Should've added a broom to the Bust the Dust Kit

Absolutely. This way you could use a broom for a less wealthy household or maybe you are playing a household off the grid and don't want to use electronic devices.

These are the things EA never thinks of. Makes you wonder how long they spent brainstorming before making this, if they did brainstorm at all.

This is the first thing I thought too. I've been wanting vacuums ever since sims 2 came out. They had bed making so why not vacuuming?? Now they finally do!! I was SO excited! But then saw they didn't have any brooms etc.. but meh, I guess you can't always be perfect. Some brooms added in a patch might be a great thing though. ;)

"SimmerGeorge;c-17822550" wrote:
Absolutely. This way you could use a broom for a less wealthy household or maybe you are playing a household off the grid and don't want to use electronic devices.

These are the things EA never thinks of. Makes you wonder how long they spent brainstorming before making this, if they did brainstorm at all.

You can upgrade the vacuums with an Eco Charge (I think that’s the name) to work off the grid, and the retro style vac, with the bag isn’t very expensive at all.

"Amj1995;d-987618" wrote:
I think the title says it all. I see they were going for a less expensive to very expensive versions of getting rid of the dust, so I think adding a broom and a feather duster would've been a great idea for the very cheap alternative from the vacuums imo. I personally won't be buying this kit, but I thought this would've been a good idea for those who like it.

And possibly adding a mop also.

We already have mops, and if you don’t buy a vacuum but turn the dust effects on you can clean the floors and surfaces the old way with the mop they magically pull out of their pocket and wiping with the sponge that also magically appears.

"Kittie885;c-17822567" wrote:
This is the first thing I thought too. I've been wanting vacuums ever since sims 2 came out. They had bed making so why not vacuuming?? Now they finally do!! I was SO excited! But then saw they didn't have any brooms etc.. but meh, I guess you can't always be perfect. Some brooms added in a patch might be a great thing though. ;)

I don’t think they will patch things in for a kit that only costs $4.99.

When I saw the title of this thread I immediately agreed, and then I remembered real life sweeping. While fine on wood or stone or tile (or anything not carpet) a broom would be useless on carpet. On the other hand, a vacuum can do all floors even if it isn't necessary on hard flooring.

So I can sort of understand leaving brooms out now. I doubt they would take the time to program them to work with certain surfaces and maybe assign brooms to outdoors. Watching a Sim sweep carpet would be as weird as the photos of them vacuuming grass coming out right now.

"Pamtastic72;c-17822576" wrote:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17822550" wrote:
Absolutely. This way you could use a broom for a less wealthy household or maybe you are playing a household off the grid and don't want to use electronic devices.

These are the things EA never thinks of. Makes you wonder how long they spent brainstorming before making this, if they did brainstorm at all.

You can upgrade the vacuums with an Eco Charge (I think that’s the name) to work off the grid, and the retro style vac, with the bag isn’t very expensive at all.

@Pamtastic72 Which to me is not the same as adding an actual broom or feather duster that works without "Eco charge". It kind of sounds like they were trying to get out of making off the grid items.

"SimmerGeorge;c-17822582" wrote:

"Pamtastic72;c-17822576" wrote:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17822550" wrote:
Absolutely. This way you could use a broom for a less wealthy household or maybe you are playing a household off the grid and don't want to use electronic devices.

These are the things EA never thinks of. Makes you wonder how long they spent brainstorming before making this, if they did brainstorm at all.

You can upgrade the vacuums with an Eco Charge (I think that’s the name) to work off the grid, and the retro style vac, with the bag isn’t very expensive at all.

@Pamtastic72 Which to me is not the same as adding an actual broom or feather duster that works without "Eco charge". It kind of sounds like they were trying to get out of making off the grid items.

As I said in my other post, we still have magic pocket mops. ??‍♀️

Actually they already have a mop, not sure if you can use it to mop up dust but it's always been there for puddles

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A broom could've been nice though, there's already a mesh for it and it could just use the mopping animation

We need brooms for the medieval Dust Bunnies for sure. It will be a completely different animation, OBVIOUSLY, so I’m not surprised that they’re not part of this kit. It would have been nice if they were. I agree on that part.

Perhaps a broom will be added in a future ( farming? / medieval? ) pack. It’ll act similar to the way those Rumba Zumba disks work from cats & dogs. They can now bust the dust if that bust the dust kit is installed. Without it they just kinda...clean something. Cat Hair? Dog Puke? ??‍♂️

"SERVERFRA;c-17823628" wrote:
Has anyone noticed that the kit doesn't even have Swifters?

What are Swifters?! It must be obvious that I don’t clean my house enough. ?

Yes , I recently just got this and was upset by not seeing a broom or simple feather duster , seeing as I am doing a historical challenge it was fun. ... Especially to give the kids something to do instead of painting my floors ??? But now I had to turn off the dust in their world until a broom and duster is added to the patch ... Or until they hit the 20s the Dust bowl ??????? please update it into a patch

Swifters are duster that can be used to wash the floor, dusting the hard-to-reach places & dusting furniture. We Canadians have them.