Skills/hobbies missing on Likes and Dislikes

I would like spellcasting to be added. I know it is not really a hobby, but if adding it meant my spellcasters could automansly cast spells once i assigned it to them as i like, i would like that very much.

Why? :( Why no flower arranging? Why no juice fizzing? :'(

I really hope that they will add the missing ones in the next patch, it is such a shame...

occult activities, knitting, chess/board games and reading are some i really missed

"calaprfy;c-17893856" wrote:
There should've been Prank Toilet as a dislike to keep the goofballs in check! :D

Hopefully Mischief as a dislike will keep that in check.

It's missing a lot I think. Here are just a few things :

- Something about animals,
- Ice/Roller skating,
- Water activities,
- Reading,
- Watching tv/movies,
- Karaoke,
- Shopping,
- Working,
- Likes/Dislikes Piercings/tattoos
- Specific likes and dislikes for Vampires, spellcasters, mermaids
- School/doing homework
- Travelling,
- Favorite or least favorite food/type of food.
- Favorite season ?
- For kids : Toys/playing

I agree with adding a bit more. Like the hiking, knitting, flower arranging, etc. I mean some of my more creative sims engage in hobbies that aren't on that list of preference. Even reading a book/doing homework/studying should be on the list because a lot of sims do it and sims could have the "bookworm" trait.

I think one of the most disappointing things about the missing activities is that it's almost everything my kids do. As a result, all but one or two of the kids in my sim families have been restricted to a favorite color, which doesn't do much to make them feel more unique.

I realize the likes/dislikes are going to be in the update which limits how many activities can be added at this time. But there still seems to be more missing that really should have been included. Because this is a base game update, we have to wait for activities from all the packs that are available now. That's a lot of packs to go through then choose the ones most important to the players. I am happy the likes/dislikes system has been implemented because our Sims will seem a bit different from other Sims now. I just hope this doesn't drag on and on like the Off The Grid lot trait where it took several packs and updates before that lot trait made sense and could be utilized as it was meant to be utilized. I was surprised to see how many base game activities and skills were not on the list of what we'll be getting. Seems to me starting at the beginning would have made more sense.

I think it is really disappointing that they did not include Voidcritters as an Activity that kids could like. There are so few activities for the kids even to do in this version of the Sims, and here was one that was specifically added just for them, and yet they couldn't even be bothered to add it. However they added some that aren't even that unique to kids, like snowboarding. Another almost unpardonable omission was the lack of any logic-based activity, as was mentioned above, like chess or using the observatory. This is a really egregious omission, especially considering that we've had a logic skill and telescopes in the game since Sims 1, so you would think this would be a core activity. Now what are my genius sims supposed to do to entertain themselves suitably?

Apart from these two really egregious omissions, I like this new system a lot. Even if it only brings with it a few buffs, includes just a couple new socials, it still adds some personality to the sims. Depending on how much it affects autonomy and whether it improves fun at a faster rate, it could even improve the individuality of sims during gameplay. I am looking forward to seeing them expand this system in the future, filling in the currently existing gaps with bringing along more activities from the basegame and the packs, while (of course) contributing some new ones too.