Sims 4: Pay for DLCs, or postpone new DLCs for bug fixes? No happy middle.

"Jade47;c-18166142" wrote:
@Gamer_34567544 Right click Properties, go to updates, set to "only update when I launch it". Only play when Steam and Origin are both in offline mode. Had to use this workaround a lot for other games when I had limited data per month. In some cases you have to make a shortcut to the exe.

Thanks. I'll have to wait for the next update to even play, though, assuming bugs actually will get fixed.

Happy Middle.
It shouldn't be any other way.

I want more DLCs but I want the bug fixes first. I don't want to spend more money on more DLCs until the current problems are fixed.

Fix the game

I have no need to choose either/or... nor am I a fan of these forum polls where people invent a false dichotomy like as if it's some kind of representation on the reality of the situation. It's not.

Buggy mess or not, the devs are quite capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time.

It's also frustrating when a patch meant to update or fix something else brings on more bugs with another pack you've purchased that didn't even exist before and now doesn't play right :(

Good thing I held off voting. Normally I'd said this is a balance, as some bugs have easy workarounds or only affect certain playstyles. Like the off toggle for fears not working, that's a dealbreaker for me, but not neccessarily for everyone. But the moment a gamebreaking bug like groundhog day hits, all bets are off - fix, please.

If you had asked me this before the high school years EP, I probably would have said something like 'fix the game please' but still continued to buy DLC because I want new things. Now I have finally reached the point where I refuse to buy anything. I want a game that is playable. The wants and fears are horrible but the devs don't even mention the broken game option? We have a second DLC this year with people saying it is released too buggy to play. How is that possible? I think high school years is the first EP I intentionally will not buy, and that means something considering I started buying EP with living large in the sims 1.

I am cautiously optimistic about the DLC packs getting big fixes (or better yet, refreshes). Since the Sims 4 is going Free to Play, there's now monetary incentive for EA to improve what they have instead of moving on to the next thing.

I want both.