed them.

100% exactly and you said it better than me.

The autonomous alien mind meld is nerfed. So much that we PAID for is nerfed. For the complainers who want stuff packs from game packs.

Thanks. This game sorely lacks randomness and every time we get some a small handful complains loudly and the very reasons I bought the pack...unpredictable happenstance ends up getting patched out. It’s depressing. Literally nothing happens in this game that you don’t absolutely force to have happen.

"WolfNate;c-17239408" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17239404" wrote:


And that's why we don't have the alien invasions like we should and what we paid for. And why vampires were toned down. And why witches will be too.

They complained that the in game dynamics were not "fun" for their happy, happy, joy, joy white picket fence sim-lives. They didn't want garlic on the walls, or satellite dishes on the lawns. And those of us who love the "weird and wonderful world of sim crazy" get screwed so they can play family time with washers and dryers.

Ah well at this occult is the most advanced one we've had so least they have more to do then vampires (in fact vampires only have a skill tree for their powers while Casters have two 'skill trees')

That's not the point. The point is this:

Don't want aliens? Dont engage in the scientist career from GTW. Use the in game tools of satellite dishes and freeze rays.

Don't want vampires? Don't engage with the vampire that comes knocking at your door late at night. And if you do, use the garlic wreaths to repel them.

Don't want witches? Don't go near the portal in Glimmerbrook. And delete the premades.


I don't like parenthood....I hate the kids making messes at every venue. Do you see me on here telling the devs to take that out of the game? Or tone it down? Or just plain get rid of it? No.

You want aliens..you also got aliens bar nights where also you can interact with them..I had to use MCCC (and I hate using script mods) to turn off aliens nights because they populated everywhere and used to that mind thing on my sims everytime..I had to force them to be disguised because theres a bug where they should be disguised in human worlds but not in their worlds (and that bug still isnt fixed) aliens where thrown in everyone faces who bought a normal "realistic" pack (GTW) and had to use mods, where you literally had tons of things to do in game to increase the chances of abduction..

Also alot of people are collectors and buy packs because of CAS+Build items..
Nothing wrong with adding options like Sims 3 how to control occults..

"Pamtastic72;c-17239427" wrote:

"EmmaVane;c-17239364" wrote:
They only autonomously practice magic in the Magic Realm. Extra spellacasters aren't needed until you go there, so just don't visit and your save will be fine.

There will be premades in the world though, and these will likely regenerate as randoms if you delete them.

The way I understand this is in the Magic Realm you may see Bob Pancakes or some other pre-made autonomously practice magic, but in the other worlds outside of the realm you won’t am I correct?

So for example he might be spell casting his little heart out in the realm, then you see him 2 minutes later in WC and he’s just plain old mild mannered, hen pecked, gloomy Bob. Is that correct?

Correct. While Bob will be a Spellcaster in both realms once he is chosen to be one at random, you won't notice it in the normal world.

I've asked how Favourited sims are treated with regards to this and am awaiting a response.

"Pamtastic72;c-17239450" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17239445" wrote:

"Pamtastic72;c-17239427" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17239404" wrote:

"WolfNate;c-17239387" wrote:
@fullspiral People are... Odd and want the pack for build mode content and whine about fantasy plaguing them when they bought a fantasy dlc

And that's why we don't have the alien invasions like we should and what we paid for. And why vampires were toned down. And why witches will be too.

They complained that the in game dynamics were not "fun" for their happy, happy, joy, joy white picket fence sim-lives. They didn't want garlic on the walls, or satellite dishes on the lawns. And those of us who love the "weird and wonderful world of sim crazy" get screwed so they can play family time with washers and dryers.

This. I will again pay $20.00 for a pack and have $10.00 worth of features stripped out because a bunch of people buy it as a stuff pack and only want the BB and CAS. Features. The way I figure it, EA owes me money for nerfing the aliens, vampires, and weather related deaths I plunked down my money for that they later came in and extinguish it. It’s almost like running a bait and switch which technically is illegal. If people are going to pay for a pack knowing the features it contains and then gripe about not wanting those exact same features then they should have to turn to modders to tone down or eliminate them and stop having them snatched out of the games belonging to those of us who paid for them and enjoyed them.

100% exactly and you said it better than me.

The autonomous alien mind meld is nerfed. So much that we PAID for is nerfed. For the complainers who want stuff packs from game packs.

Thanks. This sorely lacks randomness and every time we get some a mall handful complains loudly and the very reasons I bought the pack...unpredictable happenstance ends up getting patched out. It’s depressing. Literally nothing happens in this game that you don’t absolutely force to have happen.

Exactly. It's depressing to see any possible fun and crazy get removed because of the extremely loud crowd of "realistic family players" who want freed babies and preteens and inbetweens and teen-adults and strollers and lawnmowers and proms and all that. Good God. Why can't I just have what I paid for? Why does what I paid for get nerfed?

"graventhe;c-17239457" wrote:
You want aliens..you also got aliens bar nights where also you can interact with them..I had to use MCCC (and I hate using script mods) to turn off aliens nights because they populated everywhere and used to that mind thing on my sims everytime..I had to force them to be disguised because theres a bug where they should be disguised in human worlds but not in their worlds (and that bug still isnt fixed) aliens where thrown in everyone faces who bought a normal "realistic" pack (GTW) and had to use mods, where you literally had tons of things to do in game to increase the chances of abduction..

Also alot of people are collectors and buy packs because of CAS+Build items..
Nothing wrong with adding options like Sims 3 how to control occults..

You bought a pack that you were up front TOLD there were aliens in it. It wasn't realistic. It was part of the scientist career. You were TOLD aliens can be brought in that way. And you were TOLD that you could repel them with satellites and freezerays IF you chose to become a scientist. It's weird. It's wacky. It's what the sims is about.

Don't throw "realistic" out there. The scientist career was added and pertained TO the aliens added to the EP.

"fullspiral;c-17239452" wrote:

"WolfNate;c-17239408" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17239404" wrote:


And that's why we don't have the alien invasions like we should and what we paid for. And why vampires were toned down. And why witches will be too.

They complained that the in game dynamics were not "fun" for their happy, happy, joy, joy white picket fence sim-lives. They didn't want garlic on the walls, or satellite dishes on the lawns. And those of us who love the "weird and wonderful world of sim crazy" get screwed so they can play family time with washers and dryers.

Ah well at this occult is the most advanced one we've had so least they have more to do then vampires (in fact vampires only have a skill tree for their powers while Casters have two 'skill trees')

That's not the point. The point is this:

Don't want aliens? Dont engage in the scientist career from GTW. Use the in game tools of satellite dishes and freeze rays.

Don't want vampires? Don't engage with the vampire that comes knocking at your door late at night. And if you do, use the garlic wreaths to repel them.

Don't want witches? Don't go near the portal in Glimmerbrook. And delete the premades.


I don't like parenthood....I hate the kids making messes at every venue. Do you see me on here telling the devs to take that out of the game? Or tone it down? Or just plain get rid of it? No.

I never touched aliens or logic skill or collected rocks or became scientist (I literally avoided playing a scientist for this reason even though I'd love to play as scientist) and I still got abducted..

Vampires knocking down on all my played sims doors every day..and sometimes bites my sims in their sleep and the played households never interacted with them in anyway or searched for them on the PC

I have nothing against witches if they stayed in thier magic world and not spawning in my other worlds where everyone is living normally..married..or with their partners and kids

I haven't noticed kids making messes except in my own houses and that's annoying whether it happened in venues or in my houses..but if I saw them making messes in other venues I'd annoyed but a simple fix would be try to do any interaction with them so they stop whatever they're doing then cancel the interaction..