Vampires or Casters?

Spellcasters, Vampires have too many weaknesses..like not being able to sleep in a normal bed..or eat cookies..no competition.

"To7m;c-17248070" wrote:

"Ceres_Meiriona;c-17244276" wrote:
Oooooh... so tough. >.< I couldn't imagine my sims game without vampires, but casters are my preference. I adore both. Casters appear to be more supported than vampires, when it comes to actual game play, too, but that's also the nature of the life state. For me, vampirism seems more about the consumption of life energies and casters more about the manipulation of life energies... though you could argue that both consume and manipulate.

I think I will play casters more, but vampires and aliens that look like elves will always be close on my caster's coattails. At the end of the day, go occult or go home. ;) LOL

“Go occult or go home” is my new mantra in life. I so dig this.

—T

Happy to be of service, and it's always nice to run into another occult fan!

I've played The Sims since the series debuted, and I have discovered that I don't really enjoy life simulations unless I'm playing an occult sim. I know a lot of people play for a lot of different reasons, so I'm not trying to demean anyone else's play style, but for me, the continued addition of occult elements are absolutely necessary in order for my interest in any of the games to be maintained.

"Ceres_Meiriona;c-17248989" wrote:
Happy to be of service, and it's always nice to run into another occult fan!

I've played The Sims since the series debuted, and I have discovered that I don't really enjoy life simulations unless I'm playing an occult sim. I know a lot of people play for a lot of different reasons, so I'm not trying to demean anyone else's play style, but for me, the continued addition of occult elements are absolutely necessary in order for my interest in any of the games to be maintained.

I play occults exclusively when I find mages :3

"WolfNate;c-17249029" wrote:

"Ceres_Meiriona;c-17248989" wrote:
Happy to be of service, and it's always nice to run into another occult fan!

I've played The Sims since the series debuted, and I have discovered that I don't really enjoy life simulations unless I'm playing an occult sim. I know a lot of people play for a lot of different reasons, so I'm not trying to demean anyone else's play style, but for me, the continued addition of occult elements are absolutely necessary in order for my interest in any of the games to be maintained.

I play occults exclusively when I find mages :3

I have certainly noticed! LOL It makes my occult loving heart happy to see another simmer so excited about them. I hope to see casters continually supported in small ways by future content. I had hoped to see ghosts, vampires, and aliens treated in a similar fashion, but that doesn't really seem to have worked out. To be fair, spell casting is a bit easier to provide additional support for, since they just need to add a new spell here and there. I'd really appreciate them letting my ghosts have babies, though! GAH!!! I did enjoy that silly feature in TS3, no matter how unrealistic it was.


... and since I haven't added a picture in awhile... ;) I think I'm going to get rid of Caleb's dark form or at the very least edit his ears. I like the pointy vampire ears, and it bothers me to see human ones on him.
https://66.media.tumblr.com/492f851cd10cf790e9fc51f23c7bc000/tumblr_pxqq7aI8xh1vorh5do1_1280.jpg

"Hermitgirl;c-17247593" wrote:

I don't need luck. I've seen a number of backfires and basically know in what situations they are likely to happen in at this point .. at least percentage wise. If I want a clumsier witch she gets less good perks.. can't say I'll always want this but my Aunt Clara might not be so well rounded as her niece Samantha... and Endora might trump them all.

It's strange but I do think sim traits have an influence too on backfiring / how fast they learn things. When the teen guy sim experiments on the cauldron, he learns new potions pretty easily. His adult neighbor, however, doesn't. Some sims will have curses / spells backfiring more easily than others as well (given they're at the same level). What I don't know yet, though, is what exactly influences this ... or if it really is a coincidence?

"SimTrippy;c-17249092" wrote:

"Hermitgirl;c-17247593" wrote:

I don't need luck. I've seen a number of backfires and basically know in what situations they are likely to happen in at this point .. at least percentage wise. If I want a clumsier witch she gets less good perks.. can't say I'll always want this but my Aunt Clara might not be so well rounded as her niece Samantha... and Endora might trump them all.

It's strange but I do think sim traits have an influence too on backfiring / how fast they learn things. When the teen guy sim experiments on the cauldron, he learns new potions pretty easily. His adult neighbor, however, doesn't. Some sims will have curses / spells backfiring more easily than others as well (given they're at the same level). What I don't know yet, though, is what exactly influences this ... or if it really is a coincidence?

I'm not sure either about sim traits. Mostly it seems like you control it better with perks. Once they get strong they need the perks to deal with the charge or they get in trouble easier... so on some sims I plan on not giving them good protective perks. I still have a lot to learn on it but my sim has all the perks for all the schools that end in saying: always succeed when Sim is in a Normal Spellcaster Charge range. Failure is greatly reduced in Charged and Overcharge states. So she's on easy street... Basically I went up one skill/perk tree (alchemy) on her then protected her when casting in other schools of magic.
I just plan on not choosing to make it that easy for Aunt Clara in the future... so she will just fail more.

Lina has all the perks a caster can purchase, and she is still knocking her household out with potion backfires. I'd say it's 50/50 regarding success. I notice her failure rate is higher on the more difficult potions than on the easier ones. She rarely fails at making a rejuvenation potion, for instance, but the immortality or youth potion will backfire at least 50% of the time. It's possible it's just buggy because they're still gathering information on what needs to be fixed, and that this abysmal failure rate my sim is experiencing has more to do with bugs and less to do with her pure human lineage. I am curious to see how her children with the weak bloodline trait progress through their own study of alchemy once they are of age, though.

> @Jerrello said:
> Spellcasters, Vampires have too many weaknesses..like not being able to sleep in a normal bed..or eat cookies..no competition.

Are you implying needing to Bathe and use the Toilet or being vulnerable to bad weather is not a weakness?

Oh, yeah.

Spellcasters don't loose their powers if someone throws a drink in their face.

A specific drink that isn't cheap to get the ingredients for or to make, but learning Vampire Lore can be started while they're kids, and teens can learn gardening and Mixology - and they only need Mixology 1.

(I'm only keeping this up in fun - because text is lousy at conveying playful teasing.)

"DaWaterRat;c-17249637" wrote:

Spellcasters don't loose their powers if someone throws a drink in their face.

This made my night! :lol: