Should Swimming/Diving be it's own skill?
It's always irked me that swimming/diving is tied to the fitness skill. All of my mermaids end up with level 10 fitness. Should there be a swimming/diving skill if Island Living gets a refresh? ...
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Yes- and no. It would be weird if a sim with a maxed out swimming skill wouldn't be able to do a simple run on a treadmill or lift some weights.
What we really need is sub skills. So, have fitness as a base skill and swimming, basketball, soccer, etc. as sub skills. Sims with a high fitness skill should learn the sub skills faster, and maybe have some bonuses from that, but it shouldn't be a given that a sim who's great at basketball is also a master soccer player.
The same could be true for music and culinary skills. Someone who can play the piano will learn guitar a lot faster than someone who's never touched an instrument in their lives. It also doesn't make much sense that a sim with a maxed out culinary cooking skill can't bake a decent cupcake, because it's tied to a different skill.
What we really need is sub skills. So, have fitness as a base skill and swimming, basketball, soccer, etc. as sub skills. Sims with a high fitness skill should learn the sub skills faster, and maybe have some bonuses from that, but it shouldn't be a given that a sim who's great at basketball is also a master soccer player.
The same could be true for music and culinary skills. Someone who can play the piano will learn guitar a lot faster than someone who's never touched an instrument in their lives. It also doesn't make much sense that a sim with a maxed out culinary cooking skill can't bake a decent cupcake, because it's tied to a different skill.
