Why do we have a fire alarm but no fire department?

"AnnLee87;13716053" wrote:
The fire alarm is an alert to let our Sims know there is a fire. They gather children and rush out to the curb. The sprinkles put out the fire. A Sim can also help extinguish the fire.

I don't use mods and fires in my game are very realistic. IMO we don't need firefighters. In past games my Sims usually had the fire out before they arrived anyway.

I love that! I'm so glad sims actually run AWAY from the fires and not TOWARDS them. And don't speak for everyone when it comes to missing features of this game. I want firefighters. I want to see these heroes in my game saving my sims lives just like they do in real life.

"PandaORose;13716164" wrote:

"AnnLee87;13716053" wrote:
The fire alarm is an alert to let our Sims know there is a fire. They gather children and rush out to the curb. The sprinkles put out the fire. A Sim can also help extinguish the fire.

I don't use mods and fires in my game are very realistic. IMO we don't need firefighters. In past games my Sims usually had the fire out before they arrived anyway.

I love that! I'm so glad sims actually run AWAY from the fires and not TOWARDS them. And don't speak for everyone when it comes to missing features of this game. I want firefighters. I want to see these heroes in my game saving my sims lives just like they do in real life.

Umm, where did she speak for everyone else? She said in my opinion, yes she said heresay.. but this is the way the game was put out, and my sims don't need firefighters to put out a fire in this game.

@SweetieKaye yes hot firefighter girls would be great too :)

There is a working sprinkler system you can install on the outside of the house that will put the fire out.

Yeah I have the sprinkler but they didn't include that originally....probably after they realized they hadn't included the fire men....oppps

I'm looking forward to that NPC expansion pack...LOL...really miss not having old cleaning ladies sweeping my streets or old Crumplebottoms whacking my dating sims...

"@Astro;13716108" wrote:
To hard, to expensive?

yes. That is too much work for them in base game. they rather focus more on gameplay, cas, build mode, and different interactions and emotions. In fact, there is no need of fire fighter in sims 4. ceiling already have sprinklers attached. Same as GTW, Get to work already has 3 new careers and retail aspects. Probably a GTW part 2 will include firefighters.

GTW Part 2 :joy: I bought GTW because I thought it was Base Game Part 2!

I reckon at the time of development it was decided that silly walks were more important. Either folks will have to buy them or they'll patch them in with a bunch of unwanted stuff to praise that they are "improving" the game. Too bad there is more praise for these "freebies" instead of comments along the lines of "What took you so long?"

"FlamingoKicker1;13717032" wrote:
Yeah I have the sprinkler but they didn't include that originally....probably after they realized they hadn't included the fire men....oppps

I'm looking forward to that NPC expansion pack...LOL...really miss not having old cleaning ladies sweeping my streets or old Crumplebottoms whacking my dating sims...

The smoke detector and the sprinkler have been there since the base game.

"AnnLee87;13716143" wrote:
IMO the missing NPCs are not needed because of additional/extended game play. It has nothing to time to finish the game. (hearsay anyway)

@AnnLee87 Of course it has something to do with this. SimGuruGrant himself confirmed that they didn't put in some NPCs because of the missing time.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/778749/i-purchased-it-i-returned-it/p9
You can't imagine the trouble i had to go through to find that XD But i remember how enraged i was at that time. because to me NPCs show love to detail and that's what a Simsgame needs.

ETA:
xitneverendss wrote: »
@SimGuruGrant I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for taking time out of your life to answer our questions. I can't tell you how happy that makes me (and a lot of other simmers I'm sure) to know you guys really do listen to us and care.

Can you answer this question? I'm just curious as to why little things like npc service sims were removed (besides the maid and pizza delivery). It may seem insignificant but a lot of us are missing those things, and the npc service sims have always been there, it's sad that they are gone. I don't want my sim to have to fix everything herself! :#

Some we just ran out of time. We're taking notes and trying to fix it. Please keep offering your critiques and input so we can make the game you want.

Sad to say that things like this missing out in TS4 is what making it so bland compared to its predecessors.

I just hope they will put it back into the game asap. Also, put back burglars and police ffs!

I miss the firemen, burglars, policemen, real social workers, gardeners, and repairmen in the game. The servos were pretty cool in the first Sims game too. I remember they came out with the first EP Livin' Large which is actually included with my base game.