Vampires or Casters?

Lol this thread has triggered so much fun..
Visits vampire home and gives hexed potion of immortality..
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Why so dramatic about it?
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Minonize!
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Now go make me a sandwich!
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Definitely vampires.
More gameplay, actual challenge playing them, less bugs, more interesting and not to mention overcharging takes forever and doesn’t even kill you on the first round. Spellcaster is perfect for someone who is scared of the risk of their sim dying.

I've always prefered vampires, but I also need all occults in my game. Maybe except zombies, but I still played them too! <3

Oh no two more vamps down... how sad.. but one looks very cuddly-wuddly.
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I think I'll make the next one play here we go round the mulberry bush.... in the sunlight! Deliriate is fun :).

Both are good.

I like them both. But Vamps win. In a vacuum and in all other sim games I prefer witches/casters but in sims 4 vamps are better. Casters in sims 4 make the game too easy. One of the first portions fill all needs and only require an apple to fill a sims needs. I got a max level caster with all spells and potions in two sim days without cheats. Casters have minimal or no downside to balance their power. They're too easy to master and play. They take all the challenge out of a game that lacked much challenge to begin with. This is not a good thing.

I am glad to have the choice and like both. Heck I like all the occult lifestates. But vamps in The Sims 4 are better balanced as they offer more replayability as they add challenges to overcome, take longer to max, and aren't all upside. I maxed 3 casters now with zero death, zero curses and even if they do happen familiars save you from death, and curses are easily removed. There is no game balance to sim 4 casters none. This is why I vote Vampires in this game, even if I prefer casters everywhere else.

I like Magic for everyone like TS1 style but as an occult only? Meh... Really there’s nothing to do if you don’t have any sim in the save you wanted to be a spellcaster. I mean at least if you don’t play a vampire sim you can always go for a vampire hunter but I guess witch hunt is of limit...

Besides there aren’t much spellcaster can do while a vampire scientist can’t. Create a fire? Maybe, but who need that when as a vampire you can directly kill!

For the most part, I'm a "Why not both?" person. I ended up coming down on the vampire side after considering Scoed's point of view though:

"scoed;c-17245035" wrote:
I like them both. But Vamps win. In a vacuum and in all other sim games I prefer witches/casters but in sims 4 vamps are better. Casters in sims 4 make the game too easy. One of the first portions fill all needs and only require an apple to fill a sims needs. I got a max level caster with all spells and potions in two sim days without cheats. Casters have minimal or no downside to balance their power. They're too easy to master and play. They take all the challenge out of a game that lacked much challenge to begin with. This is not a good thing.

I am glad to have the choice and like both. Heck I like all the occult lifestates. But vamps in The Sims 4 are better balanced as they offer more replayability as they add challenges to overcome, take longer to max, and aren't all upside. I maxed 3 casters now with zero death, zero curses and even if they do happen familiars save you from death, and curses are easily removed. There is no game balance to sim 4 casters none. This is why I vote Vampires in this game, even if I prefer casters everywhere else.

This feels pretty "on the mark" to me. I think the vampires are actually better-balanced in terms of strengths and weaknesses and make for ultimately more interesting characters, if you're trying to tell a story. Overall though, I think they're both fun and I'm glad to have them both in my game.

On the lighter side:

"Lquinn;c-17244760" wrote:
I mean vampires are great, I mean who doesn't love a Bloody Mary, but how can you compare that with a cauldron of macaroni and cheese.

Vampires can top that in two words: Bat Woohoo. ;)

I just enjoy how satisfied my vamp looks after a few sips of choice blood.

I have never "gotten" the whole vampire thing, so Spellcasters it is. Even in previous Sims games, vampires didn't appeal to me. In TS2 it was great because they didn't start "vamping" people unless you got involved and made them start. In TS3 they were pretty much part of Bridgeport, but I didn't play them. I was also happy when we were able to toggle occults off/on. That way, people who wanted to play them could, and those who didn't want to play them could still enjoy the worlds, the build/buy stuff, and even the CAS items. Options are a glorious thing.