I enjoy the simplicity of the LlamaZoom events (and the nod to Llamas once again) and I enjoy the frequency of the van showing up. It provides a great distraction from just sending my sims to work or socializing ad nauseam. I'm not sure yet if the rewards equal out. If someone is unable to login every four hours, is the original to-do list better or is it worse?
I love the UI changes, it makes it so much easier to keep track of multiple sims without having to switch locations over and over again to find out how much time they have left on an activity. It also feels more intuitive.
I'm eager to try out the new careers, I love variety. I do wish they had added some playable Sim slots to spread the workload. I have four Sims who are established in their career and, while I really want to try out the new careers, I'm also desperate for sim coins, because it seems everything past level 30 has increased in price drastically. An outfit I had been eyeing casually jumped from 7000 to 10000 sim coins + llama tokens. Eek!
I do like that simcash seems easier to obtain. I reluctantly purchased simcash last month to get the fireplace (I say reluctantly because, most games, aren't such an obvious cash grab. I mean, literally nothing in the Sims Mobile isn't available in Sims 4 , so they aren't designing new items). I'm more apt to pay real cash for games that are truly F2P on everything. Charging simcash for different room designs? That's unfortunate and I'm hesitant to spend any more cash because of it. Simcash should be an above and beyond award. Like a basic shower +10 energy or something of that nature. It shouldn't be the starting point for anything (like committing the time to unlocking a hobby/career reward only to discover one item requires simcash to buy -- fail!)
I enjoy that the fashion gems reward increased from 2 to 4. Although Izzy Fashions are incredibly hit or miss (I'm looking at you floral crop top >.<), I like having the chance to get something good. And Izzy Fashions are great because they are above and beyond normal clothes (they add a bonus to certain things).
TL;DR All in all, I'm liking that the waterfront and buildings are made available. Obviously disappointed in the increase of cost on some things, curious how the LlamaZoom dailies will work vs. the old model, Love the UI changes, and hope the events continue to award SimCash, while disliking the system as it is.