I've always used cc. Back in the sims 1 days, I was proud of myself for figuring out how to it in my game. (was 12 at the time) I didn't have as much content then because I only really knew about thesimsresource and you had to pay to get the nicer stuff. In the sims 2 I had cc and mods and used modthesims a lot. For the sims 3 I needed mods to play the game because my sims would randomly move away, die, or vanish. I don't use as much cc or mods in the sims 4 though. I think I probably use two or three mods and the cc I have is mostly in cas.