Lot Taxes Too High!!
I've been playing TheSims since day one of the original game on the PC. So, I'm a long time fan of the franchise, and I have enjoyed the games very much. I'm probably even one of the very few who als...
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@Trismagistos Hmmm... Well, when I had that happen with my household bills it was about a year and a half ago at least. This was before they re-vamped billing. I don't remember all the details, but I do remember that the money/cash they had didn't seem to effect bills like that produce did. As I said, they had probably a million or more in produce in the end. They also had a large home with expensive content, but not a mansion and not extravagant.
For now, I've been avoiding playing my homes with extensive gardens as I don't want the plants to get buggy from the gardening bug. I also didn't play any of the ones with extensive gardens for any long periods of time after the Eco pack. So did you have that much produce in inventory (mine was a combo of personal and household inventory - where my tons of produce was sitting)? I just kept having them harvest it and wasn't thinking it would matter that much.
I do remember that at that time if they had lots of produce in the Lice Cold Freezers in their (owned) retail stores it didn't seem to affect their bills like it did if they kept it in their personal inventories, which I thought was interesting.
Actually, I keep perfect produce plants for supplemental income on my lots frequently, and I have never noticed a huge bill since the revamping of bills around the time the Eco pack was released. That's not to say that it would not affect it if I accumulated a huge amount of produce in personal inventories again, but I haven't re-tested that. I'm obsessive about selling all but a small amount of the produce now.
@SheriGR Personally, I don't keep most of the harvestables. I usually grow one plant of each of the common food ingredients. Tomatoes, Potatoes, Carrots, Onions, Mushrooms, Basil, Spinach, Parsley, and Strawberries. I usually also have Roses (multiple uses for those) and Snapdragons for a while until I can graft them with the strawberries.
I usually take one harvest and stick it in the fridge so cooking is cheaper. Replenishing when they either run out or the plants increase a few levels. (better meals) Otherwise, I always Sell All or SuperSell.
I never saw a point to keeping more than one of each plant. Normal meals, even for a large family, will never use more than one plant harvest in quite a while. So, what's the benefit to having more than one Tomato plant? You can't use all the harvestables from ONE plant if you tried. So you sell them for money? There are a TON of better ways to make money than caring for dozens of plants.
I never saw any benefit to keeping ALL of the harvestables. Seems to be a huge waste to me when I could be selling them for cash.
I used to use the beehive quite a lot but it's so severely OP when it comes to plant evolution that I had to stop using it.
Unless I grow DragonFruit, the money from harvesting is piddly. If I need to make money, usually book royalties or paintings are better. I usually only grow DragonFruit now if I'm in a rush to buy a better house since one plant will give over 2K a day.
Bill costs don't bother me much as long as they work. If something doesn't work, it's more the fact that I don't like something broken, even if it's a minor cost increase/decrease.
I'm still not sure if I like the new billing system. I like the power and water storage/selling part. But that's pretty much useless in anything other than an off-the-grid lot. Auto-selling power and water doesn't gain you enough money to make it worth worrying about, even with upgraded appliances. And frankly, I'd rather have the larger bills. Money is a bit too easy to make and nothing to spend it on.
I usually take one harvest and stick it in the fridge so cooking is cheaper. Replenishing when they either run out or the plants increase a few levels. (better meals) Otherwise, I always Sell All or SuperSell.
I never saw a point to keeping more than one of each plant. Normal meals, even for a large family, will never use more than one plant harvest in quite a while. So, what's the benefit to having more than one Tomato plant? You can't use all the harvestables from ONE plant if you tried. So you sell them for money? There are a TON of better ways to make money than caring for dozens of plants.
I never saw any benefit to keeping ALL of the harvestables. Seems to be a huge waste to me when I could be selling them for cash.
I used to use the beehive quite a lot but it's so severely OP when it comes to plant evolution that I had to stop using it.
Unless I grow DragonFruit, the money from harvesting is piddly. If I need to make money, usually book royalties or paintings are better. I usually only grow DragonFruit now if I'm in a rush to buy a better house since one plant will give over 2K a day.
Bill costs don't bother me much as long as they work. If something doesn't work, it's more the fact that I don't like something broken, even if it's a minor cost increase/decrease.
I'm still not sure if I like the new billing system. I like the power and water storage/selling part. But that's pretty much useless in anything other than an off-the-grid lot. Auto-selling power and water doesn't gain you enough money to make it worth worrying about, even with upgraded appliances. And frankly, I'd rather have the larger bills. Money is a bit too easy to make and nothing to spend it on.
