After I got the "Life and Death"-pack in december, alien abductions went through the roof. My adult sims are abducted at least once a week each, even if no one has even talked to an alien, and none are scientists.
I frequent reddit and I have seen several others comment on the same issue at the Sims 4 subreddit, making it clear that this isn't only affecting my gameplay.
Playing with/without mods does not seem to affect frequency at all.
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Unfortunately, I use MCCC, so I suppose my save files would be useless. But I'm playing a legacy game that's over a year old, in its 17th generation, and since the 16th generation I have had 6 alien abductions after having none since the 3rd generation. First was on Jan. 9; I play almost daily.
I run a small Sims group on Facebook (about 20 members, maybe 6 actively playing, but not daily). One has had 4 alien abductions that started before mine. One had one a week or so ago. Another had one today. I can't remember when we had any before this recent spurt.
I'm going to guess that this came from something in the Dec. 3rd patch, because I don't have EPs or SPs installed more recent than Eco Lifestyle; that's one aspect of the legacy I'm playing (one EP or SP per generation).
Anyway. The whole thing makes us rant and rave and laugh, but I can well imagine it upsets a lot of other folks.
Me too, I play with mods, but a history challenge. No scientist, no telescope, computer.... almost every second night. Once two women in one night.
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