The point of friends?
Since the game decided to reset all relationships that were simply friends in the past I had no one around other than animals and the spouse in my Sim's friendship list. Now that the little positive ...
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"Stormkeep;c-16848852" wrote:
Much like in real life, friends in Sims 4 usually serve no purpose other than to fill social needs. It's a refreshing departure from previous iterations of the game where they were needed for career advancement and what not. Granted, there are still aspirations and careers in TS4 where they are needed as well, but those are few and far between.
Worth mentioning though that being friends with your co-workers helps career advancement in all career fields. Helps being the key word, they aren't a necessity, just make promotions faster.
Oh yeah, I hated the friendship requirement in 1 and 2. Even as a kid I questioned why you'd need to be friends with some rando to get promoted in your job.
And I didn't know befriending your coworkers helped in TS4. I don't really choose the "socialize" tone when working because it doesn't seem to have any apparent effects, although the last time I tried was in 2014 before all those patches. My kids do meet kids at school now, so maybe that's changed.
