Vampires don't break in anymore?

I'm not always into the occult, but I miss this surprise from vamps, especially the pre-made vamps. I hope beyond hope they'll remove some of the nerf someday.

Oddly enough I didn’t have any for a long time until I had a single sim living in an apartment. She had two breakins. Maybe three but definitely two. I was like whoa because it had been so long.

The only one I ever had wasn't really an actual break in. My sim was seeing him and gave him a key, it was wierd though. He wad just gone home and she was in her room about to go to bed. All of a sudden he was behind her, tapped her on her sholder and when she turnned around he bit her. Then he laughed and left again. Nothing like that has happened since.

I do distinctly remember break-ins, but it seems that it has something to do with traits. Also, you will NEVER get invaded if you have a vampire in your household.

"Oldeseadogge;c-17454931" wrote:
In regard to the vampires on the porch, none of the premades have the power for breaking in, at least in my games. Any time I've had a breakin has been a townie vamp. Those tend to get the break in power and are sometimes immune to garlic. But I plant garlic farms out front anyway.

My latest game has corrected me! New family, so no ripe garllic for harvesting in any of the usual places. Vlad just came on in and chowed down on one of my sims while she was sleeping. Know that only by the sim evidence, as there were none of the usual preliminaries. Front and back doors were locked, but discovered during the investigation the house has 3. Couldn't find him at first, so saved game and then went to his place. That showed he was still at the scene of the crime so went there and checked. He still does not have either garlic immunity nor the ability to get past locked doors. Finally found him by the front door and very pleased with himself, too. Went back to victim family and via the victim's mate used MCC to conduct an executive action. Used death by sun though it was the very wee hours of the morning. Fried the slimeball right there on the porch. Grimmy came soon thereafter, cleaned house, and stuck around a while so my sims chatted him up a bit. Found out he's vegetarian, loves the outdoors, and his official job title is Reaper of Souls.

Needless to say, the garlic plantation will be in place ASAP!

"ArcherDK;c-17455424" wrote:
I do distinctly remember break-ins, but it seems that it has something to do with traits. Also, you will NEVER get invaded if you have a vampire in your household.

That must be a recent development. In the early days of the pack I had a mixed household, test vamp and regular sim. A townie vamp came on in and my awake at the time vamp had no interactions available to defend the other. Saved the day only by fast use of the instant turn cheat.

"Oldeseadogge;c-17462248" wrote:

"Oldeseadogge;c-17454931" wrote:
In regard to the vampires on the porch, none of the premades have the power for breaking in, at least in my games. Any time I've had a breakin has been a townie vamp. Those tend to get the break in power and are sometimes immune to garlic. But I plant garlic farms out front anyway.

My latest game has corrected me! New family, so no ripe garllic for harvesting in any of the usual places. Vlad just came on in and chowed down on one of my sims while she was sleeping. Know that only by the sim evidence, as there were none of the usual preliminaries. Front and back doors were locked, but discovered during the investigation the house has 3. Couldn't find him at first, so saved game and then went to his place. That showed he was still at the scene of the crime so went there and checked. He still does not have either garlic immunity nor the ability to get past locked doors. Finally found him by the front door and very pleased with himself, too. Went back to victim family and via the victim's mate used MCC to conduct an executive action. Used death by sun though it was the very wee hours of the morning. Fried the slimeball right there on the porch. Grimmy came soon thereafter, cleaned house, and stuck around a while so my sims chatted him up a bit. Found out he's vegetarian, loves the outdoors, and his official job title is Reaper of Souls.

Needless to say, the garlic plantation will be in place ASAP!

Nope, Vlad is the only vampire that breaks in now, and he only does it the once. Normally right after he introduces himself in the middle of the night he'll break in the following night. They stopped the break ins for all others because some people were whining so, no need to plant garlic unless you just really like fresh spaghetti. I haven't had a vamp break in since before October 2019.

I've seen vampires lurking on the porch in the night, and if I let them in, all they do is go play on the computer. :/

I've seen 2 actually break in over the past year. Vlad once and he actually did have a snack on my sim. (I really do wish this would happen a little more, it's part of why I bought the pack...) The other was a vampire townie and she just broke in and took out the trash and left. :D

"Arzekial;c-17462529" wrote:


Nope, Vlad is the only vampire that breaks in now, and he only does it the once. Normally right after he introduces himself in the middle of the night he'll break in the following night. They stopped the break ins for all others because some people were whining so, no need to plant garlic unless you just really like fresh spaghetti. I haven't had a vamp break in since before October 2019.

Not true, sorry to say this, other vampires do this aswell. :)

This picture is from march the 2nd March 2020. His name is Dirk Lambertz, Vlad still exists in my game. the character was bitten twice from two different vampires, unwanted.

https://i.imgur.com/ViU9Vps.png

"Arzekial;c-17462529" wrote:
Nope, Vlad is the only vampire that breaks in now, and he only does it the once. Normally right after he introduces himself in the middle of the night he'll break in the following night. They stopped the break ins for all others because some people were whining so, no need to plant garlic unless you just really like fresh spaghetti. I haven't had a vamp break in since before October 2019.

Thing is, the usual introduction never happened. While Vlad has been the usual porch stander the Vatore duo, usually Lilith, have been as well. It's possible that patches subsequent to the reported toning down may have, deliberately or not, edged things closer to the old form. The garlic plantation, even if less necessary for protection, makes a handy side income with fresh crops coming every few days (I don't run Seasons).