Starting Over with Just $100

"Amapola76;c-18324534" wrote:

But it sounds like part of your goal right now is to shake things up and do things differently than you normally do.

Exactly! I want to use this opportunity to use some of the newer and less prioritized packs as my CORE and then slowly add in some of the things that most people already had first and foremost.

"crocobaura;c-18324541" wrote:
Seasons is great for rags to riches, because of the weather element. It adds an extra element of difficulty and if you want to play gardening, I think it makes sense to have seasons. Cottage living introduced the simple living lot challenge, I would get it for that. Plus you can sell your produce to the grocery vendors and don't need to bother with a sales table. Nectar making is nice but bottles age very quickly in the basement and their prices rises to about 2000 simoleons per bottle and it feels a bit like cheating, however Horse Ranch goes well with the Nifty Knitting pack you already have and it also has swimmable water, tents and sleeping bags.

I am going to miss all those things. I'll be missing things that were added to make the game easier, but I won't need them because the game will already be easy enough. I am just starting to fully wrap my head around that.

I spent my entire $100.00 It came to $101.90 to be exact. I bought Laundry Day and Spa Day. Spa Day was full price at $19.99 and that is over priced in comparison to so many other things, except that it included more things that I wanted most. I am realizing that one thing I need to do is to choose packs that are NOT great bargains if they clog the game with things that I don't use because they create such high taxes in the game or annoy me.

Even if it is offered to me as a Christmas present, I think I am going to pass on Horse Ranch, now that I think about it more. I think I will ask for Snowy Escape and Jungle Adventures. Or maybe the new EP.

I don't think I will have any occults except plant sims and ghosts, and I will have no celebrities. It will be interesting to see what bar nights are like. As I was watching the cross-pack parts of the video series that I linked above, I thought how interesting it will be to play without occults and so many other things that make games glitch and that are just plain annoying.

Yes, I want to shake things up! This thread really helped me to decide what I wanted. I never would have expected to have this as my final list. It is not the best bargain. It is missing all the "best" and necessary stuff. I can't wait to play with it and see what happens!

Thanks everyone!