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YA vs Adult?
DragonCat159
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Don't you guys find weird, that we have both life stage, that aren't much (or any?) different from each other (if you didn't notice the title: I'm talking about yound adults and "adults"), in terms of gameplay field?
Do you guys think that the devs should remove that YA life stage and add up it's lifespan to the Adult's instead? Or do you guys have idea on how Young Adult could be improved? If so, post them down the comments below.
Ideas:
*Midlife Crisis for YA.
*Bigger difference in appearance.
*Fertility chance difference.
*Adult sims should be more family driven.
-Focusing more on their kid's needs over theirs.
-Having whims that focus on bonding and building/growing their family, working on their careers.
*If story progression is added back adults could be the age that most sims would start getting married and having kids.
-As well as start getting whims to get married and have kids.
*Adults could also get sad when they see couples or kids as they get closer to becoming elders if they themselves don't have someone or kids. --Obviously non-committal and hates children sims wouldn't be affected by some of those.
*YA would be more self driven.
-Focusing on themselves and what they needs.
-Having whims to experience life, have fun, make friends, and get into relationship.
*YA could be more likely to decline marriage proposal and be less willing to accept "try for baby".
-Having high romance and friendship would be the only way to really increase your odds of acceptance and family oriented sims would be more than willing to accept.
Do you guys think that the devs should remove that YA life stage and add up it's lifespan to the Adult's instead? Or do you guys have idea on how Young Adult could be improved? If so, post them down the comments below.
Ideas:
*Midlife Crisis for YA.
*Bigger difference in appearance.
*Fertility chance difference.
*Adult sims should be more family driven.
-Focusing more on their kid's needs over theirs.
-Having whims that focus on bonding and building/growing their family, working on their careers.
*If story progression is added back adults could be the age that most sims would start getting married and having kids.
-As well as start getting whims to get married and have kids.
*Adults could also get sad when they see couples or kids as they get closer to becoming elders if they themselves don't have someone or kids. --Obviously non-committal and hates children sims wouldn't be affected by some of those.
*YA would be more self driven.
-Focusing on themselves and what they needs.
-Having whims to experience life, have fun, make friends, and get into relationship.
*YA could be more likely to decline marriage proposal and be less willing to accept "try for baby".
-Having high romance and friendship would be the only way to really increase your odds of acceptance and family oriented sims would be more than willing to accept.
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Wouldn't have been better if they made longer life span for adults? All it does, for the most part, tells the simmer "Hey look! I'm a young adult? How cool is that!".
With the excellent toddlers, I'm actually realizing that there does need to be more depth with Teens. I personally do not want another "pre-teen" age (especially if the Teen stage stays as long as it currently is). I just want Teens to be more fleshed out and slightly younger looking and acting. I know the devs said they decided to focus their resources on more animations etc. rather than reducing the height but in actuality reducing the height would really help. That and adding acne, mood swings, etc. A Generations-style EP adding a school with a gym where you can have a Prom "event" with goals, bringing back slow dancing, more unique interactions and animations between parents and teens... sorry I've digressed... !!
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Lower fertility chances for young or older? I think I know the correct answer, but I need clarification
I do like the idea of the midlife crisis, because I like anything that sets a life stage apart, but I can't say I use it much. The looking in the mirror, counting wrinkles, and checking the love handles I like as a detail. I also like how midlife crisis doesn't happen to every sim, though it sometimes does feel off that the game decides for me which sim will have one (which is probably what you mean when you say you'd want to be able to cheat it away..., isn't it a moodlet by the way?). So basically I like the idea, I wonder though if they could do it in better ways. More fun than just getting wishes to earn LTR points for sims that - for me anyway - already have all the LTR they can wish for. It's nice the game hands ideas, challenging the player to make the middle aged do certain things some middle aged do. I'd like the lower fertility idea, and no more fertility after x days into the life stage.
I also want a much bigger difference in appearance, sims really looking older.
Yeah, I found that midlife crisis seemed the norm in Sims 3. But I don't see how they could design a reasonable system to predict which Sims I think would get one and which wouldn't, you know what I mean? I do sometimes see my peers going through this sort of thing - worrying if they'll have accomplished anything by retirement, etc. Now and then someone buys that flashy motorcycle. But there's just not a whole lot of gameplay there, in the end.
I'd like to see Sims worry more over their appearance, but then I also am not keen on how that normalizes Appearing Adult = Bad. One of the things I like about Sims is that they don't discriminate based on appearance. They don't feel bad because they need glasses, or because they're not skinny. So why should they feel bad because their skin or hair aged? (FWIW, I see my peers embracing their grey/white hair or taking advantage of it to dye fun colours without needing a bleach step.)
So yeah, not so helpful.
Maybe if some Sims showed a bit more aging earlier than others? More early grey in particular. Even if it just happens at the turns-Adult moment. (We don't all play with aging on.) Almost everyone my husband and I went to school with is going grey (he's not, but he's got weird hair genes).
YA would be more self driven. Focusing on themselves and what they needs. Having whims to experience life, have fun, make friends, and get into relationship. YA could be more likely to decline marriage proposal and be less willing to accept "try for baby". Having high romance and friendship would be the only way to really increase your odds of acceptance and family oriented sims would be more than willing to accept.
Personally, I like the YA age. As someone else stated it gives ample time to build that family. As for game play, send your YAs to the clubs, and the adults to the bars/lounges, if that's what you like. I tend to dress my teens in more outrageous clothing and then they grow more sophisticated once they leave school.
We all age at different rates. I've been told for years I don't look my age. Sadly, not as often lately, but as for my hair going gray. It isn't. I'm going white, but only a little bit. Mostly at my temples and underneath my bangs. I do have a fabulous long, white streak in the back that when I braid my hair it intertwines in a pleasing way. But, you can still tell I have red hair. I have no desire to color the white out. I have a few wrinkles but nothing to cry over. I've been blessed. So, if EA were to do something about it, I would much rather it be something I can add in cas.fulleditmode, myself. When I think the time is right.
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the last two lines Maybe Sims with the Jealous Trait who see couples or two people with kids, will get sad if they don't have someone/kids
I mean, I ignore my sim's whims now regardless. but I feel like it should be the aspirations that carry those whims, not so much the traits.
For example if your aspiration is to be a big happy family, or successful lineage and you, the player are idling, on the aspiration a whim should pop up, when they see/interact with another family's toddler/child/teen
My Mood:
I have experienced this many times, it is a little annoying, where if one of my sims in the relationship is an adult, and one is a young adult or both are adults, they have a much lower chance of conceiving a child then they would if they were both young adults.
Not sure if I would like all my adult sims to have midlife crises and such. I wish there was aspirations that was tied to different ages. I often use aspirations as a way to decide what kind of moodlets I want my sim to have.
Then a Adult-Apiration could be "Achieving Life Goals" with moodlets that are career-focused or family bonding-focused. Just like we have the different aspirations for vampires. I have so many sims that choose not to have kids so for me it would feel strange if all of a sudden they wanted them. Having different adult aspirations give us a way to chose our path for our sims.
Some would perhaps go looking for another sim to start a family with, others would focus on their careers or hobbies perhaps.
@luthienrising - I can totally related to the bold.
I found a grey hair on the crown of my head before I turned 30, plucked it out; two came back; plucked them out; one came back. I've now got grey ombre hair, with my one little grey hair on the crown of my head. I get jealous when I see people with beautiful grey hair and if my stylist tries to cover up the grey; I'm like NO THANK YOU!
Anyway, slightly OT, but I've embraced my one grey hair and taken it further!
It would be good if adult sims looked different too.
I like your ideas
Biologically the adults should have lower fertility, but I think someone above posted that there does seem to already be a lowered fertility chance with adults
Also, I think that adults look slightly older than young adults, they carry their weight differently, seem to gain it faster, have beginning of wrinkles (crows feet) on their face. What I would like to see if like you said, more whims and moodlets having to do with their age... such as family wants, career goals, just things having to do with better being settled.
Otherwise I do think having the two life-stages makes sense and is completely necessary. The way I play them is that I spend much of the young adult time “self-focused”, getting their career started, going out a lot, spending time with friends, dating, etc... and beginning to settle down as they get closer to adult. Generally by the time my young adult has reached adult they are married with an established career and may have one or two young children (barely child age or younger)
So, I supposed it’s also how you play those ages as well!!
I wouldn't mind a change in fertility or gain weight faster though.