Why I decided to vote for Happy Haunts.
Well, I was thinking about it, and all of the ideas for theme/stuff that they showed us on the livestream could pretty much fit on the 2/4 most asked EP's types left. And, to be honest, they seem to h...
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Guys, I'm not saying they are going to add ALL of that to the Farming/Generations/Hobbies EP, I'm saying that each of those features still have chances to be added to the game. I heavily doubt they would release a Ghost GP before Sims 5 gets released, there's still Fairies, Imaginary Friends and Werewolves being asked for. They'll focus on them.
@DeKay Yes, Seasons don't have much hobbies/new interactive objects, or even Island Living. But, like you mentioned, the four seasons took more of the scope of the pack, while Island Living also had a whole portion of its budget focused on adding swimmable water. In Sims 3 Island Paradise had more things than Island Living had, because they had added swimmable oceans way prior to the pack development (althought it isn't an excuse for the EP being so empty, overall). Maybe if they focus on adding just a Hobby System, the rest of the pack could focus on adding a bunch of new activities for us to do.
When they released Get Together, altought it wasn't the pack everyone was waiting for (Nightclubs + Apartments) it's still had a lot for us to do. The major thing added was the Club System (which, I suppose, probably took the same space/budget as a Hobby System would). Then, they added a bunch of other thigns for us to do: Bonfire, Closet, Dance Floor, Dartboard, Diving Platform, DJ booth, Don't wake the Llama, Espresso bar, Foosball, Multiplayer arcade machine and the Woohoo Bush (not including lot traits, regular traits, Nude Outfit, Emotional Texts, Natural pool colors, Special Bar Nights & Happy Hours, New foods and drinks exclusive to bars, Barista and DJ NPCs, Dance party social event, two new woohoo locations, new aspiration + reward trait, 10 DJ Booth radio stations and the Café lot assignment).
Besides msot simmers disliking a couple of those, like the Special Bar Nights, the scope of things added with that pack show us that it is possible for a Hobbies EP to have a lot of thigns for us to do. Let's hope I'm right with this one, cuz Get Together also was released in a time where Sims 4 had 2 EP's in the same year before they started the 1 EP per year till Cats and Dogs came out.
@ChampandGirlie I can't see nectar making being added on any of the EP's we had so far. Also, I remember hearing a rumor that Strangerville was used both as a test pack and a way to add a couple of stuff from the first Community Pack Project and some things that have been asked for, like the apocaliptic thing, laptops, military career. But I understand the fear, I'm also afraid we'll not get all of this before Sims 5 comes out. :( #GottaCatchEmAll And, again, lets hope they tackle nectar making and canning on any of the upcoming packs, some of this could work on Farming, but I
@BWOC Being sarcastic doesn't take you anywhere. I'm just trying to think about what makes the more sense. And, well, if you don't think laptops should've been released out of Strangerville... I got say that many people didn't buy the pack for the rest of the stuff but would still want the laptop (which were in other Sims like small/regular/realistic microscopes and telescopes). You have to agree that University wasn't the last thing simmers ask for... We still want Hobbies, Generations (yes, Parenthood wasn't enough) and Farming (and probably Into The Future/Supernatural, but i doubt we'll have a supernatural EP).
Yes, the post is about why I'M going to vote for Happy Haunts. I also left a loophole for anyone who wants to convince me that Happy Haunts still has a chance of being added in other packs.
@DeKay Yes, Seasons don't have much hobbies/new interactive objects, or even Island Living. But, like you mentioned, the four seasons took more of the scope of the pack, while Island Living also had a whole portion of its budget focused on adding swimmable water. In Sims 3 Island Paradise had more things than Island Living had, because they had added swimmable oceans way prior to the pack development (althought it isn't an excuse for the EP being so empty, overall). Maybe if they focus on adding just a Hobby System, the rest of the pack could focus on adding a bunch of new activities for us to do.
When they released Get Together, altought it wasn't the pack everyone was waiting for (Nightclubs + Apartments) it's still had a lot for us to do. The major thing added was the Club System (which, I suppose, probably took the same space/budget as a Hobby System would). Then, they added a bunch of other thigns for us to do: Bonfire, Closet, Dance Floor, Dartboard, Diving Platform, DJ booth, Don't wake the Llama, Espresso bar, Foosball, Multiplayer arcade machine and the Woohoo Bush (not including lot traits, regular traits, Nude Outfit, Emotional Texts, Natural pool colors, Special Bar Nights & Happy Hours, New foods and drinks exclusive to bars, Barista and DJ NPCs, Dance party social event, two new woohoo locations, new aspiration + reward trait, 10 DJ Booth radio stations and the Café lot assignment).
Besides msot simmers disliking a couple of those, like the Special Bar Nights, the scope of things added with that pack show us that it is possible for a Hobbies EP to have a lot of thigns for us to do. Let's hope I'm right with this one, cuz Get Together also was released in a time where Sims 4 had 2 EP's in the same year before they started the 1 EP per year till Cats and Dogs came out.
@ChampandGirlie I can't see nectar making being added on any of the EP's we had so far. Also, I remember hearing a rumor that Strangerville was used both as a test pack and a way to add a couple of stuff from the first Community Pack Project and some things that have been asked for, like the apocaliptic thing, laptops, military career. But I understand the fear, I'm also afraid we'll not get all of this before Sims 5 comes out. :( #GottaCatchEmAll And, again, lets hope they tackle nectar making and canning on any of the upcoming packs, some of this could work on Farming, but I
@BWOC Being sarcastic doesn't take you anywhere. I'm just trying to think about what makes the more sense. And, well, if you don't think laptops should've been released out of Strangerville... I got say that many people didn't buy the pack for the rest of the stuff but would still want the laptop (which were in other Sims like small/regular/realistic microscopes and telescopes). You have to agree that University wasn't the last thing simmers ask for... We still want Hobbies, Generations (yes, Parenthood wasn't enough) and Farming (and probably Into The Future/Supernatural, but i doubt we'll have a supernatural EP).
"ChampandGirlie;c-17312272" wrote:
Eh, I think people should just vote for what they want to see in the game, whatever that is.
Yes, the post is about why I'M going to vote for Happy Haunts. I also left a loophole for anyone who wants to convince me that Happy Haunts still has a chance of being added in other packs.
"babajayne;c-17312720" wrote:"ChampandGirlie;c-17312272" wrote:
I would ideally like a rank-style of voting to make sure that people can at least voice what their second choice would be if their first doesn’t make it.
Would be more tranquilizer, but knowing the community I can see a bunch of people holding on to that as if it was a promise that all the ideas would be released on SPs. EA could be sued for false advertising even if they added them to GP/EP.
@smurfy77 Vegetarians can eat other animal products like eggs and milk, and although I'd like both vegetarian and vegans in my game I really dislike that a lifestyle quirk takes 1 out of 3 trait slots. This trait system is all wrong, the devs shoudl've commited to it like they did in SIms 3.
