Parties--suggestions for future updates
First things first, I suspect this is going to be pretty long, but I'll try my best to be succinct where I can be 🙂
I've been playing for about 96 hours, and in that time I've gotten to host my own party once, and attend about 8-10 parties of others so far. (I know about the 2 party/daily limit, but sometimes I'm able to visit a couple of others during the server time change). I've got some thoughts about the party events, since they're one of the few ways that you can earn Super Sim tokens, and how they might be improved.
1. As a host, you should be able to end a party early.
I completely get the intended purpose of the 24-hour party (to let all time zones have an opportunity to participate), but would it be possible to automatically set any party that reaches level 10 on a countdown timer to end in three hours? Considering how many people are experiencing a party level reset glitch, that might be beneficial for all involved, both host and guests.
2. As a guest, you should be able to leave a party, even if that means forfeiting rewards.
The very first party I visited had zero decoration, zero guests (besides myself), zero items to interact with, and a completely absentee host. I ended up using two cakes just trying to get the party to level 1 by constantly talking to the host because there was quite literally nothing else to do. It took going to three other events for me to realize how much valuable cake I had wasted on the first party, and I think that ultimately the host only started to interact for themselves in the final two hours! A "cancel" button would have been very welcome at that point.
3. There needs to be other opportunities to get party cake.
10 points of party energy isn't a lot, even if you are fortunate enough to go to a house where there are several higher-end group activities to help you get more party level points. In the past 24 hours, I've sent my sims to 4 different parties. They have gotten "life of the party" status at each one, but only once has one of them received a slice of cake, which means that they aren't much good for helping a party's level beyond 1,000 points or so. Of course, I understand the burden lies with the host, but again with parties glitching, levels being lost, and guests having no energy left to help out, it can be a discouraging prospect to try to work out. A couple of times I found that my Sims' energy level reset to "5" after several hours, but that isn't consistent and I suspect it's a glitch, as well. I think that a piece of cake available for purchase at the coffeeshop or restaurant for simoleons would be a great idea.
Thank you for listening! I really am enjoying the game so far, just needed to get that off my chest. 🙂
