What do you hope University Adds?

I would love more arcade games
Bunk beds
Teaching career
A comic shop like in TS3
Slumber parties
More takeout options

"Dannydanbo;c-17253233" wrote:

"SilentKitty;c-17252591" wrote:

"Dannydanbo;c-17252192" wrote:
For me, it's not about what's added but what's taken away. I don't want anything that is not directly related to University. I don't want bands, or grade/high school development, or anything else that would be more and better fleshed out in a GP or SP. Just because bands came in a Uni pack once does not make it a requirement for any Uni pack after that. I would prefer less silly, useless things that we probably rarely played more than twice and a more focused approach to Uni. When they focus and hone in on making the essentials outstanding, they do a better job and we get better packs.

A dorm/NPC roommate system that could come an apartment pack. Greek houses and the social aspects of it. I'd like it to feel more like an exclusive club that your sim got into than just a different place to live. And a much more in-depth Secret Society. One with a cool, hidden hang-out spot to meet in, a secret handshake, and more spooky, secretive meetings that could be called in the dark with candles and hooded robes. Nothing Satanic, just over the top like I've seen in movies. Devs, watch the skulls (the original) and maybe even Animal House. Maybe there could be secret "portal" behind a bookcase or painting of a fat lady that takes you to the Secret Societies secret sanctorum.

On line classes and night classes and other things like this are great ideas, but they can be added in a SP or even a patch like the freelance jobs were. Stuff like this doesn't need to take up space in the Uni pack.

Hmm... so you would rather see a University GP? Since they are usually focused. EP's are more broad and have a little something for everyone, or that's my impression so far.

There's absolutely no reason an EP can't be just as focused as a GP. And what I mean by focus is on all the content regardless of how it interacts. GPs have a tighter theme than EPs but that's no excuse not to ensure that it is just a tightly honed as a GP, especially if it's not full of stuff that could just as easily be featured in it's own smaller pack, like bands. Bands have nothing to do with the college experience other than going to hear one play at a local college bar. With less satellite stuff to worry about, the devs can concentrate on making the Uni life more full and complete.

I guess my college experience was a bit different. I was obsessed with music and went to see new bands all the time on campus. I hung posters of singers on my dorm walls. I danced to bands at nightclubs. I was a DJ at our campus radio station. I sang in the choir and took music classes. My friends and I talked about the music we thought was cool. To me music is an integral part of the college experience.

Besides the usual things like pool tables, kegs, bunks and Murphy beds?

- At least two universities: one more focused on studying and the other on socializing.
- Fully fleshed out PlantSims with a perks tree!
- Scholarships that depend on a teen’s household funds, skills and grades.
- Teens (and kid geniuses!) can also attend college-level courses at their rabbit hole school.
- TS3 UL social groups return and mostly stay the same. but when a Sim achieves level 10 in all 3 they receive access to the special “Big Sim on Campus” group and exclusive socials.

I'd want it to be more like sims 2, but better.

Have a campus region where your sims can go once adult, before getting a job. You can choose a sim's specialisation to give them a headstart in a certain range of jobs.

I also want them to push more the movie version of college. Have keg parties, bring alcohol back into the series instead of some lame juice. Let sims do crazy stuff that gets them in trouble. Have different social groups that a sim can join, and which act a certain way.

Could be jocks, geeks, enviromentalists, goths and maybe more. Each could dislike a specific other group. Clothing styles could be tied to different groups.

"rhalius;c-17256238" wrote:
enviromentalists

oooooh! That's a good thought. Given the global event on Friday, that's a very good thought!
It's also a social group/movement/clique that's been around in universities since the 60's, yet hasn't really been added as a thing in the sims.

I really hope non-dorm uni is a thing. In Australia, nearly NOBODY lives in a dorm at uni, most live at home, or in their own home, and go to classes for a few hours a day, then studies at home, or does entirely online uni (for courses that offer it, of course). i'd feel miffed if I can't let my supposedly teens stay home with mum to do their study like they do here. Dorms just aren't in my ideal experience at all.

More social clubs and types, like the nerds and jocks from TS3, and maybe even more extra-curricular, things that add to skills, like being on the guild adding to Charisma, which helps for Politics.
I'd love culinary school to be a thing, along with magic school (as a secret school that only a spellcaster can enrol in) and the CHOICE of active school. I don't like active careers, so I would like the choice to send my Sims to a rabbit hole.

I'd like to see a bunch of mad science stuff added with the pack (of course, knowing my weird behind):

Robotics (a skill that goes from making Roombas to building human-like mechanical sims with a full range of emotions and aspirations of their own)

Gene Splicing (making supernatural creatures, super-sims, mutant pets, and giving yourself superpowers with the power of questionably ethical science)

Upgrades to Plantsims (possibly via Gene Splicing...Because screw the rules, I have science!)

Chemistry (with the possibility of creating mutagenic ooze or freak accidents that cause superpowers or mutations...What? I grew up in the late 80's and the 90's. All of the good action cartoons had this stuff back then, O.K.)

What do I not want? Student debt and clerical errors that mess up your declared major...

Honestly, I would prefer that they expanded schooling as a whole rather than just adding universities. I would love to see school for children and teens become more active with afterschool clubs and activities, more choices, more impact. Doing poorly in school should reflect on your career whereas doing well in school may help you end up a little higher or with a higher pay.

Example, someone who fails school gets, like, $10 less than normal whereas someone who exceled would get $10 more per hour.

Also, with the reputation system, I would love for that to take into account.

Aside from all of that:

- Bunkbeds
- A variety of dormitories or houses
- Social groups and cliques (would work nicely with Get Together)
- Degrees and such
- Careers locked to certain degrees that make going to university worth it
- A medium-sized world
- More traits and aspirations (especially ones tied to children and mental state)
- Depression and anxiety (I kid, I kid)

Sadly, I doubt we will even get bunkbeds.

"SimsLovinLycan;c-17256543" wrote:
I'd like to see a bunch of mad science stuff added with the pack (of course, knowing my weird behind):

Robotics (a skill that goes from making Roombas to building human-like mechanical sims with a full range of emotions and aspirations of their own)

Gene Splicing (making supernatural creatures, super-sims, mutant pets, and giving yourself superpowers with the power of questionably ethical science)

Upgrades to Plantsims (possibly via Gene Splicing...Because screw the rules, I have science!)

Chemistry (with the possibility of creating mutagenic ooze or freak accidents that cause superpowers or mutations...What? I grew up in the late 80's and the 90's. All of the good action cartoons had this stuff back then, O.K.)

What do I not want? Student debt and clerical errors that mess up your declared major...

your ideas rock

"munroele;c-17256516" wrote:
I really hope non-dorm uni is a thing. In Australia, nearly NOBODY lives in a dorm at uni,

This is what I keep saying!
The only people who use dorms in Australia seem to be international students, and students from rural or remote areas, but only in their first year of uni. After that first year, anyone who isn't still living at home moves into some form of share housing. In the first year, people make friends. Uni students are well known for cramming many people into a share house. Had some friends in a 3 br house, they ended up with 7 people living there!

most live at home, or in their own home, and go to classes for a few hours a day, then studies at home

It's the most cost effective way of attending uni. And since most of our population lives in cites that have multiple universities, it's really easy to do. Some people even attend classes at more than one campus.

i'd feel miffed if I can't let my supposedly teens stay home with mum to do their study like they do here.

Yep. I want sims who have toddlers, or children to be able to attend uni too, from home.

Dorms just aren't in my ideal experience at all.

They're neither realistic nor relevant to our personal experiences. When I moved to the city to study, I investigated the possibility of living in a dorm, but it was far too expensive. At the time, it cost me $10 per week more, to live in a 2 br flat on my own, rather than in a tiny dorm room. I ended up with a friend moving in with me, which meant the flat cost half what the dorm room did.

I'd love culinary school to be a thing,

Something like a trade school, in the style of TAFE.
There needs to be a handy-sim career. Plumbers and sparkies are real trades too.
Nursing as well. Not everyone in medical careers aim to be a doctor or surgeon, many become nurses, or aged care workers.

the CHOICE of active school. I don't like active careers, so I would like the choice to send my Sims to a rabbit hole.

Yep, options are lacking. Active careers should work like rabbit hole careers, but with slower progression in the career when you don't go to work with the sim. Uni should work the same. Your sim should still get educated if you don't attend with them, but they'll only get B's and C's, and maybe D's if you don't go with them. Go to class with them, if you want them to be at the top of the class.