Just wondering how everyone plays? For those that do careers anyways? Do you keep playing the same sim increasing his/her funds or build up their skills? Do you try and start a family with them like if they are single? Or do you just go ahead and play another sim, either your own or the games own pre made sims?

My sims are not all about careers. Most of them do have careers, but I level them up to what makes sense for them and their story. I'm a storyteller at heart, so for example my sim Jacqueline is very insecure about her body right now. She's in the athletic career and still a locker room attendant (since she just started), but she goes to the gym regularly to lose more weight and get ever more thinner so she can be society's ideal. Meanwhile, she'll level up in her career so it's a double-edged sword. She does great in her career, but her personal life worsens. Storytelling like this makes play much more fun for me. It also keeps me from marrying everyone off for the sake of it.

It depends on my story. My crime empire Sims that live in a Gothic penthouse will always be criminals. Some of my Sims retire and do the gardening career. Some raise a family or switch careers so they can complete the Renaissance aspiration. Right now I am playing a single mom in the city. The mom who is an adult now and has reached the top of the business career as an investor quit her career and went back to college with her daughter and now son in law. At first it was just the two of them but the daughter fell in love and got married. They still live in a penthouse in the city but I am building the Mom a house in the country.

Move to a new one. Mostly I do careers for the unlocks. Once done, they hold no value to me. I prefer to generate income through crafting, gardening and interest anyway.

I don't exactly play careers. Sometimes i have a sim that wants to reach the top of his career.After (and before) that, my sim will always have a story that is 'written' on the go. I don't play by completing goals. I play by inventing stories and embracing unexpected events.

What do you do when you max out a sims career?

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FrozenWillow1980
Seasoned Vanguard
6 years ago
I managed to max out the science career and once finished I just sent my sim to work alone after that. But I have still not managed with the detective career. I always seem to get bugs with it and it's the whole having to start again (quit job or remove file and restart, not something I am willing to do right now during 26 gen achieve) which I am not too happy with. I am currently using a sim to try the hospital career. I've given up with the detective for the moment. That Chief of Police is either lazy, or something bad happened to them because they never show up to work and I cannot complete the action "Talk to Chief" - So I am leaving the detective career for the moment.
jojoMOMSTER
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
It depends on my objective. Do my Sims need gobs of money, are they close to retirement? Is there something they would enjoy more?
babajayne
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I usually just bask in their success and try to take all the vacation days. Their career is usually a big part of their personality so it sticks with them. If they retire, it’s like they never did anything. I wish it would say what they retired from.
Cavapoo_King
6 years ago
When I got to the top of the astronaut career I just quit because she didnt make mach compared to the 40k per day from the UFO plants in the garden ( I dont know if this is a bug but they never needed watering only weeding )

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