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Pets Expansion Pack Ideas
Koalagirll
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So I have really wanted a Pets Expansion Pack, and recently I have been thinking about what I would like in it, so I decided to post my suggestions here. Anyone can feel free to add their suggestions, too! In fact, please do! I'd love to hear brilliant, new ideas!
My suggestions are...
ANIMALS:
Dogs
Horses
Ponies
Unicorns
Cats
Etc.
CAREERS (But even if a Sim is in one career, they can still do the things that the other careers can do, like a breeder can train animals or an animal rescuer can breed animals or a pet store owner can also train animals, etc. just not for their career)
~Professional Breeder: Breed, show, and sell animals
~Professional Trainer/Handler: Train other Sims' animals and take them to enter shows/competitions/races
~Pet Store Owner: Own a pet store and sell pets and pet supplies
~Animal Rescuer: Own an animal shelter/rescue center and take in strays and unwanted animals and have people adopt them
SKILLS
~Dogs: Obedience, agility, Frisbee, etc.
~Horses: Racing, jumping, etc.
~Sims: Horseback riding, etc.
ACTIVITIES
~Competitions: Agility, Frisbee, and obedience competitions, conformation shows, etc. for dogs; and races, showjumping and dressage competitions, etc. for horses
~Trail rides: Teens and older ride horses, and children ride ponies
~Training: Ability to train animals for competitions, shows, and races
~Unicorns: Magical, special, powerful animals that require trust to join a household
~Wild Horses/Strays: Find and take in wild horses and strays
OTHER
~Fully customizable animals, like the Sims 4 CAS, and with height/size sliders
~Animals not stuck to their stable/cage like babies are stuck to their bassinet
~Careers and competitions and stuff are active, not just rabbit holes
~Also NPC breeders, pet stores, and animal shelters/rescue centers that way our sims can get animals from NPCs too
A note about the breeder, I just really think that it would be cool to have a kennel or a stable. For kennels, you could run a kennel, show dogs from your kennel, breed and sell puppies to other sims. Stables would be a horse version of a kennel. It would be really cool and would be a great feature to add to the game.
Oh and a random side note, but I REALLY want Border Collies to be included as a dog breed and Tennessee Walkers to be included as a horse breed. Random note there.
EDIT: I have added more things to my list, but I have also taken some things out. My list will continue to change as I think of new things and decide I don't want other things.
My suggestions are...
ANIMALS:
Dogs
Horses
Ponies
Unicorns
Cats
Etc.
CAREERS (But even if a Sim is in one career, they can still do the things that the other careers can do, like a breeder can train animals or an animal rescuer can breed animals or a pet store owner can also train animals, etc. just not for their career)
~Professional Breeder: Breed, show, and sell animals
~Professional Trainer/Handler: Train other Sims' animals and take them to enter shows/competitions/races
~Pet Store Owner: Own a pet store and sell pets and pet supplies
~Animal Rescuer: Own an animal shelter/rescue center and take in strays and unwanted animals and have people adopt them
SKILLS
~Dogs: Obedience, agility, Frisbee, etc.
~Horses: Racing, jumping, etc.
~Sims: Horseback riding, etc.
ACTIVITIES
~Competitions: Agility, Frisbee, and obedience competitions, conformation shows, etc. for dogs; and races, showjumping and dressage competitions, etc. for horses
~Trail rides: Teens and older ride horses, and children ride ponies
~Training: Ability to train animals for competitions, shows, and races
~Unicorns: Magical, special, powerful animals that require trust to join a household
~Wild Horses/Strays: Find and take in wild horses and strays
OTHER
~Fully customizable animals, like the Sims 4 CAS, and with height/size sliders
~Animals not stuck to their stable/cage like babies are stuck to their bassinet
~Careers and competitions and stuff are active, not just rabbit holes
~Also NPC breeders, pet stores, and animal shelters/rescue centers that way our sims can get animals from NPCs too
A note about the breeder, I just really think that it would be cool to have a kennel or a stable. For kennels, you could run a kennel, show dogs from your kennel, breed and sell puppies to other sims. Stables would be a horse version of a kennel. It would be really cool and would be a great feature to add to the game.
Oh and a random side note, but I REALLY want Border Collies to be included as a dog breed and Tennessee Walkers to be included as a horse breed. Random note there.
EDIT: I have added more things to my list, but I have also taken some things out. My list will continue to change as I think of new things and decide I don't want other things.
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Post edited by Koalagirll on
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I would suggest splitting the dogs up into 'groups' so we can have some cool varieties in our pets. Dog breeds naturally fall into groups in real life and this needs to addressed when choosing a pet.
There are 7 groups.
Herding, Hound, non-sporting, sporting, terrier, toy and working.
For the game, you could merge some groups or make your own groups.
Working dogs: Cattle dog, Collie, German Shepherd, retriever, pointer, husky etc.
Terriers: Bull terrier, staffy, jack russel, pinscher, schnauzer etc.
Toy/companion dogs: Chihuahua, Maltese, Papillon, Pug, Pomeranian etc.
Hounds: Beagle, Greyhoun, Bloodhound, Wolfhound, Basset hound, etc.
These groups would each have different personalities.
Working dogs can work on Farms, be given jobs, protect the house etc. They need a lot of attention and exercise.
Terriers are hunters, dig holes, are energetic and funny and protective.
Toy dogs are lap dogs. They sit on your lap and be your companion. They don't need a lot of exercise and are happy to live in the house. They can not have jobs.
Hounds are hunters, they can track things and play pretty good hide n seek following scent trails. They bark. They can work with police etc.
Cross breeding groups will mix up their 'traits' and create a 'mutt'. This could have positive, neutral or negative side effects on the dogs behavior.
Or at least, something along those lines so choosing a breed actually matters.
The dogs need more variety in sizes, the Sims 3 wasn't good enough. A great dane is not the same size as a staffy. I suggest extra small, small, medium, large, extra large and gigantic.
Dogs can be trained in obedience and agility and can enter competitions.
Now onto farms, which would have to fall into a new 'loading' screen to make room for, or buy special lots that are large enough to live on as well. You should be able to have at least Cows/bulls, Sheep and chickens. They would be 'stock' animals. We don't want to personalize a pet cow in the 'create a sim'.. Just buy cows and stick them in a paddock, though where we can visit them, feed them, pet them etc. Perhaps you could have a small amount of these animals on a normal home lot as well, like a few chickens and maybe a cow as a pet.
Farmer would be a new job. Cows give milk. Bulls protect cows and breed. Sheep give wool. Chickens give eggs. (You don't want meat production in the game. Modders can add that if they like)
You can buy working dogs to herd the sheep and cattle. This must be trained and if not trained properly your dog could injure itself or the livestock. Sheep herding could be a competition where you win prizes and money as well. Perhaps some kind of 'mini game' where you must direct the dog through commands from the sim.
Veterinarian would be a new job. Your animals could get sick and injured and you must pay to take them to a vet. If you can't afford to pay, must surrender the pet permanently.
I would love skunks, I would love to have Sims sprayed by skunks if they scare them. then they would get a stinky moodlet.
You have some really good ideas! I just hope that they include Border Collies
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> You have some really good ideas! I just hope that they include Border Collies :) Anyway, your farm ideas are super good, too, but I think they should also include horses and pigs. Your ideas for dogs are outstanding and I think that they would be so fun!
Thanks! Yeah horses should be included as they were in TS3. We could ride them and herd cattle and sheep with them as well. Perhaps we could even breed race horses. New jobs include Trainer, jockey and breeder. Horses as well could fall into 'groups' that have traits, but I don't know horses well enough.
I thought about pigs, but then thought, "what is their purpose?" Only meat production, and I don't think meat production should be in the game as it is a controversial subject.
Goats could produce cheese and milk, but that's just doing what a cow does so doesn't serve a purpose and is just 'extra work' for the expansion. Modders could add these things :)
Yeah, and for horses, they could be separated into riding horses, draft horses, and ponies, if they were to be separated into groups. And I know pigs wouldn't really have a farming purpose, but I think it would be really cool, and besides, some people own pot-bellied pigs as pets, so why not include some pigs and piglets?
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It would also be neat if once or twice a week you could take your dog to a park, where at a certain time, say 8am, there would be a group of sims and their dogs in an obedience class you could join in. Then after x amount of time has passed, that group leaves the park.
So many times I see really detailed ideas for games
It's amazing!
Most of the ideas are great and doable but EA just passes it by
Alligators, in Willow Creek. Give the game a little more of a survival touch.
We should be allowed to play as just a household of animals.
No human Sim required.
I would love to play as a pack of wolves and use a basement to make a little wolf den.
My Mood:
Everything sounds amazing! Though, I'm not sure if there should be a pet store that sells pets. Or a breeders...
I wish they didn't exist in RL as well.
Why not? How else would you get a pet? The only other option would be to get them from a rescue (which I love, don't get me wrong) but if there were no breeders, then there would be no animals in rescues or shelters because none would be born. Breeders are needed. Pet stores, not really, I know, but it would be fun in game, in my opinion.
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> @Koalagirll said:
> Why not? How else would you get a pet? The only other option would be to get them from a rescue (which I love, don't get me wrong) but if there were no breeders, then there would be no animals in rescues or shelters because none would be born. Breeders are needed. Pet stores, not really, I know, but it would be fun in game, in my opinion.
animals reproduce without the help of humans koalagirl. you know, they walk around and breed.
I understand that animals breed without humans, but if there were no breeders, there would be no purebreds left, because animals would not just "decide" to breed with their own breed. So much would change. And there would be a huge decrease in population for them because breeders are a big part of them, especially dogs. I mean, just look in the newspaper and you will see a small percent of the amount of breeders there are. Breeders are needed.
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> elephants, giraffes, dragons, no barn animals. it's been done over and over. snakes, dinosaurs, crocodiles (all of these should be able to attack your sim)
> I disagree with you so strongly that I can't even put into words. Why don't we just stick with normal PETS like cats, dogs, horses, etc. Sure, it may be overdone, but people (like me) liked pets in every sims game and would like to see it in sims 4. Plus, I just love cats ^_^
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dogs, cats, unicorns, horses, pet store, rescue store, career in vet work
Wild animals
And farm animals
Llamas
Alpacas
Chickens
Ducks
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Border collies were a dog breed in TS3 , I have three in real life that I created in TS3 for my simself ... I really dont see EA excluding them in TS4
From L to R Teddy , 🐸🐸🐸🐸 and Toffee
My TS3 simself and the doglets
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Okay thanks! I just love Border Collies so much and I am going to breed/train/show them. Yours are so adorable and your simself and theirs are really good too!
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Thanks! I just love animals and I am going to spend my life with them, Border Collies to be exact. I just want a pets expansion pack with at least some of these ideas so bad!!!
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