When are you guys going to let players join each others game?

I don't even want to have to tell someone "no" in the first place. I especially would not want my daughter propositioned. That kind of interaction from a stranger has no place in the Sims (in my opinion).

It might boil down to two different ideas of what online play entails. I understand some people might think it's fun to play with their friends or siblings, I've got friends who are simmers, too. However, would it be just a closed set where you only play with people you know personally? Or would it be open to random strangers?

Either way, it's not for me.

I know I would not have to purchase it (and I would not). The sims has been an important part of my life for the past 20 years for my entertainment. I would be very disappointed if the newest offering was an online version.

"tmcevoy1121;c-17419543" wrote:

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17419516" wrote:

"Hestia;c-17419065" wrote:

"tmcevoy1121;c-17418775" wrote:

"Dianesims;c-17418531" wrote:
No. It would make me uncomfortable. Then you lose control over what you want your own game to be.

Also I think offline multi-player with your family or friends could be fine, but online multi player could be dangerous and potentially open the door to creeps, bullying, crooks, harassment...

In all my years of playing MMOs (I started with SWG), I have never had someone that bullied me or harass me as such. Maybe because I just walk off or ignore those types of people and regardless of everyone thinking there are more of those types of people, I have found the opposite to be true. Most people are friendly and polite and helpful.

A life simulation MMO is enough to attract those kinds of people. There are several of these games already in existence and making The Sims online isn’t the essence of the product.

I’m an MMO veteran myself and have spanned across many in my life. The Sims is definitely not the place for it.

That's good that you pointed that out! I don't play a lot of online multiplayers - just Borderlands. It has a good community, not toxic at all, but that's because the gameplay is very focused and limited - all you can do in the game is shoot NPCs or other players. The only thing that you might get mad at is if the loot gets hogged by the other players, but for me, I already earn so much money and acquired my favorite weapons during solo play that I don't even bother getting any of the loot. Also, if you don't want other players turning on you and shooting at you, thus turning it into a battle royale session, there's an option to not allow that in your settings.

MMOs are largely like that - focused and limited gameplay that's mostly shooting/fighting and foraging for materials if there is crafting in the game. There is no woohoo or any other shenanigans where other sims can get into your sim's personal space (and thus you). But The Sims is totally different from MMOs, and as you have pointed out, a life-simulation game that has all that. I know without mods, the game is pretty tame, but I don't even want some stranger sim coming on to my sims for that. Also, what if someone was able to hack the online game? Someone most likely will. It wouldn't be safe for children or adults.

There is what people call ERP (Erotic Roleplay) between two people but it is easy to tell them no thank you. I have told people no thank you, not my style of play and they move along without any problems.

And many people don't want to deal with even the possibility of that. Even if they know the chances to be low.

And no one's even bothered to deal with the logistical nightmare of how divorces would work in game when the characters are divorcing because two friends had a falling out and no longer want anything to do with each other. Or how splitting up jointly owned things would happen in the instances of players falling out with each other.

"charlesberg;c-17418458" wrote:

"Babykittyjade;c-17417468" wrote:

"Disat3r0usB;c-17410831" wrote:
When are you guys going to let players join each others game? Like play with other players?...... I think that would be awesome!

No. I'm sorry. But I don't want to see you in my game ?????

I feel the same about you. But then I'm sure if you were in my game, I could either close it to friends, go offline or simply kick you from it. I mean, that's how that would probably work.

Unless you honestly thought otherwise.

edit;

To the rest of the replies, I can't quite grasp how you're entirely opposed to multiplayer, something to potentially add more hours to the game to those of us with friends, yet you're fine with watered-down packs and partially-working if not broken basic features.

If EA is stupid enough to multiplayer the game, then it needs to be totally separate. As in its own game not even reomtely connected to the regular one. Multiplayer is a minefield waiting to blow someone up. I tried online gaming and bailed out very quickly. No, I'm NOT fine with the watered-down and disfunctional packs, so don't lump me (or the others of same mind) in with that assertion. The Sims, sales notwithstanding, is a ship taking on water that does not need to hit an iceberg.

I think to be online they'd probably have to up the rating too. Now all of these younger ones they've attracted with TS4 can't play suddenly. Except that they will... I can see some trouble from angry parents eventually. None of this seems to make good business sense in my mind and I don't think it would bring them more sales at all and actually quite the opposite.

If they did do it like simport... *yawn* that's not online, that was just an early version of a "gallery" and a random sim downloaded into your game made by your friend that you can't control or even interact with in any way that your friend even knew that you threw a tomato at them. Even this little bit wouldn't interest me. I saw it once, it was fun the first time and I was done by the third time. The lag it brought with it wasn't worth it.

It is interesting to see recently that the past month or so, most, if not all EA servers going down for all of their games. I'm not interested in not being able to play my sims like the people who can't play FIFA or Battlefield. At least now we can still log in offline and play. Sure we lost the gallery too for spurts and even weekends at a time, but that's so much different than not being able to play at all. If EA can't get their weekends sorted or have enough servers to provide for the influx of players for those games on the weekend, how well do you think they will handle the sims? *hmmm*

Wow it got ugly on this thread...

"ddd994;c-17420064" wrote:
Wow it got ugly on this thread...

Not nearly as ugly as it would inevitably get in an multiplayer heh

"tmcevoy1121;c-17419537" wrote:

"Hestia;c-17419065" wrote:

"tmcevoy1121;c-17418775" wrote:

"Dianesims;c-17418531" wrote:
No. It would make me uncomfortable. Then you lose control over what you want your own game to be.

Also I think offline multi-player with your family or friends could be fine, but online multi player could be dangerous and potentially open the door to creeps, bullying, crooks, harassment...

In all my years of playing MMOs (I started with SWG), I have never had someone that bullied me or harass me as such. Maybe because I just walk off or ignore those types of people and regardless of everyone thinking there are more of those types of people, I have found the opposite to be true. Most people are friendly and polite and helpful.

A life simulation MMO is enough to attract those kinds of people. There are several of these games already in existence and making The Sims online isn’t the essence of the product.

I’m an MMO veteran myself and have spanned across many in my life. The Sims is definitely not the place for it.

Really? come on, people don't need a life simulation to come up with ways to make it more "real". I played SWG, Wow and now playing SWTOR and people can ERP with others but they keep it to themselves. No one is forced to play that way and they take it to private chats. It is easy to tell someone no and they just move along. They don't force you to play their way.

Hate to break it to you, but SWG, SWTOR, and World of Warcraft aren’t life simulator MMOs.

No multiplayer Sims thanks!

But I would be OK with if there was an online city where we could send our sims to meet others, if it was totally optional and didn't affect the normal single-player game. That could be fun to do for a change. But I would still play my game alone 99.9% of the time.

"Hestia;c-17420294" wrote:

"tmcevoy1121;c-17419537" wrote:

"Hestia;c-17419065" wrote:

"tmcevoy1121;c-17418775" wrote:

"Dianesims;c-17418531" wrote:
No. It would make me uncomfortable. Then you lose control over what you want your own game to be.

Also I think offline multi-player with your family or friends could be fine, but online multi player could be dangerous and potentially open the door to creeps, bullying, crooks, harassment...

In all my years of playing MMOs (I started with SWG), I have never had someone that bullied me or harass me as such. Maybe because I just walk off or ignore those types of people and regardless of everyone thinking there are more of those types of people, I have found the opposite to be true. Most people are friendly and polite and helpful.

A life simulation MMO is enough to attract those kinds of people. There are several of these games already in existence and making The Sims online isn’t the essence of the product.

I’m an MMO veteran myself and have spanned across many in my life. The Sims is definitely not the place for it.

Really? come on, people don't need a life simulation to come up with ways to make it more "real". I played SWG, Wow and now playing SWTOR and people can ERP with others but they keep it to themselves. No one is forced to play that way and they take it to private chats. It is easy to tell someone no and they just move along. They don't force you to play their way.

Hate to break it to you, but SWG, SWTOR, and World of Warcraft aren’t life simulator MMOs.

Which was my point. A game doesn't have to be a life simulator to have that type of "real" to the game. People can do it without it being a life simulator, especially roleplayers. Roleplayers are good at adding something interesting to a game.

It's easy to see we are not going to do anything but argue back and forth and I have better things to do than argue, so I am going to agree to disagree. Good luck.

"ddd994;c-17420064" wrote:
Wow it got ugly on this thread...

From what I have seen in these forums, it doesn't surprise me, no matter the topic and I thought SWTOR forums were bad.